Works of classics about travel. Ilya Ilf and Evgeny Petrov "One-story America"

“A journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step.” (Lao Tzu)
“When I contemplate the wonders of a sunset or the grace of the sea, my soul bows in awe of the Creator.” (Mahatma Gandhi)

“Travel is the only thing you buy that makes you richer” (author unknown)
“The world is a book. And whoever has not traveled along it has read only one page of it.” (St. Augustine)
“Once a year, go somewhere you’ve never been.” (Dalai Lama)
"Don't tell me what you know, tell me how far you've been." (Prophet Muhammad)
“To reach the goal, a person needs only one thing - to go.” (Honore de Balzac)
“It's the journey, not the destination that matters.” (From the movie “Step Up 3-D”)
“It is not necessary to live. Traveling is necessary.” (William Burroughs).
“No wind is fair if you don’t know where you’re sailing.” (Robert Benchley)
“A leg that can walk is worth a thousand others.” (Sinhala proverb).
“It doesn’t matter what exactly you do, it is important that everything you touch changes shape, becomes different from what it was before, so that a part of you remains in it. This is the difference between a person who simply cuts the grass on his lawn and a real gardener. The first one will pass, and it will no longer exist, but the gardener will live for more than one generation.” (Ray Bradbury "Fahrenheit 451")
“We know a person not by what he knows, but by what he rejoices in.” (Rabindranath Tagore)
“It’s better to travel all the time, but never reach your destination.” (Buddha)
“A good path has no clear plan, and this path has no definite goal.” (Lao Tzu)
“You are a traveler. Don’t say: I have such and such a city, and I have such and such. No one has a city; city - mountain (in heaven); and the present is the way. And we travel every day as nature moves." (John Chrysostom)
“Move, breathe, soar, swim, receive what you give, explore, travel - this is what it means to LIVE.” (Hans Christian Andersen)
“The big changes that happen in our lives are, to some extent, a second chance.” (Harrison Ford)
“The offer of unexpected journeys is a dance lesson taught by God.” (Kurt Vonnegut. "Cat's Cradle")

About enjoying life

“Don’t think about what you’ll say when you get back. Time is here and now. Seize the moment." (Paulo Coelho. “Aleph”)
“We enjoy it greatly just in anticipation.” (Claude Adrian Helvetius)
"I can handle everything except temptation." (Oscar Wilde)
“Being alive is a gift. Being happy is your choice.” (Osho)
“Life gives a person, at best, one single unique moment, and the secret of happiness is to repeat this moment as often as possible.” (Oscar Wilde)

- “I love life obscenely.” (Salvador Dali)
- “If you want to be happy, be it! And don't put anything off until tomorrow. Create your life right now." (Author unknown)
- "Life is too short to drink bad wine." (Johann Wolfgang Goethe)
- “No consciousness and no action can compare with the pleasure of sailing on the waves into unknown distances.” (Yukio Mishima. “The Golden Temple”)
- "Wake up in all alone being in an unfamiliar city is one of the most pleasant feelings in the world.” (Freya Stark)
- “Loving life is easy when you are abroad. Where no one knows you and you are alone, and your whole life is in your hands, you feel like a mistress like never before.” (Hannah Arendt)
- “One day I was bitten by a travel bug. I didn't take the antidote in time. Now I'm happy." (Michael Palin)
- “You can lie on the bridge and watch the water flow. Or run, or wander through the swamp in red boots, or curl up in a ball and listen to the rain pattering on the roof. It's very easy to be happy." (Tove Jansson. “All about the Moomins”)
- “We’re not leaving yet, if that’s what you mean,” answered the first swallow. - We are just busy with plans and preparations. We discuss which way we should fly and where we will stop to rest and so on. That's half the fun." (Kenneth Grahame. “The Wind in the Willows”)
- “The most enjoyable part of the trip is getting ready. A dog's bark is worse than the dog itself. And a woman is often more beautiful from the back. The sight of me can destroy your dreams." (from the animated film "Spice and Wolf")

“My aunt dreams of Paris,” said the professor. “She dreams of drinking coffee from small cups on the left bank of the Seine.
“Yes, that’s wonderful,” said Clara.
- No I do not understand! - said the professor. - Why? – How the taste of coffee can change depending on the place where you drink it.
- But that’s exactly how it is!
- Let it go! But I haven't experienced this.
Clara Jorgensen looked at him sympathetically.
“It’s not about drinking coffee,” she said. – The main thing is the mood.
-Are you drinking in the mood?
- Yes. Travel is a sensory experience." (Christine Valla. “Muscat”)

Why do we need travel?

