The best travel books are shared here, with brief excerpts from books published about travel and destinations around the world.
In Julie Statham’s Walking in the Algarve: 34 Coastal and Mountain Walks, tourists are guided through the volcanic hills to dramatic limestone escarpments.
Dina Bennett’s new book, Travel Junkie’s Diary, chronicles some of her adventures around the world on very long road trips.
Jon Haggins Globetrotter recounts many trips around the world and interactions with many local people on his journeys. The book excerpt covers travel in Vietnam.
Walking in Portugal provides many routes and information for hikers across the different areas of Portugal, including the Algarve, Peneda-Gerês National Park, the Serra da Estrela, and other beautiful parts of Portugal.
From the Taj Mahal to Elvis’s resting place at Graceland, explore some of the world’s most famous burial sites in Loren Rhode’s newly released book “199 Cemeteries To See Before You Die.”
Joe Wilkins made over fifty trips in remote regions of the Brooks Range. Check out his book, “Gates of the Arctic, Twelve Years of Arctic Exploration”
Mike & Anne Howard left for their honeymoon in January 2012 and have been exploring the globe ever since on what has become the World’s Longest Honeymoon.
Saudi Arabia: In the Land of Invisible Women by Qanta A. Ahmed, MD.A female doctor’s story. Navigating life in the sex-segregated country of Saudi Arabia.
In the travel book Chez Mwah Judith Dowden shares her life in the real France in Languedoc–one where vineyards produce grapes and people live like real people.
A new children’s book, All Fish Faces,” shows what many different ocean fish look like and how they live, and a blogger traveled the world volunteering.
Bouillons are classic old-school restaurants in Paris, that specialize in boiled beef. An excerpt from David Downie’s new book, a Taste of Paris.
The Hudson River Valley in New York State is the subject of this new photo book that provides a wealth of travel information, history and info about nature.
How to get the most out of your trip to Portugal–Eat Smart in Portugal is a new guide to markets, menus, regional cuisines and how to find the best foods.
Yellowstone Country: Idaho, Wyoming & Montana (Lost on Gray Roads) is David Skernik’s ode to his favorite places, photos of nature and scenery.