Simona Stoppa Knihy

Featuring hundreds of bird’s-eye photographs, this volume expands our perceptions of a city that already looms large in our mind’s eye. Whisking readers above Venice and its surrounding region, these images depict a city that is as breathtakingly beautiful in reality as it is in our imagination. A wide variety of panoramas depict the sights that are distinctly the emerald-green Lagoon with its picturesque islands of Burano, Torcello, and Murano, the brightly-colored homes of Burano, the network of canals branching out from the S-shaped Grand Canal, the venerable palaces, centuries-old homes, and world-famous monuments which are all the more compelling when viewed from above. For anyone who has experienced the magic of Venice and the Veneto, this volume is a souvenir to be cherished. And for anyone who hopes to travel to this area, it will serve as an inspiration as well.

Italy is enchanting, bewitching. It casts a spell. It is easy for visitors to fall in love with Italy because every minute of every day they spend there has something to offer them, to appeal to all of their senses, whether they are visiting its museums or flying over its rooftops, bell towers, domes, endless plains, rolling hills and majestic mountains. A wealth of beauty unfolds, the work of Man and Nature that belongs to visible, accessible and famous. Beauty that lies in the historical and architectural heritage to be found in churches and abbeys, in historic town centers and museums, in castles and archaeological sites, a heritage steeped in ancient history. It is also the beauty of the natural heritage that lies in mountain roads, national parks and idyllic beaches. But that is not all. In Italy are remote landscapes and secrets that must be discovered, sniffed out and at times tracked down. There are monasteries, hermitages, watchtowers, treasure collections, regional traditions, arts and traditional trades. A heritage to protect and hand down to future generations, and to all those future travelers who will always come to Italy. Even if it is just a flying visit ...

Exakt 80 handverlesene Urlaubsziele weltweit verspricht dieser spektakulär fotografierte Reiseband. Und zwar solche, die keine Reisewünsche offen lassen. Auf dieser fantastischen Bilderreise um die Erde trifft man auf zahlreiche Natur- und Kulturwunder: von der rätselhaften Osterinsel Rapa Nui über die extremen Lichterscheinungen Lapplands, weiter über die verlassene Felsenstadt Petra bis hin zur jährlichen Korallenblüte am Great Barrier Reef.

Die ehemalige spanische Kolonie Costa Rica gilt aufgrund ihrer Topografie, ihrer erklärten Neutralität und dem im mittelamerikanischen Vergleich verhältnismäßigen Wohlstand als die „Schweiz Mittelamerikas“. Zwischen Karibik und Pazifik erstreckt sich eine abwechslungsreiche Landschaft, deren Schönheit und Vielfalt in mehr als zwanzig Nationalparks geschützt werden. Auf reizvollen Farbaufnahmen von Land, Leuten und karibischer Lebensart entsteht ein lebendiges Porträt des Landes.