“He who does not travel does not know the real value human life" (Moorish proverb)
“Knowledge of the countries of the world is the decoration and food of human minds.” (Leonardo da Vinci)
“If you pour the contents of your wallet into your head, no one will take it away from you.” (Benjamin Franklin)
“When we strive to look for the unknown to us, we become better, more courageous and more active than those who believe that the unknown cannot be found and there is no need to look for it.” (Plato)
“Three things make a person happy: love, interesting work and the opportunity to travel.” (Ivan Bunin)
“The road teaches patience.” (Benjamin Disraeli)
“What the hell should we do at home?” (Fyodor Konyukhov)
“It’s not my fault if such wonders happen to me that have never happened to anyone else. This is because I love to travel and am always looking for adventure, and you sit at home and see nothing but the four walls of your room.” (Rudolf Erich Raspe. “The Adventures of Baron Munchausen”)
“Travel, as the greatest science and serious science, helps us find ourselves again.” (Albert Camus)
“Only roads can delay old age. When you drive all the time and go to bed, knowing that the alarm clock will wake you up at night in order to catch a plane that is going God knows where and in general God knows why you are flying on it, then time stands still.” (Yulian Semenov)

“They say travel is the best remedy educate yourself in everything: the truth, definitely the truth! You will learn so much here.” (Nikolai Gavrilovich Chernyshevsky)
“Increasing knowledge, I consider visiting foreign lands good deed I" (Sebastian Brant. "Ship of Fools")
“This happens to me too. I look at the map and suddenly there is a wild desire to go to God knows where. As far as possible from the conveniences and benefits of civilization. And see with your own eyes what the landscapes are like there and what’s happening in those parts. To fever, to trembling. But you can’t explain to anyone where this desire came from. Curiosity in its purest form. Inexplicable inspiration." (Haruki Murakami. “1Q84”)
"Curious! Curious! - thought Passepartout, returning to the ship. “I now see that traveling is a magnificent thing, not worthwhile if you want to see something new.” (Jules Verne. “Around the World in Eighty Days”)
“When a person wanders, he, without noticing it, experiences a rebirth. Every now and then he finds himself in situations that are new to him, his days are long, and most often a language unknown to him is heard around him. He is like a baby who has just left his mother's womb. And he pays much more attention to what surrounds him, because it determines whether he will survive or not. He becomes more accessible to people, because they can come to his aid in difficult times. And he perceives the fleeting mercy of the gods with jubilation and will remember it until the end of his days. And at the same time, since everything is new to him, he notices only beauty and is happy simply because he lives.” (Paulo Coelho. “The Diary of a Magician”)
“First we go on journeys to lose ourselves, and then we go all the way and find ourselves. We embark on travel to open our eyes and hearts, to learn something new, something that is not published in newspapers and textbooks. We travel to bring into the world what little we are capable of, what our knowledge allows us to do. And we travel to slow down time and fall in love like when we were young.” (Pico Iyer)
“The most wonderful thing that can happen to a traveler is to stumble upon something he was not looking for.” (Lawrence Block)
“Life while traveling is a dream in its purest form.” (Agatha Christie)

"Life is motion. As soon as the movement ends, the river of life turns into a swamp.”
“Personally, I don’t travel to be somewhere, I travel for the movement and fellow travelers. Movement is the most beautiful thing in life.” (Robert Louis Stevenson)
“Of course, travel does not prevent fanaticism. But if a person sees that we all cry, eat, laugh, worry and die, then he will understand that we are all similar to each other, and we can all become friends.” (Maya Angelou)
"The road makes wise man better, but stupider than a fool.” (Thomas Fuller)
“Travel reveals not so much our curiosity about what we are going to see, but rather our weariness from what we are leaving behind.” (Alphonse Carr)
“Travel teaches more than anything else. Sometimes one day spent in other places gives more than ten years of life at home.” (Anatole France)
“Travel develops the mind, if, of course, you have one.” (Gilbert Keith Chesterton)
“To travel is to discover that everyone is wrong about their countries.” (Aldous Huxley)
“In 20 years, you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the things you did do. So set sail from the quiet pier. Feel the tailwind in your sail. Move forward, act, open up!” (Mark Twain)

