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Half Moon —  The Legend of Jamaica

Andreas Augustin tells the story of this legendary Caribbean island and its iconic attractions. From the discovery of the (Half Moon) b...

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The Strand – Yangon, Myanmar (English) Classic Edition

The Strand – Yangon, Myanmar (English)

Price: € 43.00

It has taken us almost 20 years to research the history of The Strand, the incredible and legendary most famous hotel of Yangon. ...

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Price: € 133.00

The incredible tale of the legendary Strand Hotel, The most famous hotel of Yangon: New edition 2017 including 20 pages, the new Stran...

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Ritz. — Mucho más que un nombre. Sinónimo de calidad y excelencia y eufemismo que describe un mundo fuera del alcan...

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The Ritz Madrid was built in 1910, following the hotel-concept of the legendary César Ritz. Ritz is a synonym for quality, for e...

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Design SVEN BOLTENSTERN — Die ersten 85 Jahre Individual Books

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Sven Boltenstern, internationally acclaimed designer of jewellery, sculptures and objects d'art, presents a collection of over 40...

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Reid’s Palace – Madeira (English) Edition Raconteur

Reid’s Palace – Madeira (English)

This book is of course the story of a visionary man called William Reid, the sojourn of ‘Sisi’, the restless Empress of Aus...

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I had Tea at Reid’s – Madeira (English) Treasury Paperbacks

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Never has there been a better time than now to think and read about the art of making and enjoying tea. ‘I had tea at Reid&rsquo...

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SO – Singapore (English) Individual Books

SO – Singapore (English)

Price: € 88.88

The SO SINGAPORE is a piece of art — and so is this unique strictly limited collector's 2016 edition — by Andreas...

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Metropole – Hanoi, Vietnam (English Leather Edition) Collector’s Books

Metropole – Hanoi, Vietnam (English Leather Edition)

Price: € 133.00

The hand bound leather cover makes this a very special vintage collectors edition. Only 20 pieces of the 2007 edition were produced. Th...

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The Mena House Treasury – Cairo, Egypt (English) Treasury Paperbacks

The Mena House Treasury – Cairo, Egypt (English)

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During the 1880s, an oriental palace rose in stone and mortar from the desert, decorated by the most lavish interior design ever seen. ...

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Publisher's recommendations


Dear wonderful Readers; 

Days like this lead to endless hours at home, time for books, time to read and to prepare our next journeys. 

I recommend the new edition of HOTEL METROPOLE HANOI.

The first copies of THE HALF MOON TREASURY are being released – exclusively to our readers (and before its official launching date). 

We have released a reprint of our successful book THE WESTIN EXCLESIOR ROME, the most famous hotel on Via Veneto. 

The new edition of THE STRAND (Yangon,Myanmar) receives wonderful readers' feedback — thank you for your notes and mails. 

There is a hotel in Seefeld, Tyrol, Austria, which stands for all the fables and legends this little olympic village has to tell. It is called ASTORIA, and run by legendary hotelier Elisabeth Gürtler. Our new book SEEFELDER MINIATUREN - ASTORIA - A STORY - A LEGEND is available now – in this store. It is in German, only (for the time being).

Upon request, we dispatch all our books personally autographed (as you know).

Have a save journey!

Andreas Augustin

aa at famoushotels dot org

"To travel is to possess the world.”

Burton Holmes

(1870, Chicago–1958, Los Angeles)

American traveler, photographer and filmmaker, who coined the term "travelogue"

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