Topic: Travel and Tourism

Simon Gandolfi has never been one to grow old gracefully and following two heart attacks he decides not to rest up, as many might, but to ride the length of Hispanic America on a 125cc motorbike. And why not? His wife may have plenty of reasons why not, but used to the intrepid septuagenarian's d...

A travelogue telling the story of octogenarian Simon Gandolfi's travels across South America by motorbike, crossing the highest passes, alone and on minimal funds with no expensive gear and no back up, making friends, having fun, staying young.

After two decades exploring the Western coast and mountains of the British Isles, the historian and nature writer David Gange set out to travel the seaboard in the course of a year. This coastline spans just 800 miles as the crow flies, but the complex folds of its firths and headlands stretch mo...

Discover the freedom of open roads while touring Italy with Lonely Planet's 'Italy's Best Trips' - your passport to up-to-date advice on uniquely encountering Italy via l'auto. Featuring 40 amazing road trips, you can weave along the precarious Amalfi Coast or relish a sunny drive in Tuscan hills...

When early retirement beckons, Russell George decides to set off on a gruelling 950 mile solo charity walk along the length of Britain from John O'Groats to Land's End - which is about 930 miles further than he's ever walked before. This is an amusing and enlightening tale of an arduous, but rewa...

Elizabeth Gilbert is in her 30s, settled in a large house with a husband who wants to start a family. But she doesn't want any of it. A bitter divorce and a rebound fling later, Elizabeth emerges battered yet determined to find what she's been missing. So begins her quest.

The historic county of Fife is a natural peninsula on the east coast of Scotland, bordered by the Firth of Forth and the Firth of Tay. Alongside its three largest settlements of Dunfermline, Kirkcaldy and Glenrothes it is also home to the ancient city of St Andrews, with its world-famous golf cou...

In December 2004, Shane Granger and his partner, Meggi Macoun, had just completed a sailing odyssey from South Africa to Malaysia and were enjoying a well-earned siesta when the Boxing Day Tsunami changed their lives forever. With thousands of people suddenly in dire need, Shane and Meggi loaded ...

Travel needn't cost the Earth: discover how to explore our beautiful world sustainably and responsibly with this definitive guide. Packed full of practical information about planning an air-mile-free adventure, from route planning to budgeting, accommodation to activities; then take your pick fro...

A love letter to life on the remote British islands of Shetland and to a wilder way of living, from one of our most celebrated poets.

Mairi Hedderwick embarks on a six-month-long journey to 40 islands from Arran to Lewis, recounting her pilgrimage around the archipelago of the Western Isles with which she has had a lifelong love affair. Filled with wit and wisdom that is matched by her spell-binding illustrations, Mairi Hedderw...

Stars of Outlander, Sam Heughan and Graham McTavish are no strangers to the rugged beauty of Scotland. But this time they're setting their sights on a new horizon: New Zealand. Join our intrepid Scotsmen on their latest epic adventure across the Land of the Long White Cloud in this thrilling foll...

From their faithful camper van to boats, kayaks, bicycles, and motorbikes, join stars of 'Outlander' Sam and Graham on a road trip with a difference, as two Scotsmen explore a land of raw beauty, poetry, feuding, music, history, and warfare. Unlikely friends Sam and Graham begin their journey in ...

In this journey of self-discovery, Sam Heughan sets out along the West Highland Way to explore his heritage and reflect on the personal waypoints that define him. The result is a love letter to the wild Scottish landscape that means so much to Sam, and a charming, funny, wise and searching insigh...

Aged just seven, Suzanne Heywood set sail with her family on a three-year voyage around the world. What followed turned instead into a decade-long way of life, through storms, shipwrecks, reefs and isolation, with little formal schooling.Suzanne fought her parents, longing to return to England an...

Aged just seven, Suzanne Heywood set sail with her family on a three-year voyage around the world. What followed turned instead into a decade-long way of life, through storms, shipwrecks, reefs and isolation, with little formal schooling. Suzanne fought her parents, longing to return to England a...

A visual how-to-guide for everything to do with travel, presented in a quirky, graphical style.

In 1935 a young Englishman named Laurie Lee arrived in Spain. He had never been overseas; had hardly even left the quiet village he grew up in. His idea was to walk through the country, earning money for food by playing his violin in bars and plazas. Nearly a century later, the book Laurie Lee wr...

In 'Outlandish', travel writer Nick Hunt takes us across landscapes that should not be there, wildernesses found in Europe yet seemingly belonging to far-off continents: a patch of Arctic tundra in Scotland; the continent's largest surviving remnant of primeval forest in Poland and Belarus; Europ...