“Don't compare. Don’t compare anything: neither prices, nor cleanliness, nor quality of life, nor transport. Nothing! You don't travel to prove that you have a better life. Get to know the lives of others and find what you can learn from them.” (Paulo Coelho)
“Walking alone with your beloved being in a foreign city, among strangers, is somehow especially pleasant: everything seems beautiful and significant, you wish everyone good, peace and the same happiness that you are filled with.” (Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev. “On the Eve”)
“For a person who has never traveled, every new place that is in any way different from native land, looks very tempting. Apart from love, travel brings us the most joy and consolation. For some reason, everything new seems very important to us, and the mind, which in essence only reflects the perceptions of our senses, gives in to the influx of impressions. On the way, you can forget your beloved, dispel grief, and drive away the ghost of death. In the simple expression “I’m leaving” lies the whole world feelings that have no outlet.” (Theodore Dreiser. “Sister Carrie”)
"Wanderings - best activity in the world. When you wander, you grow rapidly, and everything you see is reflected even in your appearance. I recognize people who have traveled a lot from thousands. Wanderings purify, intertwine meetings, centuries, books and Love. They make us related to Heaven. If we have received the as yet unproven happiness of being born, then we must at least see the earth.” (K.G. Paustovsky. “Romantics”)
Nothing opens your eyes to the world and broadens your horizons like travel.” (Charlize Theron)

“One of the benefits of traveling is the opportunity to visit new cities and meet new people.” (Genghis Khan)
“Travel is a great salvation from loneliness.” (Michelle Williams)
“They say that people who have seen the world are distinguished by ease of manner and do not get lost in any society. But this is not always the case: perhaps traveling through the vast Siberia in a dog-drawn sleigh, or long walks on an empty stomach and alone to the heart of black Africa, are not the best way to acquire social polish.” (Herman Melville. “Moby Dick, or the White Whale”)
"I realized that the most the right way to find out whether you like a person or not is to go on a journey with him.” (Mark Twain. “Tom Sawyer Abroad”)
“Hurry towards Adventure, listen to the call now, before it falls silent. All you need to do is slam the door behind you, joyfully take the first step, and now you are out of old life and entered a new one! And then someday, not very soon, please, go home, if you want, when your cup is drunk and the game is played, sit down near your quiet river and sit in the company of wonderful memories.” (Kenneth Grahame. “The Wind in the Willows”)
“For him, there were only two favorite moments left in life: when he approached the big city and when he left it.” (Peter Hoeg. “The Woman and the Monkey”)

“I have always believed that travel is best time for memories, especially traveling on water, because water is an image of time. I have never forgotten that I am the son of a photographer, and that my memory only develops film.” (From the film “A Room and a Half or a Sentimental Journey to the Homeland”)
“A train ticket raises more expectations than a lottery ticket.” (Paul Morand. “Allure Coco Chanel”)
“Salvation is in wanderings.<…>The sign “Fasten your seat belts” lights up, and you are disconnected from your problems. Broken armrests rise above broken hearts." (Alex Garland. “The Beach”)
"Far away from native language and loved ones, deprived of all our usual guises and supports (after all, you don’t even know the price of a tram ticket), we are entirely on the surface. But at the same time, feeling out of place, we discover in every object and in every wondrous creature their true magical essence.” (Albert Camus. “Love of Life”)
“... I generally like to leave, because without leaving one city it is quite difficult to come to another, and I like coming more than anything else.” (Max Frei. “The Big Cart”)

“... everyone believes that in Rus' life is boring with its monotony, and they go abroad from here to have fun, while I affirm and will have the honor to prove to you that life nowhere is so replete with the most sudden diversity as in Russia. At least I am leaving here abroad precisely to calm down from the kaleidoscopic diversity of Russian life and I think that I am not the only specimen of my kind.” (Nikolai Semyonovich Leskov. “Laughter and Grief”)
“To change the world, you have to see it.” (From the film “The Missing” (“Traveller”))
“Travel helps to understand the beauty of space and the pricelessness of time” (Georgy Alexandrov)
“Travelling broadens your horizons and reduces your stupidity.” (Georgy Alexandrov)
“It is impossible to value in hard currency the feeling of freedom and timelessness that the mountains give you when you stand on a high spur under a flawless blue April sky and look around.” (Jonathan Coe. "Before the Rain Falls")

Who to travel with?

