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World Hotels - Stern's Guide to the Greatest Resorts of the World
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Manufacturer: Stern's Travel Guides
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 910.462
EAN: 9780977860807
ISBN: 0977860809
Label: Stern's Travel Guides
Manufacturer: Stern's Travel Guides
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 448
Publication Date: 2006-05-01
Publisher: Stern's Travel Guides
Studio: Stern's Travel Guides
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Editorial Reviews:
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Offers a richly detailed description of the world's most luxurious and exotic resorts for the discriminating hedonist. Opens with several introductory chapters covering essential topics such as how to select a resort, how to plan and book the trip and what to take along. Describes the resorts by location, including the Continental U.S., the Caribbean Mexico, Hawaii, the South Seas, Australia and the Far East, Africa and the Indian Ocean and Europe. Stern details each resort's history, accommodations, dining, sport and other facilities, grounds, entertainment and environs--providing all the information needed by travelers and travel agents, including an up-to-date price list and a chart rating each resort in eleven categories. The descriptions are enhanced with over 500 color photos depicting each resort's special qualities and unique charm.
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Summary: Frequent traveler
Comment: This was one of the most beautifully illustrated and informative books I have ever read covering luxury resorts. It was most helpful to have a third party describe these properties and provide ratings in eleven essential categories.
GH, Frequent Traveler
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Summary: Extensive travel advice and resort descriptions
Comment: Now in a fully updated and substantially revised eighth edition, Stern's Guide To The Greatest Resorts Of The World by world traveler Steven B. Stern is an informed and informative travel guide to more than 100 of the most luxurious self-contained resorts found worldwide. Extensive travel advice and resort descriptions that include facilities, black-and-white photographs, contact information and much more fill out this excellent and enthusiastically recommended resource for the vacationer determined to go in style. Also very highly recommended for traveling public is the new Stern's Guide To The Cruise Vacation: 2002 Edition (1565549422, ...)
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Summary: Not bad but only useful for those who live in the US.
Comment: The resort information is good but this is clearly targetted at US residents. If Arizona, California and the Carribean are inconviently far away then there is not much for you. There are a few in Bali but Asia is poorly covered and Europe hardly at all.
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Summary: Where will you go for next vacation?
Comment: This guide book covers wide selection for the best choice for world wide resorts. It includes the continental US. the Caribbean, Mexico, Hawaii, South East Asia resorts, Australia, Africa, the Indian Ocean, and Europe. The author provides explanation about Accomodation, Restaurants, Entertainment, Sports, and so on for each resort (i.e. each hotel), and this may be helpful for selecting resorts. However, contrary to my expectation, he does not describe much about his 'personal' impression. The book titel is; 'STERN'S' guide...... Where is his own point of view? Anyway, if you want to use this guide book as 'dictionary' for world wide resorts, I can strongly recommend you. (P.S. this book contains a lot of photos of resorts, but most of them seemingly from hotel or tourist agent's brochures. You maybe have seen them anywhere before!)
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