T+L'S "100 GREATEST TRIPS OF 2009"- Book Review
For the third year, the editors of Travel and Leisure magazine have compiled a visually impressive book of vacation ideas, organized geographically by region. According to Editor-in-Chief Nancy Novogrod, "the stories chosen for this volume represent both the timely (making the restaurant rounds in Las Vegas) and the timeless (touring the art-encrusted temples and historic sites of India's Tamil Nadu)." Some destinations - Santa Fe, Montreal, Moscow - are tourist havens; others are almost unknown to outsiders - France's Ile de Re; Ilulissat, Greenland; Lake Wanka, New Zealand. A Guide section in the back of the book distills essential information for each place. This is a heavy, large-format book, not a portable travel guide. It's designed to stimulate new ideas for the passionate globetrotter. American Express Publishing, 2008, $34.95.