The Art of Travel

The Art of Travel is Alain de Botton's travel guide with a difference. Few activities seem to promise us as much happiness as traveling: taking off for somewhere else, somewhere far from home, a place with more interesting weather, customs, and landscapes. However, while we are inundated with advice on where to travel, 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 mini-bars, airports to sightseeing. The perfect antidote to those guides that tell us what to do when we get there, The Art of Travel explains why we really went in the first place and suggests how we might be happier on our journey.