Our Top 3 Travel Reads
ere are many ways a book can transport you, but one of the most powerful is
to carry your imagination to faraway places. Here are a few of our favourite
reads that may just inspire your next voyage of discovery.
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
The countryside dachas of Russia's elite. The ballrooms of Moscow. The
salons of St. Petersburg. And the great train stations that link them
all. It is against this backdrop that the doomed love affair of Anna
Karenina and the dashing Count Vronsky plays out. But this is no
mere love story — Anna Karenina is a guidebook to the Russian soul.
Explore our related itinerary: Waterways of the Tsars
Under The Tuscan Sun: At Home In Italy by Frances Mayes
Frances Mayes, a 40-something travel writer, poet and gourmet
cook, leaves her San Francisco life and travels to Italy after her
divorce. This humorous and lively memoir describes her adventures
restoring a dilapidated villa near the town of Cortona. It also
includes a full chapter of authentic regional Italian recipes.
Explore our related itinerary: Iconic Western Mediterranean
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
In this beloved classic, the complicated courtship of heroine Elizabeth
Bennet and Mr Darcy unfolds in provincial southern England,
where Austen was born. She delivers a witty skewering of Regency-
era British morals, whose constrictions stand in sharp contrast to the
wide-open landscapes and seascapes of Sussex, Kent, Hertfordshire
and Derbyshire, where this timeless romance blossoms.
Explore our related itinerary: British Isles Explorer
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