This blue-chip bible for globe-trotting connoisseurs, completely revised and updated for 2012, is as extravagantly entertaining as the bestselling previous editions. In addition to top ten lists in dozens of categories and a 21st-century Grand Tour to more than 20 fabulous places, award-winning authors Nathaniel and Andrew Lande have included their latest discoveries in this third edition. The book offers five brand-new top ten lists - the Top Ten Spas, Ten Best Theatrical Events, Top Ten Irresistible Restaurants, Top Ten Literary and Historical Homes, and dispatches for 10 new cities around the world. Amazing and amusing personal accounts called snapshots appear throughout the delightfully deluxe volume. Studded with colourful illustrations, cosmopolitan sidebars, and savvy tips, this sophisticated book awakens yearnings for exotic travel in readers everywhere.