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Exploramos la belleza del Pre-Sahara en el sur de Marruecos, encajonado entre los altos picos del Atlas y la inmensidad de arena.

Patria de los chiles más famosos del mundo y ciudad universitaria, Humboldt la llamó “la ciudad de las flores” y luego fue conocida como “la Atenas veracruzana”. Posee el museo de arqueología regional más importante del país, el mejor lugar para admirar el misterioso legado de los olmecas. Y todos los verdes de México.

Kathrin Heckmann ist "Fräulein Draußen", Deutschlands bekannteste wandernde Bloggerin. Ihre Leidenschaft fürs Draußensein wurde eines Tages so groß, dass sie ihren Job als Marketing-Managerin aufgab und beschloss, das Wandern und Reisen zu ihrem Beruf und Alltag zu machen. Dabei müssen es aber nicht die höchsten Gipfel oder die weitesten Wege sein. Unterwegs sein, frei sein, glücklich sein ist das, was ihr wirklich wichtig ist. Und das sucht und findet "Fräulein Draußen" auf einer 1.000 km langen Fernwanderung in Australien genauso wie auf einem Kurztrip nach Brandenburg.

Se você já conhece alguma obra sobre peregrinações a Santiago de Compostela, prepare-se: nenhuma é igual a esta. Em Um Caminho Solo, Samantha Gilbert procura, sim, a paz interior e o crescimento pessoal e espiritual que movem todos os peregrinos, mas sua busca é também uma luta contra seus demônios. E ela os encara mesmo, a todo o instante.

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　朝食の「エッグベネディクト」で人気の浅草・ザ・ゲートホテル雷門、東京駅に近い立地と和テイストが受け高稼働を続けるホテル龍名館――。今、全国各地でこうしたホテルが少しずつ増えている。安かろう、悪かろうだったビジネスホテルが、ワンランク上の居心地やサービスを提供するようになった。 　宿泊予約もネット中心の時代となり、ホテル経営の成否は口コミが左右する。大手チェーンでないホテルであっても、客観的な口コミ評価が発信され、集客につながっている。 　特集では、こうしたホテル業界の地殻変動を詳細にリポート。旅行ジャーナリストなどプロが選んだ、全国１３エリア別のベストホテルランキングも掲載！ 　本誌は『週刊東洋経済』2014年３月２２日号第１特集の35ページ分を抜粋して電子化したもので、お求めになりやすい価格となっています。

明治生まれの日本を代表する哲学者、倫理学者の旅行記。

和辻哲郎が20代の時に友人と奈良を旅し見聞した古美術、古建築について熱くそしてみずみずしい感性でつづられている作品です。 発売当時大ヒット作となった本書は、いまも色あせることなく美の世界へと私たちをいざないます。

奈良を旅する前に予習として聴きいておきたい作品です。

Asghar Wajahat, who has made a fresh start in Hindi with his travelogues, likes to fashion himself as a social tourist. He does not simply write dry, matter-of-fact descriptions of the places he visits; instead he tries to capture the cultural diversity and colours that life in those places offers. In this way, Ashghar Wajahat makes the listeners join him in these journeys. In Ateet Ka Darwaza, he takes his listeners to the nomadic life in Jordan in Central Asia, the Marmaroash region of Romania-Hungary region in Europe, and in Mexico in South America.

The Himalayas, the tallest and the youngest mountains in the world, spread from Afghanistan and Pakistan through India, Bhutan, Nepal and Myanmar, with their northern extrusions, the Ximalaya Shanmai, across the Tibetan plateau in China. Despite border restrictions, the inhabitants of this region continue to share a trans-Himalayan identity, fragile yet enduring. The Himalayan Arc focuses on a crucial, enthralling, politically turbulent, yet often underreported part of this Himalayan belt the East of South-east.

Recruited to work on a documentary, Julian goes to New York convinced he has hit big time at last. Finding the project cancelled, he wanders the city streets and, with nowhere else to go, decides to set out hitchhiking for San Francisco. Revisiting this timeless American journey finds an unseen nation in rough shape. Along the road are homeless people and anarchists who have dropped out of society altogether, and blue-collar Americans who seem to have lost all meaning in forgotten towns and food deserts.

