Building on the success of National Geographic's Journeys of a Lifetime series, Four Seasons of Travel brings to life hundreds of the world's most alluring locations and activities--and tells you exactly when and how to best experience them. Spanning the globe with 100 top places to go each season, National Geographic's expert travel writers and photographers invite you to experience the world's most tempting locales with this lush gift book. Covering festivals, foliage displays, harvests, summer and winter sports and activities, markets, traditional celebrations, and more, this lavish, beautifully photographed book is both inspiring and useful. Dozens of fun, themed ""Best of the World"" lists (ten best places to go whale watching in summer or warm up with hot drinks in winter, for example), as well as in-depth site descriptions, locator maps, illuminating sidebars, and tons of insider tips will inspire you to plan your next getaway during a destination's showcase period--whether it's Christmas in New York, complete with ice-skating at Rockefeller Center and seeing Radio City Music Hall's famous holiday show; springtime in Kyoto, when cherry blossoms create clouds