Marking 40 years in travel this year, Lonely Planet has handpicked the most magnificent, see-it-and-die sights around the world for its hardback book – Lonely Planet’s Beautiful World.
There are more than 200 images of natural phenomena and extraordinary wildlife moments, striking architecture and urban form and domestic UK wonders. From Botswana’s Okavango River to Patagonia’s Torres del Paine National Park, Norway’s ice caps and Manhattan’s streets to Hampshire’s bluebell woods, the images will take you out of your armchair and into the far and wide places that are on every traveller’s wish list.
Lonely Planet’s Beautiful World is priced at £29.99 and is available now.
To tie in with the publication, there’s a competition called Capture your Beautiful World. It offers the chance to win a photography tour to Tibet with Richard I’Anson, the renowned travel photographer, by entering images of the world’s most beautiful sights. The winning image will also showcased on the homepage of www.lonelyplanet.com.
Have a look at these glorious images.
