The best of the best places in the world

the long version

"Join us on a journey of discovery not only to world-famous sites, such as Spain's Moorish Alhambra palace, ancient Egypt's Abu Simbel, Japan's Mount Fuji and San Francisco Bay's Golden Gate Bridge but - in our quest to define exactly what makes a place worthy of being called 'the best' - also to myriad less obvious choices, including remote islands, hilltop towns, markets, temples, glaciers, gardens - and even factories, lighthouses and coal mines!"--Back cover.