100 Best Romantic Resorts of the World [Paperback]

Katharine D. Dyson (Author)

Book Description

Series: 100 Best Series | Publication Date: May 1, 2000

One hundred of the best-not necessarily the most expensive-resorts, hotels, and inns in the world. Chosen for their abundant romance, relaxing ambience, and gracious service.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"You may suffer romantic fantasy overload thumbing through (this book's) listings."
--Atlantic Journal-Constitution
(praise for a previous edition)

--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From the Back Cover

Somewhere is a romantic spot that's perfect for you. World traveler and honeymoon travel expert Katharine Dyson has selected the 100 best-not necessarily the most expensive-resorts, hotels, and inns of the world. Chosen for their abundant romance, relaxing ambience, gracious service, range of prices, excellent amenities, and spectacular locations, one of these destinations is sure to be the place of your dreams! This book features beach resorts in the U.S., Mexico, Caribbean, South Pacific, and Africa; Colorado ski resorts and French chateaux; Southwestern casitas and New England inns; posh city hotels in England, Italy, and Austria; intimate resorts perched over the Mediterranean; castles and manors in England, Germany, and Scotland; exotic hideaways in Thailand and French Polynesia-and more! (5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 336 pages, b&w photos)

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Product Details

• Paperback: 336 pages
• Publisher: Globe Pequot; 3rd edition (May 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0762706244
• ISBN-13: 978-0762706242
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,794,779 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect for planning your honeymoon, January 25, 2001

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cpinck "cpinck" (Skaneateles, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 100 Best Romantic Resorts of the World (Paperback)

The biggest thing I had to do to for our wedding (besides show up) was to plan our honeymoon. This book was the only resource I could find that didn't just list the "if-money-were-no-object" type of resorts. It also listed amazing hard-to-find places that actually fit our budget. The result -- our honeymoon was perfect. I highly recommend this book.

22 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A great resource for those seek a place for passion!, April 8, 2001

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Allan M. Gathercoal "fdoamerica" (Norcross, GA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 100 Best Romantic Resorts of the World (Paperback)

Define "romantic", my girl friend said to me, as I looked at her with my best 'I know what it means, don't press me' look. Being slightly romantically challanged, my understanding of the world comes from Clark Gable in 'Gone with the Wind' "Frankly Scarlet, I ...".

Katherine Dyson defines romantic with 100 different definitions via 100 different resorts. These selections span the world, so wherever you're are inclined to stoke the fire of `amore', Dyson has a suggestion. With each resort section you get a detailed profile, as well as web-site and e-mail addresses (impressive!).. Especially useful is the specialized indexes she provides: romance by the sea, romance with tennis, romance with golf, romance with a horse(!), romance on a safari, romance with a private pool, romance with a private fireplace and romance in a city for convenient shopping (Oops, there goes the romance).

Though I could only get to a half dozen of the recommended romantic resorts before I wanted to get back to fish'n in Southern Georgia, I got the general idea. I applaud the great research that Katherine Dyson has done, though I take exception to listing huge commercial resorts as romantic (Half-Moon Club, Sandals Resorts, Disney's Resort etc.). Also helpful would be a list of the most expensive to the cheapest romantic spots; it is amazing how $$$ affects romance with most men. But, pushing these observations aside, "100 Best Romantic Resorts of the World" is an excellent guide for those that have a moon in their eye "like a big pizza pie". Recommended.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Worth buying, but needs more colored pictures., August 15, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: 100 Best Romantic Resorts of the World (Paperback)

This book definitely contains a lot of helpful information about romantic resorts. However, I was disappointed that there wasn't more colored pictures of each resort. Some resorts have no pictures at all. If you want to see pictures of the resort, which most people do, I would recommend looking up the resorts in the book online. That's what I'm doing.