Schottland ist nicht England. Diese ebenso banale wie folgenschwere Erkenntnis, so empfiehlt Heinz Ohff, sollte am Anfang einer Reise ins Land der "Scots" stehen. Jenseits von Kilts, Dudelsack und Loch Ness haben die Kelten und eine stürmische Geschichte ihre unübersehbaren Spuren hinterlassen: in einer eigenen Sprache, einer eigenen Kultur, einer eigenen Rechtsprechung und einer eigenen Kirche. Dass Schottland auch ein eigenes Wetter hat, erfährt der Reisende am eigenen Leib.

To this day, China remains an enigma. Ancient, complex and fast moving, it defies easy understanding. Ever since he was a boy, Alexandre Trudeau has been fascinated by this great country. Recounting his experiences in the China of recent years, Trudeau visits artists and migrant workers, townspeople and rural farmers.

Kingdoms in the Air brings together the very best of Shacochis's culture and travel essays in one livewire collection that spans his global adventures and his life passions; from surfing, to his obsession with the South American dorado, to the time he went bushwhacking in Mozambique. Replete with Shacochis's signature swagger, humor, and crystalline wisdom, Kingdoms in the Air is a majestic and essential collection from one of our most important writers.

What's it like to be both blind and gay? How does romance work for those who, despite this double disorientation from the mainstream, are certain of their sexual identity? To find out, Michael Lowenthal signs up for the Rainbow Bear Valentine's Cruise and joins a group of blind gay men, along with their human and canine companions, for a weeklong Mexican sail on the Royal Caribbean Vision of the Seas.

Acclaimed travel writer Rick Antonson sets his adventurous compass on Mount Ararat, exploring the region's long history, religious mysteries, and complex politics. Mount Ararat is the most fabled mountain in the world. For millennia, this massif in eastern Turkey has been rumored as the resting place of Noah's Ark following the Great Flood. But it also plays a significant role in the longstanding conflict between Turkey and Armenia.

When Laura Fraser's husband leaves her for his high school sweetheart, she takes off, on impulse, for Italy, hoping to leave some of her sadness behind. There, on the island of Ischia, she meets M., an aesthetics professor from Paris with an oversized love of life. What they both assume will be a casual vacation tryst turns into a passionate, transatlantic love affair, as they rendezvous in London, Marrakech, Milan, the Aeolian Islands, and San Francisco.

Sulla linea ferroviaria più lunga del mondo, che da Mosca arriva al Mar del Giappone, un gruppo di scrittori e giornalisti italiani attraversa la Russia asiatica. In occasione della Fiera del libro di Mosca, la delegazione viene accompagnata attraverso i profondi cambiamenti della Russia, dal centro alle periferie dell'impero, cinque fusi orari e seimila chilometri da Mosca.

In Great Buddha Gym for All Mens and Womens, author Sallie Tisdale so richly evokes her pilgrimage to the four vital sites related to Buddha Shakyamuni's life and enlightenment that the listener feels as if she's tripping alongside Tisdale every crowded, colorful, and sensuous step of the way. The challenges of travel in modern India are daunting. The ancient sites are overrun with tourists and seekers. Merchants hawking spiritual goods are everywhere.

Carol Ardman traveled to Tangier in 1970 to tend her broken heart and - she hoped - find Jane Bowles, whose writing had literally saved her. Instead she found Paul Bowles at a time when he was as lonely and searching as she was. The two began an unconventional love affair that roiled Tangier's incestuous expat community and transformed Ardman's life. Her sumptuously detailed portrait of their relationship is as intimate - and as satisfying - as it gets.

Abounding in secluded, atmospheric parks, artists' studios, cafes, restaurants, and streets little changed since the 1800s, Paris exudes romance. The art and architecture, the cityscape, riverbanks, and the unparalleled quality of daily life are part of the equation. But the city's allure derives equally from hidden sources: querulous inhabitants, a bizarre culture of heroic negativity, and a rich historical past supplying enigmas, pleasures, and challenges.

What do famous people love to do during their free time in Los Angeles? Angelenos and other notables have their rituals that connect them to the city in a unique way: favorite restaurants, museums, beaches, parks, markets, landmarks, haunts, and hideaways. The activities are as diverse and eclectic as the city itself. My City, My Los Angeles gives listeners something truly unique - a chance to experience LA the way the city's most notable luminaries do.