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Room with a view
Nothing compares to the moment when, after arriving in a foreign city, the hotel room's drapes are drawn back to reveal the world outside - a world that, neatly if barely contained by the window s geometry, seems to belong to you alone. Conde Nast Traveler's Room with a View column, featuring frame-worthy vistas from all over the world, has been whetting the appetites of armchair tourists for 20 years. This compendium gathers the most breathtaking sights of all time, from Balinese beaches to Asia's bustling metropolises to African savannahs teeming with wildlife rather than nightlife.
Take, for instance, the bathtub vista from the Royal Park's Urban Spa room in the 971 foot-high Yokohama Landmark Tower, or Room 609 at Badrutt's Palace Hotel, the perfect box seat for the Cartier Polo World Cup on Snow, played on the frozen Lake of St. Moritz below. Room with a View presents 160 of these stunning photographs that, along with the magazine's concise commentary, are sure to stoke the imaginations of even the most seasoned travelers.
Take, for instance, the bathtub vista from the Royal Park's Urban Spa room in the 971 foot-high Yokohama Landmark Tower, or Room 609 at Badrutt's Palace Hotel, the perfect box seat for the Cartier Polo World Cup on Snow, played on the frozen Lake of St. Moritz below. Room with a View presents 160 of these stunning photographs that, along with the magazine's concise commentary, are sure to stoke the imaginations of even the most seasoned travelers.
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232 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2010
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September 25, 2010
I love the oversize book section of recently published books at the main Brookline Public Library! I never know what treasures await me. In this book there are 140 different views from hotels in over 50 countries. Pure fun and perfect for the armchair traveler. Beautiful photos with captions like this:
Machu Picchu Sanctuary Lodge, Room 40
It’s just past dawn here in the historic complex and sanctuary of Machu Picchu, and you can savor your 8,200 foot-high view of Putucusi (“Sacred Mountain”) in much the same way that Inca Pachacutec, Machu Picchu’s creator, once did. At the height of Pachacutec’s rule, between 1458 and 1471, his people built the site’s spectacular mountaintop citadel, incorporating agricultural terraces, temples, palaces, workshops, and homes for about a thousand inhabitants, only to abandon the site decades later for reasons still unknown. Carefully concealed from the Spanish conquistadors by the Incas and virtually lost to the world for centuries – until an American scholar, Hiram Bingham, came upon the ruins in 1911 – this architectural marvel remains astonishingly well preserved. Indeed, it is now excessively well visited, too: Take advantage of your lodge’s location at the entrance to the site to see the city at its early-morning finest. November 2003
Machu Picchu Sanctuary Lodge, Room 40
It’s just past dawn here in the historic complex and sanctuary of Machu Picchu, and you can savor your 8,200 foot-high view of Putucusi (“Sacred Mountain”) in much the same way that Inca Pachacutec, Machu Picchu’s creator, once did. At the height of Pachacutec’s rule, between 1458 and 1471, his people built the site’s spectacular mountaintop citadel, incorporating agricultural terraces, temples, palaces, workshops, and homes for about a thousand inhabitants, only to abandon the site decades later for reasons still unknown. Carefully concealed from the Spanish conquistadors by the Incas and virtually lost to the world for centuries – until an American scholar, Hiram Bingham, came upon the ruins in 1911 – this architectural marvel remains astonishingly well preserved. Indeed, it is now excessively well visited, too: Take advantage of your lodge’s location at the entrance to the site to see the city at its early-morning finest. November 2003
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