Travel journalist Sarah Baxter reveals 25 essential cinematic destinations around the globe, spanning different decades, directors and movie genres. Full-page colour illustrations instantly transport you to each location. You’ll find that these places are not just backdrops to the tales told, but characters in their own right.

Travel to the sweeping deserts of  Lawrence of Arabia  in Jordan, escape to the tumbling hills of San Francisco as seen in Hitchcock’s  Vertigo  or lose yourself in the cobbled lanes of  In Bruges.

Featured locations:

• London, England, Paddington
• Wells, England, Hot Fuzz
• Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland, The Wicker Man
• Belchite & the Sierra de Guadarrama, Spain, Pan’s Labyrinth
• Montmartre, Paris, France, Amélie
• Bruges, Belgium, In Bruges
• Görlitz, Germany, The Grand Budapest Hotel
• FÃ¥rö, Sweden, Persona
• Salzburg, Austria, The Sound of Music
• Rome, Italy, La Dolce Vita
• Matmata & Tozeur, Tunisia, Star Wars: A New Hope  
• Wadi Rum, Jordan, Lawrence of Arabia
• Mumbai, India, The Lunchbox
• Hong Kong, China, Enter the Dragon
• Seoul, South Korea, Parasite
• Tokyo, Japan, Lost in Translation
• Outback, Australia, The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
• Karekare Beach, New Zealand, The Piano
• Alberta, Canada, The Revenant
• Philadelphia, USA, Rocky
• San Francisco, USA, Vertigo
• Brooklyn, New York, USA, Do the Right Thing
• Dead Horse Point State Park, Utah, USA, Thelma & Louise
• Jamaica, Dr No
• Cusco & Machu Picchu, Peru, The Motorcycle Diaries

Delve into this book to discover some of the world’s most fascinating cinematic places and the films that celebrate them.

Each book in the  Inspired Traveller’s Guides series  offers readers a fascinating, informative and charmingly illustrated guide to must-visit destinations round the globe. Also from this series, explore intriguing:  Artistic Places, Spiritual Places, Literary Places, Hidden Places, Mystical Places and Wild Places.

We humans don’t just love wild places. We need them; we need their scale, their breath, their drama and enigma. Wild places can be a balm and a solace; an escape or a returning; a best friend; an inner cleanse. And they can remind us of our unimportance in the world.

Travel writer Sarah Baxter presents 25 untameable natural wonders that reveal the curious story of our  wild  planet and why we need to protect it.

Despite all the advances of human civilisation, we’ve yet to come up with anything to rival the majesty of Lapland’s snow-capped mountain summits,  the haunting song of humpback whales in a Namibian paradise or the epic sculptural forms of Utah’s vast Canyonlands.

Escape to each of these unforgettable sites and more with  Wild Places,  an insightful and stunningly illustrated guide to all Mother Nature has to offer.

Discover  spectacular and little-known gems with visits to…

• Great Dismal Swamp, USA
• Canyonlands, USA
• Great Bear Rainforest, Canada
• Cenotes, Mexico
• Galápagos Islands, Ecuador
• Kaieteur Falls, Guyana
• South Georgia, Atlantic Ocean
• Ennerdale, England
• Strumble Head, Wales
• St Kilda, Scotland
• Camargue, France
• Sápmi, Lapland, Sweden
• Green Belt, Germany
• Wadden Sea, Netherlands
• Stromboli, Italy
• Las Medulas, Spain
• Coa Valley, Portugal
• Skeleton Coast, Namibia
• Erg Chigaga, Morocco
• Kinabatangan, Malaysia
• Mount Siguniang, China
• Raja Ampat, Indonesia
• Gangkar Puensum, Bhutan
• Wilpena Pound, Australia
• Wahipounamu, New Zealand

This is the perfect title for anyone who is fascinated by the marvels of the natural world.

For more wanderlust-filled adventures, discover and collect the complete Inspired Traveller’s Guide series: Artistic Places, Spiritual Places, Literary Places, Hidden Places and Mystical Places.

Travel writer Sarah Baxter expertly curates the world’s most wonder-filled sites where magic is made manifest. Discover the history and geography of each site and learn their most significant and spellbinding stories, with suggestions of features to look out for and information on ceremonies. Filled with beautifully bewitching illustrations, this guide aims to transport you, in the comfort of your own armchair, to sacred and mystical spots, digging into their legends and evoking their supernatural essence.

Seeking a transcendent travel experience? Take a magical pilgrimage to Alfaborg, the City of Elves; marvel at the otherworldly splendour of Xandadu, the heart of a lost dynasty; and discover the gateway to the afterlife in the Alepotrypa Cave. In these pages we meet mythical kings, explore sacred summits and enchanted architecture, and find a cast of giants, ghosts, golems and sea creatures.

Featured locations:
Tintagel, England
Cadair Idris, Wales
Loch Coruisk, Scotland
Alfaborg, Iceland
Chartres Labyrinth, France
Harz Mountains, Germany
Old-New Synagogue, Czech Republic
Lake Bled, Slovenia
Alepotrypa Cave, Greece
Tartessos, Spain
Cyclops Riviera, Italy
Gedi Ruins, Kenya
Stone Circles of Senegambia, Senegal & The Gambia
Xanadu, China
Takachiho, Japan
Spiti Valley, India
Mount Mani, South Korea
The Pinnacles, Australia
Nan Madol, Micronesia
Majorville Medicine Wheel, Canada
Bonaventure Cemetery, USA
Mount Shasta, USA
Malinalco, Mexico
Lake Guatavita, Colombia
Nazca Lines, Peru

Each book in the Inspired Traveller’s Guides series offers readers a fascinating, informative and charmingly illustrated guide to must-visit destinations round the globe. Also from this series, explore intriguing: Artistic Places (March 2021), Spiritual Places, Literary Places and Hidden Places.

Travel journalist Sarah Baxter has carefully curated a selection of the 25 most spiritual destinations from around the world – places that hold the promise of rare and profound experiences, whether areas of natural beauty imbued with spiritual significance or sites constructed for worship. From breathtaking scenery to religious capitals, sacred valleys to places of natural beauty, here the full spiritual story and unique tranquillity of each place is revealed with beautiful hand-drawn illustrations and evocative tales of previous visitors that will both delight and inspire.

Featured locations:

• St Catherine’s Monastery, Egypt;  
• Kyoto, Japan;  
• Shwedagon Pagoda, Myanmar;  
• Adam’s Peak, Sri Lanka;  
• Varanasi and the Ganges, India;  
• Mount Kailash, China;  
• Cape Reinga, New Zealand;  
• Uluru, Australia;  
• Saut d’Eau waterfall, Haiti;  
• Camino de Santiago, Spain;  
• Mezquita de Cordoba, Spain;  
• Isle of Iona, Scotland;  
• Avebury, England;  
• Mont St-Michel, France;  
• Lourdes, France;  
• Luther Trail and Wittenburg Cathedral, Germany;  
• Mount Olympus, Greece;  
• Temple Mount and Jerusalem, Israel;  
• Crater Lake, Oregon, USA;  
• Mauna Kea, Hawaii, USA;  
• Devil’s Tower, Wyoming, USA;  
• Haida  Gwai, Canada;  
• Teotihuacan, Mexico;  
• Lake Titicaca, Bolivia and Peru;  
• Easter Island, Chile.  

Perfect for those who want to get away from it all, this book takes you closer to these sacred locations than ever before.

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This book will lead you on a grand tour of world events, from prehistory to the 21st century.A History of the World in 500 Walks is learned but light-footed and never pedestrian, combining inspirational and knowledgable commentary with practical detail.