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Travel books that will inspire you the most and take you on an adventure

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Sometimes we need the right spark to help us burn. Sometimes we need a push to help us make decisions to set out and discover the world. Many stories and tales are born every day to show us the world from different perspectives. These stories have become books that carry stories, adventures and experiences. Many of these stories connect us and activate in us the desire to travel, our traveling spirit. Travel books have become road maps , unique guides, true treasures that encourage us to discover.

These travel books have become the companion of travelers eager to discover the world. Taking advantage of the occasion of World Book Day, we want you to know some of the travel books that could inspire you and lead you to have the adventure of your life. Do you dare to read and discover? The world awaits you.

7 Travel Books That Will Inspire You and Take You on an Adventure

How to prepare a great trip – Pablo Strubell and Itziar Marcotegui

Questions, doubts, questions. It is certain that before a great trip you will be full of insecurities and doubts that you would like to answer. This book could help you solve all these doubts. Which route should I choose? What type of backpack should I take? How much will I spend? Many of your questions can be answered with this travel book. Are you ready for the adventure?

Wild – Cheryl Strayed

A journey into your inner self. In this moving book, author Cheryl Strayed tells us how to face her own fears and insecurities after a 1,800-kilometer journey alone on foot through the Pacific Mountains in the United States.

From Alaska to Patagonia on an Elephant – Rafa Ocón and Noé Escalera

A couple who left Spain to fulfill the trip of their dreams. They traveled from North to South America, passing through 16 countries. Here they tell their story, how they fulfilled their dream and the experiences they lived on a unique and spectacular trip.

The end is my beginning – Tiziano Terzani

In this work, the writer tells his son many of his adventures, the Cold War, his years living in China , the Vietnam War and his years in the Himalayas.

Diary of a nomad – Miquel Silvestre

Traveler and writer Miquel Silvestre tells his story of a trip aboard his motorcycle, discovering the corners of South America, in a travel book that is part of the documentary series of the same name.

The Naked Tourist – Lawrence Osborne

Tourism has ended up invading magical places to the point of being harmful. Are there still natural, authentic and unspoiled travel destinations ? A travel book for reflection. With a bit of humor and many lessons for being responsible travelers.

Invisible Cities – Italo Calvino

Although it is not a travel book per se, as it is a fiction book, this book can leave an impression on you. This fictional travel book tells stories of cities visited by Marco Polo. With many meanings in the stories, this is a book that any travel lover could love.

The city of beasts – Isabel Allende

In another work of fiction, Isabel Allende fills our desire to explore with her magical realism. A journey to the Amazon that ends up being a story of legends, jaguars and eagles. Only by visiting the lung of the world will you be able to understand the magic behind the letters in this travel book.

Don’t tell mom I went to Mongolia on a motorcycle – Ricardo Fité

A book for lovers of two wheels. On his old motorbike he travels 10,000 kilometres from Barcelona to Mongolia . A story of a journey full of unexpected events. With this book you will learn not to give up, even if things get difficult along the way. Only true adventurers will understand the problems you learn to overcome on the road.

Eat, Pray, Love – Elisabeth Gilbert

Although many people may not like it, this is a book that could inspire you to travel. At least to visit the places that appear here. Italy, India, Bali. Besides being very easy to read, it could help you make up your mind.

A fairy tale journey – Salva Rodriguez

A traveler at heart presents you with a collection of four volumes. Four books dedicated to his bicycle trips through Africa, Asia, America and Europe. Much to learn from stories made by hand. Years of experiences that can change your life.

7 travel books that will have you packing your bags right now

A book is like a one-way ticket to fascinating places . To stories and adventures that, although at first they are foreign to us, as we turn the pages we become part of them. Through reading we can travel to remote countries , at any time of the year and sitting comfortably on the sofa, train or any means of transport. Some titles show us places we didn't even know existed, others make us remember experiences, feel nostalgia, joy or sadness. The same as when we reach the end of a book or a trip.

In this second group of books that inspire travel, we have selected the following, with stops in India, Peru, Burma, Australia, the United States, China and Africa .

