The best travel books for when you're stuck at home
One of the best ways to use all those extra hours indoors is to settle down with a good book and dream of future adventures."Travel book" means so much more than a guidebook. Some people discover their dream destinations through fiction, others through food. Words have a way of reminding you of a favorite vacation or getting you geared up for your next one.
(CNN) — One of the best ways to use all those extra hours indoors is to settle down with a good book and dream of future adventures."Travel book" means so much more than a guidebook. Some people discover their dream destinations through fiction, others through food. Words have a way of reminding you of a favorite vacation or getting you geared up for your next one.The CNN Travel team's favorite travel books range from 1930s Corfu to 19th-century Australia to modern-day Vancouver Island. We hope you find some inspiration for your next trip.
A Walk in the Woods (Bill Bryson, 1998)
We could all use a good laugh right now and Bill Bryson delivers them by the packful in "A Walk in the Woods" (1998), his epic journey along the 2,200-mile Appalachian Trail stretching across the Eastern United States from Georgia to Maine.A middle-aged Bryson sets out to address "years of waddlesome sloth" with old friend and ne'er-do-well Stephen Katz -- a maddening, occasionally lovable connoisseur of junk food.