"Only travel with those you love." ( Ernest Hemingway. "A holiday that is always with you")
“Every relationship is a journey. And travel is always full of dangers. Therefore, the best thing you can do is to find a companion with whom you are not afraid to travel.” (Richard Paul Evans. "Sunflower")

Who needs travel?

“Anywhere in the world I feel at home. For a type like me, the hardest thing to feel at home is at home.” (Henry Miller "Books in My Life")
“At times, especially in the fall, he suddenly began to feel sad about some wild lands, and strange visions of unfamiliar mountains filled his dreams.” (John Ronald Reuel Tolkien. “The Lord of the Rings”)

“But, despite everything, travel remains my great and true love. All my life, from my very first trip to Russia at the age of sixteen using the money I saved (sitting with the neighbor’s kids), I knew that I was ready to sacrifice everything for the sake of travel, that I would not regret any money on it. I remained faithful and constancy to this love, unlike my other hobbies. I treat travel the same way a happy mother treats a terrible, colicky, screaming baby around the clock - I absolutely don’t care what challenges await me. Because I love. Because it’s mine.” (Elizabeth Gilbert. “Eat, Pray, Love”)
“To a cheerful person the whole world seems cheerful.” (Johann Wolfgang Goethe)
“If you are young, healthy and eager to learn new things, then I implore you - travel. And go as far as possible. Sleep on bare ground if you have to, but be true to the idea. Learn from people about life, learn from them how to cook, how to cook and everything in general, wherever you go.” (Anthony Bordian.)
“If you can randomly make your way to your own bed in complete darkness without hurting yourself, then it’s time to travel.” (Boris Krieger)
“Traveling is what a true artist should do ( creative person), because this is real art - a precious stone that the traveler must subsequently process." (Freya Stark)
“Adventure is the journey. True adventure is undertaken by self-determined, driven people. And as a rule, it is always risky. Sometimes you have to “eat straight from the hands of fate.” Only after traveling a sufficient distance will you encounter true gratuitous kindness and boundless cruelty and realize that you are capable of both. All this will fundamentally change you, and the world will no longer be black and white for you.” (Mark Jenkins)
“When I was still very young and I was haunted by the urge to go somewhere where we were not, mature people assured me that in maturity they would be cured of this itch. When my age approached this standard, old age was promised to me as a healing remedy. In my older years I heard assurances that over time my fever would go away, but now that I am fifty-eight years old, I can only hope for a very old age. Nothing has helped so far. Four hoarse steamship whistles make the hair on the back of my neck stand on end, and my feet begin to stamp themselves. I’ll hear the roar of a jet plane, the warming up of the engine, even the clatter of hooves on the pavement - and immediately the eternal trembling throughout the body, dry mouth, wandering eyes, heat in the palms and the stomach rolls somewhere right under the ribs. In other words, there is no recovery; Simply put, the grave will correct the tramp. I'm afraid that my illness is incurable. I am not talking about this for the edification of others, but for my own information.” (John Steinbeck. Travels with Charlie in Search of America)
“I am not a tree, born to always stand in one place and not know what is behind the nearest mountain.” (Jack London. “Beauty Li-Wan”)

For whom is travel contraindicated?

