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Lonely Planet's bestselling The Cities Book is back. Fully revised and updated, it's a celebration of 200 of the world's most exciting urban destinations, beautifully photographed and packed with trip advice and recommendations from our experts - making it the perfect companion for any traveller deciding where to visit next.

- Highlights and itineraries help travellers plan their perfect trip

- Urban tales reveal unexpected bites of history and local culture

- Discover each city's strengths, best experiences and most famous exports

- Includes the top ten cities for beaches, nightlife, food and more

- Lonely Planet co-founder Tony Wheeler shares his all-time favourite cities

- Fully revised and updated with the best cities to visit right now

About Lonely Planet: Lonely Planet is a leading travel media company and the world's number one travel guidebook brand, providing both inspiring and trustworthy information for every kind of traveller since 1973. Over the past four decades, we've printed over 145 million guidebooks and grown a dedicated, passionate global community of travellers. You'll also find our content online, on mobile, video and in 14 languages, 12 international magazines, armchair and lifestyle books, ebooks, and more.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Lonely Planet; 2nd edition (October 17, 2017)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 424 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1786577585
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1786577580
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 5.8 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 10.9 x 1.38 x 14 inches
Reviewer: Charlene D.
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Husband loves it
Review: I bought this as a gift for my husband. He loves it. Pictures and information on every page. Very nice large book.

Reviewer: Amazon Customer
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Quality Book
Review: Very heavy duty/ great quality book. Pretty large though so keep that in mind. It does not fit in my bookcase LOL but it’s such a quality book that I am giving it 5/5 stars.I would say it’s great for the living room table.

Reviewer: emir ozer
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Nice outline, excellent pictures.
Review: This book gives every city in the same outline as strengths, weaknesses, a perfect day and many other titles. It takes cities from all over the world so there can be some places you have never heard of. The pictures on this book are stunning, it is worth the money just for these pictures. So if you are a traveller, don't miss this book.

Reviewer: ELI
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: The best!!!
Review: I love Lonely Planet books that cover the world. Please add even more photos and cut off politics (unless its a security warning for a certain region, for instance), and you will be even better. I can't wait to see the next edition. I hope you will publish one every year or two, and dramatically increase the number of Cities. Some I did not see in the book included Philadelphia and Eilat. However, I learned a lot about places I knew as well as totally new places.

Reviewer: silvie k.
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Very nice Coffee-table book
Review: I like this book. I was also surprise with large size and beautiful pictures.

Reviewer: mark
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Best substitute for a vacation!
Review: Want to go on a vacation? Save your money and get this instead!

Reviewer: asami
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: The book has some very nice photos and info
Review: The book has some very nice photos and info, but there is one main weaknesses. This is supposed to be dedicated to cities, but it misses many popular ones (Boston, Portland, Auckland, NZ) and instead has towns of just a few thousands. Some towns are noted for the wildlife that is not actually in the town but far outside. If this is cities book, stick to cities and get all of the good ones!Also, it would be nice if there were a map showing where each place is on the page (rather that at the beginning of the book).Some of the "strengths" and "weaknesses" for each city are a bit trivial. Or, they discuss about living in the city rather than travelling.

Reviewer: D.M.
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Wonderful Book
Review: Bought this book for my daughter and she loves it. Very informative and beautiful pictures.

Reviewer: Martín Lozano
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Me encanta que la información es breve, pero muy útil, además de contar con ilustraciones atractivas. El único inconveniente es que solo está disponible en pasta dura, por lo que es difícil de maniobrar.

Reviewer: E P Bharucha
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Hugely nostalgic.Brings Back memories of all the beautiful places I have visited over the years.A must read book when planning your trip with your family .Varanasi is the only Indian city featured in this book, which unfortunately I have not visited.May be someday I will.Do buy it and keep it as a reference.

