The Art of Travel - Alain de Botton

The thought of taking a holiday, spending time away from work and home - the scenes we know well, fills most of us with excitement and pleasure. We look forward to visiting places we consider more beautiful or which offer a more appealing lifestyle than our everyday experiences. Television programmes, holiday brochures and guidebooks offer a wealth of recommendations on where to go and what to see when we get there. In this book, Alain de Botton considers why we chose those destinations in the first place. As well as personal observations made on his own travels, de Botton uses examples from ... more