The Official Amazing Race Travel Companion: 20 Years of Roadblocks, Detours, and Real-Life Activities to Experience Around the Globe

Doganieri, coproducer and cocreator of The Amazing Race, delivers the ultimate travel guide for fans of the reality television competition. Drawing from the show’s 33 seasons, Doganieri shares unique travel advice—including resourceful packing tips (like researching international electrical plugs that might be needed)—alongside must-see attractions from the locations visited by contestants: Colorado’s Red Rocks Amphitheater, the starting and finish line for season nine, for instance, has “unmatched” views and acoustics thanks to the sandstone structures around it. As readers are swept from North America to the Asian Pacific, Doganieri entertainingly recounts the checklists of tasks contestants had to complete. The teams in season 21, for example, were required to deliver 10 pizzas from Lombardi’s in New York City, while those from season 30 baked 102 cookies at the Golden Gate Fortune Cookie Factory in San Francisco. From skydiving over Oahu (season 6) to learning to tango in Buenos Aires (season 27), Doganieri provides intriguing cultural lore about the locations visited, breakdowns of winning teams, and “Behind the Scenes Snapshot[s]” that offer fans such amusing anecdotes as Doganieri’s inaugural hang glide off Rio de Janiero’s Pedro Bonita mountain. This adventurous road map will spur reality show fans and wanderers at heart. (Oct.)