Great Escapes Africa

by Shelley-Maree Cassidy

This collection featuring some of the most splendid getaway havens nestled throughout Africa is sure to please even the most finicky would-be voyagers. Includes hotel pricing, contact information, interior and exterior photographs, and more.

359 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 2002

Reviews

[Mati · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book makes you want to travel and to try each place at least for couple of nights. The photographs are made with artistic eyes giving those places unique charms.

[Liv · Rating 4 out of 5]

Anything published by Taschen is a visual delight. This book is pure sumptuous armchair traveling, taking you to luxury or notable hotels from 12 African countries. Each textual profile is brief, allowing for more full-bleed photos. I enjoyed the history tidbits from each hotel--some dating back hundred of years--but I especially loved the reading recommendations, pairing a book to pack to each hotel.

The hotels vary from high glamor and gleaming Moroccan tiles in Marrakesh, to hotels where giraffes will pop their heads right into your windows in Kenya, to glamping in a gorilla preserve in Tanzania; to a seaside paradise in Zanzibar; to true solitude in Botswana, to rustic chic in South Africa.

[nicole · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of my very favorite inspiration books.

[Michael Heath-Caldwell · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very good large book on luxury hotels in Africa including Genessie's place in Kenya.