This guidebook leads you around the globe to visit cultural, historic and natural treasures at risk - including red Routemaster buses in England, red-footed boobies in the Cayman Islands, Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania and the pyramids of Giza in Egypt.You’ll learn why these attractions are important, why they need protection, and how you can explore them responsibly, preserving them for future generations. Details on airports and accommodation, geographical and subject indexes, web sites and other service information will help you make the most of your trip.

 

Frommer''s 500 PLACES TO SEE BEFORE THEY DISAPPEAR is a celebration of the world''s most precious and fragile sights. This innovative and inspiring new book, published on 6th November 2008, not only gives us an indication of how much of our world we take for granted, but also sheds some light on why our natural habitats are disappearing and in some cases, what we can do to prevent it. 

 

The carefully chosen list of destinations includes a variety of natural, historical, and cultural sites for the eco-conscious traveller to enjoy as well as 230 photos that bring these places to life. Entries range from decaying landscapes and historic haunts to cityscapes in peril, iconic designs and even classic movie palaces. As well as featuring major landmarksaround the world, this book presents some of the world''s hidden treasures and best-kept secrets where rare species are surviving and special landscapes are still intact.

 

 

Little Green Street, London – 

it''s one of the few intact Georgian streets left in the whole metropolis

 

Hadrian’s Wall, Northumberland – 

besides nature itself, the biggest threat to Hadrian’s Wall are the tourists who flock to the site each year and walkon the wall

 

The Burren, Ireland – 

Ireland’s stony wilderness is a fragile environment that is threatened by both too much and toolittle human attention

 

Taj Mahal, India – 

if plans to close the Taj Mahal go into effect, it would reduce this over-the-top mausoleum into a mere postcard silhouette instead of the spiritual experience it can be

The Maldives, Bonaire National Park in the Caribbean and the Cape Verde Islands are some of the last places to see the last healthy coral reefs

 

The Tower of London – 

with frequent flooding from spring overflows and North Sea storm surges, the iconic Tower of London is at risk

 

Teotichuacàn, Mexico – 

at one time the largest city in the world, now nearly inhabitable because of air pollution (the name means “Place where gods were born”)

 

Iceland – 

with more than 200 active volcanoes, Iceland is the most volcanically active countries in the world, and is threatened by climate change and its own volcanic instability

 

Big Pictures

Sea and Stream 

From the Mountains to the Prairies

Big Skies

Going to Ruins

City and Town

When History Was Made

Tarnished Gems of Architecture

Disposable Culture

 

Author: Holly Hughes has travelled around the world as an editor and writer and is also the author of Frommer’s New York City With Kids, 500 Places To Take Your Kids Before They Grow Up, and the forthcoming 500 Places For Food and Wine Lovers (March). She is also the editor of the annual Best Food Writing anthologies.

 

£13.99. 

www.frommers.co.uk or your local bookshop.

 

Frommer’s 500 Places to See Before They Disappear by Holly Hughes

Published by Frommer’s, a branded imprint of Wiley, on 6th November 2008

ISBN: 978-0-470-18986-3, £13.99  Paperback Original