Reviewer: Zeitgeist
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Der erste Eindruck: Großformatig, hervorragend ausgestattet, hochwertig, reichlich bebildert, feinster Druck. Ein ideales Geschenk für Menschen, die zumindest leidlich Englisch sprechen (keine Sorge, es sind keine langen Fließtexte zu bewältigen, aber darüber später mehr). Ich habe es mir selber zum Geschenk gemacht, und freue mich darüber.Das Buch beschreibt 200 Städte jeweils auf einer Doppelseite. Es gibt 4 (manchmal auch nur 2) Fotos sowie eine systematische, nach 20 Kategorien geordnete Beschreibung, die aus kurzen Texten, meist aber nur Auflistungen von Stichworten besteht.Nun zu dem, was mir gut gefällt:- Die Auswahl der 200 Städte ist gut gelungen. Es sind die üblichen Verdächtigen dabei, allerdings auch exotische Städte wie Pyongyang, Ushuaia oder Timphu. Klar fallen einem noch Städte ein, die auch noch hineingepasst hätten, aber 424 Seiten (inklusive Vorspann) sind genug. Ich habe auch einige meiner Lieblingsstädte in dem Buch gefunden, z.B. Fez, Santa Fe, Savannah, Vancouver, Swakopmund, Oxford. Aus Deutschland sind Berlin (das auf dem ersten Platz der persönlichen Weltrangliste des Autors gelandet ist!), Hamburg, Heidelberg (klar, muss sein), Leipzig (nicht Dresden!) und München dabei.- Die Texte zu den Städten bestechen durch ihre Struktur. Da gibt es ganz knapp die Schlüsselzahlen (Gründungsjahr, geographische Lage, Höhenlage, Fläche in qkm, Einwohnerzahl), Stadtbild ("Anatomy"), Bevölkerung, Stärken, Schwächen, eine besondere Stärke ("Goldstar"), Filme über die Stadt, Importe (bei Berlin z.B. Bertolt Brecht, David Bowie, Flüchtlinge, Craft Beer, Gin Bars...), Exporte (bei Berlin u.a. SoundCloud, Knirps, Marlene Dietrich, Einstürzende Neubauten, Currywurst, Techno, Siemens, Helmut Newton), eine urbane Legende und eine Reihe touristischer Tips (beste Reisezeit, ein perfekter Tag, Sehen, Essen, Trinken, Erleben, Besuchen, Kaufen, in der Nacht). Eine unglaubliche Informationsmenge auf einer halben Doppelseite - wirklich brilliant gemacht.- Die (zumeist 4) Bilder geben meist einen guten Eindruck. In der Regel ist ein Panoramabild dabei sowie kleinere Bilder mit Details aus dem leben der Stadt. Das kann ein architektonisches Detail sein, eine Straßenszene, eine besondere Speise, ein Museumsstück, ein besonderes Gebäude, typische Menschen, eine kulturelle Aktivität, ein städtischer Strand, manchmal auch eine Naturszene aus dem unmittelbaren Umland.- Es gibt einen kurzen Vorspann mit einer intelligenten Reflektion über die Stadtentwicklung und mit zahlreichen "Best of"-Listen (für Bücherwürmer, Musik, Nachtleben, LGBT, Architektur, Wildtiere, Familien, Kaffee, Abenteuer, Behinderte, Kunst, Strände, Essen, Geschichte, Wein, coole Quartiere, Museen, Radfahren...).Das alles ist so gut gemacht, dass es uneingeschränkt fünf Sterne rechtfertigt. Hätte man auch etwas besser machen können?- Manche Information mag strittig sein (Ist der Verkehr in Jerusalem wirklich "crazy"? Das Wohnen in Berlin wirklich teuer?), aber das sind Spitzfindigkeiten, die das Gesamtbild nicht trüben.- Obwohl das Bildmaterial zu 90% gut bis hervorragend ist, fragt man sich dann doch bei dem einen oder anderen Foto, ob man nich ein besseres hätte nehmen können. Unverständlich ist auch, dass manche Städte nur 2 Fotos bekommen haben, was dann doch etwas kümmerlich ist.Aber das sind Kleinigkeiten. Der Gesamteindruck bleibt atemberaubend - und das zu diesem Preis!

Reviewer: Stephen Lennon
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Loved this book which provides great insights into Cities around the world

Reviewer: Maple Leaf
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: I am an avid traveller and I found that the second edition is quite different from the first one. It's a much larger book (4x the size) - which doesn't quite make it very portable. On the other hand, they have included a section "Best time to visit" which is very very helpful. I've also noticed that they have made the "Weakness" section more politically correct and have done away with the Ranking system. The following cities were featured in the first edition and have been removed from the second edition: Abuja, Agadez, Almaty, Antananarivo, Apia, Ashgabat, Aswan, Auckland, Bamako, Bath, Beira, Bled, Bratislava, Bridgetown, Caracas, Carcassonne, Cuzco, Essaouira, Innsbruck, Jeddah, Kabul, Khartoum, Marseille, Minsk, Mombasa, Perth, Peuerto Vallarta, San'a, Suva and Zagreb.