“Travel is destructive of prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness.” (Mark Twain. “Innocents Abroad”)
“If you refuse food, ignore traditions, fear religion and avoid people, you are better off staying home.” (James Michener)
“The bad traveler is the one who, having set out on the open sea, believes that there is no land anywhere.” (Francis Bacon)
“The wind of wanderings does not blow for pessimists.” (Igor Subbotin)
“He who has seen one cathedral 10 times has at least seen something; the one who saw 10 cathedrals, but only once, saw a little less; and the one who spent half an hour in a hundred cathedrals saw nothing at all.” (Sinclair Lewis)

“Your planet is very beautiful,” he said. - Do you have oceans?
“I don’t know that,” said the geographer.
“Oh-oh-oh...” the Little Prince said in disappointment.
-Are there mountains?
“I don’t know,” said the geographer.
- What about cities, rivers, deserts?
- I don’t know that either.
- But you are a geographer!
“That’s it,” said the old man. - I am a geographer, not a traveler. I miss travelers terribly. After all, it is not geographers who count cities, rivers, mountains, seas, oceans and deserts. The geographer is too important a person; he has no time to walk around. He doesn't leave his office." (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. “The Little Prince”)

Where to go?

“Leaving Barcelona is stupid. Coming to it is criminal frivolity.” (Slava Se. “Summer is small everything”)
“...He will take her to London so that she will love everything that he loves - parks, squirrels, rain, grass, chestnuts, pubs, funny dogs and old cars.” (Tatiana Ustinova. “Vices and Their Fans”)
“Paris is a holiday that is always with you.” (Ernest Hemingway)
“Paris is the envy of those who have never seen it; happiness or misfortune (depending on how lucky you are) for those who live in it, but always grief for those who are forced to leave it.” (Honore de Balzac)

“No city in the world is so conducive to bliss and idleness as Vienna, where the art of walking without a goal, contemplating in inaction, being a model of grace has been brought to truly artistic perfection...” (Stefan Zweig. “Fantastic Night”)
“If there is a paradise on earth, ... then it is definitely located on the East Coast of Australia, somewhere in the Great Barrier Reef ...” (Saul Shulman. “Australia - Terra Incognita: When Animals Were Still People”)
“Europe for me is like a magic box from an old children’s fairy tale. (Jennifer Lopez)
“I grew up in Europe, which is where history comes from.” (Eddie Izzard)
“To understand Europe, you need to be a genius - or a Frenchman.” (Madeleine Albright)
“The twentieth century was the century of Europe, the 21st century is the century of Asia.” (Sho Kosugi)
“Asia is time flowing through your fingers.” (Gennady Prashkevich. “The Cain Paradox”)
“It’s funny how oriental flavor combined with the scent of mystery affects Europeans. They just go numb." (Boris Akunin. Black City)

“East... One day a close associate of the Sultan said: “Fear the night, because the night is ruled by completely different forces than those that rule the day.” And in the East the forces of mysterious magic and riddles rule. The East is a kingdom of illusions and mirages, framed within the framework of our world. This is the pungent smell of spices in the bazaars of Baghdad, this is the rustling of women's bedspreads in the narrow streets of Samarkand, this is the intricacy of calligraphic script on the mosques of Khorezm. The East... is a little pearl that everyone has in their soul... because the beauty of the oriental ornament, the mystery of the tales of the 1000 and 1 nights of Scheherazade will not leave anyone indifferent.” (From the site http://www.inpearls.ru)
"The sun goes to the West,
But to be born again,
Hurries to the East..." (Igor Talkov)

“The Swiss build lovely landscapes around their hotels.” (George Mikes)
“So, I’m already in Switzerland, in the country of picturesque nature, in the land of freedom and prosperity! It seems that the local air has something revitalizing in it: my breathing has become easier and freer, my figure has straightened, my head rises up of its own accord, and I think with pride about my humanity.” (Nikolai Mikhailovich Karamzin. “Letters of a Russian Traveler”)
“What is the difference between America and England? Americans think that a hundred years is an era, and the British think that a hundred miles is a distance.” (Earl Hitchner)
“America has two friends, better than any other nation has ever had. This - Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean." (Will Rogers)
“The island of Mauritius was created long before God created paradise. He served as a model for him." (Mark Twain)

How to travel?

