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Lonely Planet's Ultimate Travel List

Lonely Planet (2020)

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Lonely Planet’s Ultimate Travel List is the travel guide publisher’s ranking of the 500 greatest places on Earth.  The beauty of the book is not in the ranking itself but in the breadth of experiences, covering everything from beaches to cities to UNESCO World Heritage Sites.  It is hard to stop turning the pages but easy to find inspiration for that next trip.  We don’t want to spoil the surprise of what’s the number one ranked destination, but the Galapagos is second and Uluru (also known as Ayer’s Rock) in Australia is third.  Be sure to get the second edition, published in 2020.
Click here to see reviews and prices for this book on Amazon.

OTHER TRAVEL WRITING FROM LONELY PLANET

Lonely Planet is of course best known as the word's most successful publisher of travel guides, but they also produce some travel collections and kids books.  We love The Lonely Planet Story: Once While Travelling, the inspirational story of how the company was founded.  One of their most popular coffee table books is The Travel Book, A Journey Through Every Country in the World.
book cover to the Lonely Planet Kids - The Travel Book
book cover to The Lonely Planet Story: Once While Travelling

SIMILAR RECOMMENDED TRAVEL BOOKS

Our other recommendations on amazing and inspirational travel books come from National Geographic with Destinations of a Lifetime and lesser known Workman Publishing with Atlas Obscura and 1,000 Places To See Before You Die.
book cover of Destinations of a Lifetime
book cover of Atlas Obscura
book cover of 1,000 Places To See Before You Die

INTERESTING LINKS:

  • To learn more about Tony Wheeler, the co-founder of Lonely Planet along with his wife Maureen, check out his personal website - tonywheeler.com.au.  We particularly like his favorite quotes.
  • Also please check out the Planet Wheeler Foundation, a private ancillary fund operated by the Wheelers dedicated to projects in the developing world, with a focus on East Africa, Burkina Faso, Afghanistan, Burma and Burma related projects, Cambodia and Laos. The purpose is to support practical and effective projects which make a difference in the alleviation of poverty.

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