Sightseeing, Arts Guides

A Journey into Dorothy Parker's New York

Destinations: New York City, NY, USA

Categories: 1-2 week trips, 4-7 day trips, Arts, Backpacker, Business Traveler, City, Culture, Day trips, Expatriate, Honeymoon & Romance, Museums & Galleries, Pets & Travel with Pets, Senior Traveler, Sightseeing, Single, Student, Walks and Tours, Weekend trips, Women, Work & Travel

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English, 83 pages, Aug 2009,  

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Take a journey into the city of theaters, bars, and hotel rooms where Dorothy Parker sharpened her wit, polished her writing, and captured the edgy mood of her times. This eye-opening book explores her favorite salons and saloons, as well as her homes and offices (most of them still intact); charts her colorf...  Show details

A Journey into Flaubert's Normandy

Destinations: France

Categories: 1-2 week trips, 4-7 day trips, Arts, Backpacker, Business Traveler, Culture, Day trips, Expatriate, Gay & Lesbian, History, Honeymoon & Romance, Museums & Galleries, Senior Traveler, Sightseeing, Single, Student, Villages, Walks and Tours, Weekend trips, Women, Work & Travel

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English, 80 pages, Aug 2009,  

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Steeped in history and beguilingly beautiful, but also stiflingly closed-minded, 19th-century Normandy both inspired and appalled the French novelist Gustave Flaubert. This fascinating, richly illustrated book explored the writer's love-hate relationship with the region that featured so prominently in his con...  Show details

A Journey into Matisse's South of France

Destinations: France

Categories: 1 month or more trips, 1-2 week trips, 4-7 day trips, Arts, Backpacker, Beach, Business Traveler, Children & Travel with Children, City, Culture, Day trips, Expatriate, Gay & Lesbian, History, Honeymoon & Romance, Museums & Galleries, Senior Traveler, Sightseeing, Single, Villages, Walks and Tours, Weekend trips, Women, Work & Travel

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English, 75 pages, Aug 2009,  

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This beautiful and fascinating book follows Henri Matisse on his journeys into the South of France, where he discovered the light and color that saturate his work. Part biography, part travel guide, it explores the painter's private life, artistic evolution, and relationships with the places that inspired him...  Show details

A Journey into Michelangelo's Rome

Destinations: Rome, Italy

Categories: 1-2 week trips, 4-7 day trips, Arts, Backpacker, Business Traveler, Children & Travel with Children, City, Culture, Day trips, Expatriate, History, Honeymoon & Romance, Museums & Galleries, Senior Traveler, Sightseeing, Single, Student, Walks and Tours, Weekend trips, Women, Work & Travel

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English, 89 pages, Aug 2009,  

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This fascinating volume explores the complex relationship between Michelangelo and the city he called home for most of his life. Lavishly illustrated and richly informative, it tells the story of Michelangelo's meteoric rise and artistic breakthroughs, of his tempestuous relations with powerful patrons, and o...  Show details

A Journey into Steinbeck's California

Destinations: California, USA

Categories: 1-2 week trips, 4-7 day trips, Arts, Backpacker, Business Traveler, Children & Travel with Children, Culture, Day trips, Expatriate, Gay & Lesbian, History, Honeymoon & Romance, Senior Traveler, Sightseeing, Student, Villages, Walks and Tours, Weekend trips, Women, Work & Travel

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English, 110 pages, Aug 2009,  

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Examines the relationship between this iconic American writer and the area he loved and that features so prominently in his work. This original and beautifully illustrated book explores the landscapes and townscapes of Salinas, Monterey, Pacific Grove, Carmel, and Los Gatos, examining not only how they influe...  Show details

A Journey into the Transcendentalists' New England

Destinations: Massachusetts, USA

Categories: 1 month or more trips, 1-2 week trips, 4-7 day trips, Arts, Business Traveler, Children & Travel with Children, City, Culture, Day trips, Expatriate, Gay & Lesbian, History, Honeymoon & Romance, Museums & Galleries, Nature, Parks, Senior Traveler, Sightseeing, Student, Villages, Walks and Tours, Weekend trips, Women, Work & Travel

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English, 99 pages, Aug 2009,  

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From picturesque towns around the bustling city of Boston, Henry David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Emily Dickinson, and the other Transcendentalists revolutionized American ideas about the artistic, spiritual, and natural worlds. This fascinating and beautiful book examines the intertwined lives of these re...  Show details

Art in the City: Paris

Destinations: Paris, France

Categories: Arts, Sightseeing

English, 192 pages, May 2008,  

New & Used: from US$ 13.96

London and Paris are the titles of Tiddy Rowan's unique city guides focusing on modern and contemporary art - a genuine gap in the art and travel market. Never before has the contemporary art scene of each city been so comprehensively researched and presented. The guides follow a sound formula -each opens wit...  Show details

Barcelona Itineraries, The Urban Hiking

Destinations: Barcelona, Spain

Categories: Activities (General), Arts, City, Culture, History, Museums & Galleries, Sightseeing, Trekking & Hiking, Walks and Tours

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English, 231 pages, Jun 2011, Ed 1st,  

PDF download: US$ 21.90

A travel book with 22 original itineraries making you discover Barcelona in a new way because it will tell you the best streets to walk to discover the most interesting spots. Although all streets lead to your destination, only one is more beautiful than the others. You will discover the modernism period thro...  Show details

Barcelona. Museum time

Destinations: Barcelona, Spain

Categories: Arts, City, Culture, Museums & Galleries, Sightseeing, Walks and Tours

English, 112 pages,  

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Museum Time Barcelona is the guide to seeing art in an entirely new way. This book takes you on a private guided tour of a special selection among the greatest artworks in the museums of Barcelona. Internationally-renowned art historian Noah Charney leads you through each museum, explaining the history, s...  Show details

Budget Travel in Japan

Destinations: Japan

Categories: 1-2 week trips, 4-7 day trips, Activities (General), Arts, Backpacker, Business Traveler, Children & Travel with Children, City, Culture, Expatriate, Gay & Lesbian, History, Honeymoon & Romance, Low Budget, Mid Range, Mountain, Museums & Galleries, Parks, Public Transport, Rail, Senior Traveler, Sightseeing, Single, Student, Villages, Walks and Tours, Women, Work & Travel

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English, 12 pages, Sep 2009,  

PDF download: US$ 8.00

Short on cash but wanting to travel? Explore Japan on a limited budget! The word ‘free’ certainly makes our ears perk up like no other. And when traveling, that word almost becomes a mantra – free tour guides, free admission, free drinks! This guide takes four Japanese cities – Tokyo, Kyoto,...  Show details