“For those who have just walked out the door, the hardest part is behind them.” (Dutch proverb)
"I don't like to feel at home when I'm abroad." (George Bernard Shaw)
“Why on earth would you visit the same place when there are still so many unexplored corners in the world?!” (Marc Levy “Those words we didn’t say to each other”)
“Traveling and living are much more interesting if you follow sudden impulses.” (Bill Bryson “Travels in Europe”)
“In America there are two types of travel: the first and with children.” (Robert Benchley)
“Even in the summer, when going on a voyage, take something warm with you, because how can you know what will happen in the atmosphere?” (Kozma Prutkov)
“The traveler sees what he sees, the tourist sees what he came to see.” (Gilbert Keith Chesterton)
“There are only two ways to live life. The first is as if miracles do not exist. The second one is like there are only miracles all around.” (Albert Einstein)

“Seek and see miracles all around you. You get tired of looking at yourself, and this fatigue makes you deaf and blind everywhere to everything else.” (Carlos Castaneda "The Teachings of Don Juan")
“...wandered through the streets, looking around not with the eyes of a tourist, who is looking for something that is supposed to be admired, and not with the eyes of a writer, who is looking for his own everywhere (and can find in the colors of the sunset beautiful phrase or guess the character in the face you meet), but through the eyes of a tramp, for whom, no matter what happens, everything has its own complete meaning.” (William Somerset Maugham. "Ashenden, or the British Agent")
“When you travel, the main thing is not to forget that the meaning is in the journey itself, and not in its end. If you rush too much, you will miss the purpose for which you are traveling.” (Felicite Robeo de Lamennais)
“Don't be afraid of the beaten path. They are trampled for a reason. If millions of people before you gasped at the sight of Notre-Dame de Paris, feel free to gasp too.” (Peter Weil)
“A person who goes on a trip to a country whose language he does not know is actually going to school, not on a trip.” (Francis Bacon)
“The border is not only a border guard booth, passport control and a man with a gun. At the border everything becomes different; life will never be the same again after your passport has been stamped.” (Graham Green)
“An expedition is what it means: everyone follows each other, in single file...” (Alan Alexander Milne. “Winnie the Pooh and all-all-all”).
“I’m talking about real travel, son. Not about any nonsense from tourist brochures. Parisian Pont Neuf in the early morning, when no one is there, only tramps crawl out from under the bridges and from the metro, and the sun is reflected in the water. NY, Central Park in spring. Rome. Ascension Island. Cross the Italian Alps on a donkey. Sail away from Crete on a greengrocer's caique. Cross the Himalayas on foot. Eating leaf rice at the Ganesha temple. Get caught in a storm off the coast of New Guinea. Meet spring in Moscow when the whole winter dog shit is crawling out from under the melted snow.” (Joan Harris. "Blackberry Wine")
“It’s very correct to arrive in a foreign city in the morning. By train, by plane - it’s all the same. The day begins as if from scratch..." (Sergei Lukyanenko. "The Last Watch")

“You can run around the world as much as you like and visit all sorts of cities, but the main thing is to go then to a place where you will have the opportunity to remember the bunch of things that you have seen. You've never really been anywhere until you come home." (Terry Pratchett. "Mad Star")
“When traveling, it is important not to forget the main thing - when one thing ends, something else begins.” (From the film “Love Happens”)
“Traveling must be serious work, otherwise it, unless you drink all day long, becomes one of the most bitter and at the same time the stupidest activities.” (Gustave Flaubert)
“At the beginning of the journey, we cannot look too far into the future. Let us be glad that the first part of the journey went well.” (John Ronald Reuel Tolkien. “The Lord of the Rings”)
“Never save on something you can’t repeat.” (Tony Wheeler)
“You learn a lot by traveling if you don’t close your eyes.” (Joan Harris. "Blackberry Wine")
“Don’t follow where the path leads, go further where there is no path, and leave a path behind you.” (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
“No adventure-rich journey will be forgotten. Travels without adventure are not worth devoting books to.” (Lewis Carroll. “Symbolic Logic”)
“The average delighted tourist is happy with everything because he has escaped for a while from the usual cycle of life: he does not have to jostle in public transport, buy food for dinner, take out the trash, checking the instruments, calculate the rent, go to bed early, prudently setting an alarm clock at the head, tossing and turning from side to side, write answers to tricky questions, which the boss will certainly ask tomorrow morning - nothing like that at all. A lifelong slave to the routine, he is drunk with the sudden onset of freedom, he feels so good that he almost does not see the city, which he sincerely praises; it is not surprising that the natives are only irritated by his inappropriate enthusiasm, like the babble of a drunken reveler who suddenly finds himself among sober, busy people, preoccupied with everyday affairs.” (Max Frei. “The Big Cart”)
“My opinion about travel is brief: when traveling, do not go too far, otherwise you will see something that will be impossible to forget later...” (Daniil Kharms)
“Adventure is experienced during the journey, not at the destination. The destination is just a pause before the next journey. Enjoy your journey. It’s completely on its own.” (Joe Vitale)
“The journey to your dream begins today.” (Johann Rowling. “Harry Potter and Philosopher's Stone"(Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone))
“The wind blows in the faces of only the worthy.” (Pavel Sharpp)

