Relais Chateaux 2012 edition by Relais Chateaux (2012-02-07) Paperback

The 2012 Guide, enriched and expanded by the vision of Jaume Tapies, International President of Relais & Chateaux, celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, and ushers in an auspicious new decade for an association which brings together almost 500 exceptional properties from across the planet, joined this year by a record number of 36 new members in 6 new destinations (Estonia, Peru, Chile, Laos, Sri Lanka and Vanuatu) and 6 new cities (Washington DC, San Diego, Shanghai, Kobe, and Casablanca).They all share the same values of authenticity and seek to meet the same exacting demand to be all around the world, unique in the world. 780,000 copies of this famous white book, with its emblematic golden fleur de lys stamped on the cover, in 6 languages (English, German, French, Italian, Spanish and, for the first time, Mandarin), with 700 pages in color, have been distributed in 60 countries. This represents an extraordinary invitation to travel, following an introduction by Richard Gere, Re