DC4MS

LIFE’s Dream Destinations: 100 of the World’s Best Vacations

Visit Snowdonia and Reykjavik, Rajasthan, Denali, The Forbidden City and Cuzco, As Well as Six “Impossible Dream” Destinations, from Your Living Room

New York, NY (April 7, 2008) — Paradise. Xanadu. Oz. They don’t hold a candle to the 100 real-life examples of heaven on earth found within the pages of Dream Destinations: 100 of the World’s Best Vacations. The latest release from iconic LIFE comes in the form of a stunning, oversized hardcover book. Transporting readers around the globe to little-known gems such as the Masai Mara and iconic wonders like Montezuma, this must-have hits bookstores May 1.

Over 100 alluring photos are complemented by evocative text, which provides further understanding of the culture and history, cuisine and accommodations, and lifestyle and lore of each storied locale.
“Working on Dream Destinations was a dream assignment," says LIFE Books editor Robert Sullivan. "We got to travel to the most wondrous places in the world, right in our offices. Now we hope to share that experience with LIFE's readers."

A book of distinctions—experiences, places and imagery—Dream Destinations is organized by specific types of vacations for easy navigation:
For Families. Destinations include London, Orlando, and Snowmass in Colorado For Culture Vultures. Giverny, France; Lenox, Massachusetts; and Nanjing, China For Sightseers. The Bosporus Strait, Ireland’s Burren, and Le Marche, Italy For Sporty Types. Golfing in Oregon and white-water rafting in the Sun Kosi River in Tibet For History Buffs. Captain Cook’s Polynesia and Crete For Romantics. Montreal, The Point in the Adirondacks, and Saint Lucia

LIFE has also selected six of “The Impossible Dream” destinations that go above and beyond. For Families, that destination is Space; for History Buffs, Lost Atlantis; for Romantics, Kennedy Cottage in Montecito, California.

With many of the dream destinations located here in North America, readers will have to fight the urge to jump right into their cars. North American sites include New York City, Montreal, the Riviera Maya, Memphis, Napa Valley, and the Kalaupapa Peninsula.

Dream Destinations publishes on May 1, 2008 and is available wherever books are sold for $29.95.

DC4MS

LIFE’s Dream Destinations: 100 of the World’s Best Vacations

For Families:
London
Riviera Maya
Orlando
Wisconsin Dells
The Ahwahnee Hotel, Yosemite Valley, California
New York City
The Bahamas
Snowmass, Aspen, Colorado
Memphis
Cuzco, Peru
Montana’s Dude Ranches
The Impossible Dream: Space

For Culture Vultures:
The Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy
The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
The Vatican Museums, Vatican City, Italy
Sundance, Utah
Austin, Texas
The Glastonbury Festival, Somerset, England
Stratford-upon-Avon, Stratford, England
Hemingway’s Havana, Havana, Cuba
Sydney Opera House, Sydney, Australia
Rajasthan, India
The Musikverein, Vienna
The Liceu, Barcelona, Spain
Gauguin’s Tahiti
Giverny, France
Lenox, Massachusetts
Montezuma, Costa Rica
The Rodin Sculpture Garden, Stanford, California
Nanjing, China
The Impossible Dream: Carnegie Hall, New York, New York

For Sightseers:
The Inside Passage, Alaska
Morocco by Camel
Phuket by Elephant
The Masai Mara, Kenya
The Burren, Ireland
The Bosporus, Istanbul, Turkey
Borneo’s Rainforests, China
Great St. Bernard Pass, connecting Switzerland and Italy
Bucks County, Pennsylvania
The Orient Express
Le Marche, Italy
The Huangshan Mountains, China
Lake Okeechobee, Florida
Eden, England
Nova Scotia
Stockholm and Its Islands
Snowdonia, Wales
Transylvania, Romania
Reykjavik, Iceland
The Impossible Dream: Under the Sea

For Sporty Types:
Banff and Lake Louise, Banff, Canada
Golf in Oregon
The Sun Kosi River, Nepal
Kiawah Island, South Carolina
Denali, Alaska
Provence, France
Anahola Bay, Hawaii
The Netherlands
The Tongariro Northern Circuit, New Zealand
Cooperstown, New York
Lillehammer, Norway
Palau
Daytona Beach, Florida
Fort William, Scotland
The Snake River, Wyoming
Key West and The Marquesas Keys, Florida
The Impossible Dream: Victoria Falls, border between Zimbabwe and Zambia

For History Buffs:
The Forbidden City, Beijing
Mount Vernon, Virginia
The Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail
Captain Cook’s Polynesia
Jerusalem
Normandy’s Beaches
Cape Town
Crete
Cairo
St. Andrews, Scotland
The Kalaupapa Peninsula, Hawaii
The Freedom Trail, Boston, Massachusetts
Antietam, Maryland
Vietnam
The Dinosaurs of Wyoming
The Impossible Dream: Lost Atlantis

For Romantics:
Wildflower Hall, Shangri-La
The Camargue, France
Kyoto, Japan
The Cinque Terre, Italy
Montreal
Brussels
Saint Lucia
The Inn at Little Washington, Washington, D.C.
Napa Valley, California
Lake Wanaka, New Zealand
Seville, Andulusia
Madeira Island
Burgh Island, England
Whidbey Island,
The Point, Adirondack, New York
The Impossible Dream: Kennedy Cottage, Montecito, California

Kagehitokiri

the point is going members only... (bought by DC everlands)

odd they have a handful of specific properties.

and no maldives.