52 Perfect Weekends
for Culture Lovers
Just published , Lonely Planet’s Culture
Trails explores the world’s most exciting cultural hubs – with New
Zealand’s North and South Islands both in the spotlight.
From Copenhagen’s Design Culture to Literary
Cape Cod – via Artisanal Marrakesh and Medici Florence – Culture Trails
is Lonely Planet’s comprehensive guide to 52 weekends of culture heaven.
New Zealand is represented in
the book by two Culture Trails: “The Essence of Māori Spirit” on
the North Island, and “Oamaru, the Unlikely Capital of Steampunk” on the
South Island.
“When we travel,” Lonely Planet says,
“the cultures of the countries we visit are usually what we notice first, and
it is often what inspires us to visit in the first place. The memories we take
home with us may be of artisans hammering on the streets, historic architecture
looming around a plaza, or music wafting from a back-alley doorway: culture
exists everywhere, and it means everything to the curious traveller.”
“We've scoured the globe to find the richest
cultural enclaves,” Lonely Planet explains, “where the arts have had a
profound, lasting impact and local culture is being protected and nurtured;
where old customs hold true, new ones are being forged, or the past is melding
with the future in fascinating ways. The cultural spectrum is broad:
literature, art, architecture, music, theatre, dance, festivals, TV, film,
comics — you name it, it's in here.”
In the tradition of Lonely Planet’s
best-selling Wine Trails (2015) and Food Trails (2016), this new
book features itineraries that include expert recommendations, with maps and
practical details of how to get there and where to stay across the following
inspirational Culture Trails:
Australia (Northern Territory, Country Victoria,
Tasmania, Adelaide), Austria (Vienna), Belgium (Brussels), Brazil
(Salvador), Bulgaria (West to East), Canada (Vancouver &
British Columbia, Toronto & Ontario), Chile (Santiago &
Valparaíso), China (Hong Kong, Beijing), Cuba (Havana), Denmark
(Copenhagen), England (London, Oxford), Ethiopia (Northern
Ethiopia), Finland (South to North), France (Paris, Dordogne,
French Riviera), Greece (Athens), Hungary (Budapest), Iceland
(Southwest Iceland), India (Mumbai, Rajasthan), Indonesia (Bali),
Ireland (Dublin, West Ireland), Italy (Venice, Florence), Jamaica
(Kingston), Japan (Tokyo, Naoshima Islands), Lebanon (Beirut), Mexico
(Mexico City), Morocco (Marrakesh), New Zealand (North Island,
South Island), Portugal (Lisbon), Romania (Transylvania), Scotland
(Glasgow), Spain (Catalonia, Madrid, Seville), Taiwan (Taipei
& around), and the USA (Los Angeles, Mississippi Delta & around,
New York, Cape Cod, Washington, DC & around).
Lonely Planet’s Culture Trails
Published October 2017 / 304pp, full colour /
H240 x W185mm, Hardback / NZD $36.99
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