Excursion to Enchantment: A Journey to the World's Most Beautiful Places Chris Eckstrom Lee; Paul Martin; Tom Melham; Thomas O'Neill; Cynthia Russ Ramsay; Jennifer C. Urquhart; Tom Bean; Medford Taylor Annie Griffiths Belt; Paul Chesley and Nicholas De Vo

"Discover a potpourri of natural and cultural wonders. Paradise isles begin your itinerary. In the Caribbean's Grenadines you travel to tiny Mayreau, a getaway of quiet days and crystalline waters. The beguiling Loire Valley, realm of fairy-tale chateaus, mirrors a landscape from 'Sleeping Beauty. ' You bicycle past scarlet poppy fields, follow in the footsteps of soldier-saint Jeanne d'Arc, and drift across France's soft green heartland in a hot-air balloon. "

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