If Hotel Heaven's quest was to find the true essence of a luxury hotel, then Heaven on Earth is designed to discover the true essence of a destination and why it is hip and happening.

Nothing, not even terrorism and plague, can stop our obsession with travel. After more that 15 years on planes, trains and auto-mobiles, Matthew Brace has carefully selected the places that he believes will become 'to die for' spots in the coming years.

Some of these destinations have only recently reappeared on the traveller's map, due to the changing of political ideologies or new economic prosperity, while others are simply getting cool because the travel herd moves and is finding new patches of grass upon which to graze.

This exciting new book from a master of humorous and enlightening travel writing is about getting to the underbelly of a place and discovering its pulse, its lifeblood. It's about living and breathing a destination's atmosphere, and Matthew Brace has taken to his task with gusto.