Lonely Planet’s Best in Travel 2015: The Best Trends, Destinations, Journeys & Experiences for the Year Ahead

Planning a vacation for sometime next year? Pick up this handy little book with the best ideas for places to see all over the world. Lonely Planet is rapidly becoming the go-to publisher for contemporary travel books for the modern traveler. For broad strokes, they begin with the ten best countries to visit, including some real surprises such as Namibia and Lithuania. Maybe looking at countries is a bit more than one wants to check out. The second section is the top ten regions with such exotic places as the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey and the Atacama Desert of Chile, but also places more common to American travelers such as the Rocky Mountain National Park. Cities come next, with the top ten including the number one pick of Washington D. C. and such unfamiliar places as Plovdiv, Bulgaria and Valletta, Malta. Each place lists reasons to go in 2015 as well as lots of facts about the place, life-changing experiences, and other useful information. Last is top travel lists with things such as the best bathrooms in the world, best free things to do, and best literary walking tours. This terrific little book easily fits into purse or pocket.