Indian passion

The Spanish writer Javier Moro takes us to the India of the maharajas of the 20th century, more specifically to Kapurthala , the city whose king conquered the heart of a Spanish woman. Based on a true story, this best-seller tells how Anita Delgado , a 17-year-old girl from Malaga who made a living dancing cuplé in an intellectual bar in Madrid, ends up falling in love with the Indian maharaja on one of his visits to Spain . After several marriage proposals, all of them rejected, Anita Delgado ends up accepting the marriage. On January 28, 1908, the Spanish woman enters the Indian city of Kapurthala on the back of an elephant to become a princess. What she did not count on until then is that, once there, she would end up sharing her king with the rest of the women in the harem.

At the antipodes

Bill Bryson delights the reader with one of the most caustic travel chronicles and with a wit that we will only find in the rest of his titles. The American author of “I'm from Des Moines, someone had to be one”, invites us to travel through the most emblematic and unusual places in Australia while serving as a guide to explain its origins: from its founding by expatriated British convicts, through its desolate outback, the marketing of Surfers Paradise, to the animal dangers that threaten its inhabitants daily. Australia has the deadliest species in the world. In fact, a large number of them only exist there.

New York Stories

The second book in the trilogy All the Stories by Catalan journalist Enric González is one of the best guides to explore the Big Apple . His experiences are interspersed with the history of the city, how each neighborhood has been formed since the birth of New Amsterdam; how the most powerful families of the Italian mafia settled in Little Italy, or why New York has so many skyscrapers. Curiosities that are interspersed with personal recommendations from the author to find the best hamburger in Manhattan, or enjoy the most valued steakhouse in the city. Stories of New York is not a typical guide, so it is not for tourists, but for authentic travelers .

Burmese Chronicles

This graphic novel is the second work by Canadian cartoonist Guy Delisle. The author tells us about his personal experiences in Rangoon when he decided to emigrate there with his wife, a member of Doctors Without Borders, and his son. With an exquisite tone of humor, which manages to make the reader laugh out loud even in the most uncomfortable moments of the trip, Delisle captures in first person the daily life of his life in Myanmar and criticizes through his strokes the repression to which the people were subjected during that time , still under the dictatorship. In one of the daily trips with his son, the artist brings us closer to the story of Aung San Suu Kyi, the Burmese politician who won the Nobel Peace Prize and was under house arrest for more than 15 years.

Machu Picchu Address

A fun travel diary through Peru that takes us into the history of one of the most famous monuments in this country: Machu Picchu . Travel writer Mark Adams decides to embark on the adventure of following in the footsteps of Hiram Bingham III, the Yale professor who rediscovered this World Heritage jewel in the West. As he climbs the promontory in the company of guides, the author answers some of the questions that have surely crossed everyone's mind: what was Machu Picchu really like, why was it built and how could such a work of magnitude be built ? With him we will also learn about some ancient Inca customs and what life is like in the most touristic area of ​​this Latin American country.

Travels with Herodotus

Among the great travel writers, Ryszard Kapuscinski could not be left out. Winner of the Prince of Asturias Award, this Polish journalist has given us numerous titles such as Ebony , The Shah: The Excess of Power or Travels with Herodotus , among many others. Although the latter is not his first work, in it the author explains his beginnings as a correspondent and describes his desire to cross the border . Accompanied by one of the titles of Herodotus, the traveler from Holicarnassus who made history for his numerous adventures and war stories, Kapuscinski takes us on a tour of countries such as India, China and introduces us to the African continent . The book emphasizes the importance of getting closer to the inhabitants , the culture of the place and its traditions, always from a position of respect and equality.

300 real places that seem fake

A journey through the five continents stopping in more than 100 countries where the author, the Catalan writer Sergio Parra, shows us 300 places that we would never imagine exist . A hotel bed where the head faces one country and the feet face another, an island built with water bottles, a killer tree, the gates of hell , underground constructions, a country made of iron or paths for giants are just some of the places that, although they seem like science fiction, exist and can be visited. This book is full of curiosities about unknown places with which we can surprise our companions on the next trip.

Ready to read and embark on the journey?

The adventure of a lifetime may be closer than you think. Perhaps one of these books can motivate you to make the decision to travel. The adventure of a lifetime is just beginning, perhaps you will be the next chronicler who inspires new travelers to travel the world. Do you know other books that have inspired you to travel? What books would you add to this list?

After reading these travel books, you'll want to pack your bags and leave tomorrow to discover this wonderful world. Can we help you choose your destination?