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The Art of Travel

The Art of Travel

Author(s): Alain de Botton

Location(s): World

Genre(s): Nonfiction

Era(s): Various

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Few activities seem to promise is as much happiness as going travelling: taking off for somewhere else, somewhere far from home, a place with more interesting weather, customs and landscapes. But although we are inundated with advice on where to travel to, we seldom ask why we go and how we might become more fulfilled by doing so.

With the help of a selection of writers, artists and thinkers – including Flaubert, Edward Hopper, Wordsworth and Van Gogh – Alain de Botton’s bestselling The Art of Travel provides invaluable insights into everything from holiday romance to hotel minibars, airports to sightseeing.

The perfect antidote to those guides that tell us what to do when we get there, The Art of Travel tries to explain why we really went in the first place – and helpfully suggest how we might be happier on our journeys.

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Author: tripfiction

A really interesting look at why people travel – sourcing the intellectuals who relish their travels, the odd, the curious, the mundane…

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