“Trains are amazing; I still adore them. Traveling by train means seeing nature, people, cities and churches, rivers - in essence, it is a journey through life." (Agatha Christie)
“It is better to measure the road traveled by the friends acquired, rather than by the kilometers traveled.” (Tim Cahill)
“Real travel is not about discovering horizons, but about meeting new people.” (Marcel Proust)
“Angels always speak German. It's traditional." (From the film “A Dangerous Method”)
“When you travel without knowing English, you begin to understand what it means to be born deaf and dumb.” (Philippe Bouvard)

Travel as a search for yourself and the meaning of life

“Life is not how many breaths you take, but how many times you lose your breath.” (Maya Angelou)
“A person takes himself with him when he travels. Here he goes beyond his limits, becomes richer in fields, forests, mountains.” (Ernst Simon Bloch)
“Rejoice! Rejoice! The work of life, its purpose is Joy. Rejoice in the Sky, in the Sun, in the stars, in the grass, in the trees, in the animals, in the people. And make sure that this Joy is not disturbed by anything. This Joy is violated, which means you made a mistake somewhere - look for this mistake and correct it. Everything is in you and everything is now.” (Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy)
“Trust life. Wherever fate takes you, travel is necessary. You have to cross the field of life experience and check for yourself where the truth is and where the lie is. And then you can return to your inner center - a soul that has become purified and wiser.” (Louise Hay)
“Only two things will we regret on our deathbed - that we loved little and traveled little.” (Mark Twain)
“I follow my path, but I don’t know where it leads. And I don't know where I'll be, and that inspires me." (Rosalia de Castro)
“Is it fair to reproach a traveler for spending so much time on the road, when overcoming the path is the subject of his journey?” (Kozma Prutkov)
“I could spend my whole life walking through a new city every day.” (Bill Bryson. “Travels in Europe”)
“Open your eyes wider, live as greedily as if you will die in ten seconds. Try to see the world. He is more beautiful than any dream created in a factory and paid for with money. Don’t ask for guarantees, don’t seek peace—there is no such beast in the world.” (Ray Bradbury. “Fahrenheit 451”)
“To lose your way while traveling is unpleasant, but to lose the sense of going further is even worse.” (from the film “One Tree Hill”)
“A tourist, as soon as he arrives somewhere, immediately begins to want to go back. And the traveler... He may not return..." (Paul Bowles. "Under the Cover of Heaven")
"It's good to have a ship in a safe harbor, but that's not what it was built for." (John A. Shedd)
“People don’t make journeys… journeys make people.” (John Steinbeck)
“I am no longer the same person who looked at the shining moon on the other side of the planet.” (Marie Anne Radmacher)
“Like all travelers, I remember less than I saw, and I remember more than I saw.” (Benjamin Disraeli)
“A person who travels a lot is like a stone carried by water for many hundreds of miles: its roughness is smoothed out, and everything in it takes on soft, rounded shapes.” (Jacques Elisée Reclus)
“The purpose of travel is not to visit as many foreign places as possible, but to set foot on your own land as if it were someone else’s.” (Gilbert K. Chesterton)
“The road makes us more humble, because we understand how insignificant we are.” (Scott Cameron)
“The road meant its own special world. You take your bag and staff, go out the door - and you are already a resident of this world, you are a wanderer. Yesterday is forgotten, tomorrow is unknown, you go and look for something beyond the horizon. You don’t know for sure, but you hope that there will be food and a fire, and maybe a roof over your head - preferably low and without stars, but at least endless and with stars. You hum the song under your breath and understand: this world with its dangers and quirks can also be loved.” (Nadeya Yasminska. “Green songs of Ermintia”)
“To hell with all work if you live only for this! I have worked enough in my life and I can work as well as any of them. Since you and I have been traveling, I have firmly understood one thing: work is not everything in life! Crap! Yes, if all life consisted only of work, then you would need to quickly cut your throat, and goodbye.” (Jack London. “Valley of the Moon”)
“There are probably few impressions in the world comparable to the feeling experienced early in the morning on a sunlit street about which you know nothing, in a city about which you know nothing, in a crowd of people about whom you know nothing. The joy of discovery bubbles within you, because anything can happen around the next corner. With bated breath, you expect something, like in childhood, when you read about the fairy-tale prince: “And he set off to wander around the world.” Ah, I always liked it when the prince went to wander around the world, because then the adventures began, there you could find a golden apple in the grass, and the galoshes of happiness were just waiting to be put on your feet.” (Astrid Lindgren. “The Adventures of Katya”)
“Trust life. Wherever fate takes you, travel is necessary. You have to cross the field of life experience and check for yourself where the truth is and where the lie is. And then you can return to your inner center - a soul that has become purified and wiser.” (Louise Hay).
“If a traveler, returning from distant countries, were to tell us about people completely devoid of stinginess, ambition or vindictiveness, who find pleasure only in friendship, generosity and patriotism, we would immediately, on the basis of these details, discover the falsity in his story and prove that he lies with the same certainty as if he had filled his story with tales of centaurs and dragons, miracles and fables.” (David Hume)

