David Pevvers, Lonely Planet
Germany - industrial powerhouse, nation of sausage-lovers and questionable style zone - may not be at the top of everybody's must-see list but that's all the more reason to go there, suggests Lonely Planet in its Best in Travel 2010, which has just hit the bookshops. Don't follow the crowd, in other words; let the crowd follow you. Twenty years after reunification, Germany is soaked in history, and it's hard to find a more edgily stylish city than Berlin.
That's just one of the surprises in Lonely Planet's predictive little book. To find out more - the edgiest emerging cities, the best value destinations (think a glitzy gambling capital fallen on hard times), oh, and some of the world's top choc spots and choicest places for cheap surgery - we present a sneak preview of this travel guide of travel guides.
