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Lonely Planet Women Travel Solo
30 Inspiring Stories of Adventure, Curiosity and the Power of Self-Discovery
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Discover 30 inspirational stories from solo travelling women who have experienced amazing adventures around the world - alone. Packed with candid first-person accounts from brilliant women including a retired nomad, a keen cyclist, a circus artist, a woman celebrating sobriety, a college graduate, and many more....
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Discover 30 inspirational stories from brilliant women who have explored the transformative power of travelling around the world alone. Find honest advice and tips from each woman about what they'd wished they'd known, the things they'll never forget, and how their travels changed them in this can-do guide for female adventurers everywhere.
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Discover 30 inspirational stories from solo travelling women who have experienced amazing adventures around the world - alone.
Packed with candid first-person accounts from brilliant women including a retired nomad, a keen cyclist, a circus artist, a woman celebrating sobriety, a college graduate, and many more. This is the ultimate travel guide to encourage and inspire budding female globetrotters to plan and pursue a solo trip of their own.
Inside Solo Women Travel:
- 30 incredible stories from female solo travellers who share the highs and lows of journeying across the globe by themselves
- A captivating and moving collection of first-person experiences that illustrate the profound power and courage of travelling solo as a woman
- Includes honest advice and tips on things each woman wishes they had known; what they have never forgotten; how their experiences have changed who they are today; whether they would do it again; their top recommendations; and more
Contents include: Hiking the Huemul Circuit in Patagonia; meeting the Reindeer Herders of Mongolia; cycling and camping from Paris to Geneva; relaxing on the island of Aruba; snowboarding in the Lyngen Alps; climbing Mount Fuji; exploring Fez and Morocco's Middle Atlas region; an impromptu journey through the Yucatecan backroads.
Discover the magic of intrepid travel as a woman with this uplifting and fearless guide that makes the perfect gift for the female adventurer in your life.
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Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781837585205
Publisher: Lonely Planet Global Limited
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 12 May 2025
Country: Ireland
Imprint: Lonely Planet Global Limited
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 27.0mm
Width: 172.0mm
Height: 216.0mm
Weight: 753g
Pages: 272
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