Quotes about diving

“Diving is like meditation! A person is aware of every moment and every breath. Just imagine, you can live like this all your life - live life to the fullest every moment... every moment..." (from the film “Life Can’t Be Boring” (“Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara”))

One of the sources of inspiration for me to discover new countries are travel books.

Sometimes I read them (in in electronic format), but most often I listen to it in audio format, especially regularly during my morning jog.

I listen to completely different books - from books on business and self-development to fiction and, of course, books about travel occupy a significant part of them.

And so, last couple weeks, I have a terrible desire to go to Europe, on a motorcycle or auto trip - it doesn’t matter, the main thing is to Italy, namely Sicily!

Why is that? Another book inspired me to do this! She inspired me and I thought that I had already listened to and read more than a dozen books that might be interesting to many, so I decided to make a list of my favorite books, one way or another, related to travel topics. So, I present to your attention the TOP 20 books about travel that can inspire, make you get up and hit the road.

1. Matthew Fort "Sicily: Sweet honey, bitter lemons"

Just recently I finished listening to the travel book “Sicily: Sweet Honey, Bitter Lemons.” The author talks about his adventures so appetizingly that it’s incredibly difficult not to be eager to get on a Vespa scooter and rush around the island or to the foot of a volcano, visiting small villages everywhere.

Although, perhaps this book hooked me because once I was already planning our trip to Sicily, drawing up a route, but at the very last moment we changed plans and went to Spain, to the Canary Islands. And Sicily remained like an unfulfilled dream that slipped right out of our hands.

The entire book, from cover to cover, is imbued with the Sicilian spirit, but special attention is paid to Sicilian cuisine, its features and differences from Italian. True, the author approached the cooking section so responsibly that at times it seemed to me that I had not art book I’m reading a guide on how to become a Sicilian chef.

For example, in one of the chapters, the author talks in detail about how to properly prepare ricotta cheese, with all the details - for example, from which regions and in what month is it best to buy goat milk, how long the milk is kept on fire, etc. When I was impressed, I told Lesha about this (this topic is close to him not only because he also loves cheese very much, but also because he sometimes cooks it, as well as various varieties). Lesha laughs - how interesting it is for me to listen to a cookbook while jogging :))

The only thing is that this book, in my opinion, is still better to read rather than listen to. Sometimes recipes can be skipped or glanced at in passing, otherwise there are too many of them. Well, I also don’t recommend listening to it on an empty stomach, although she more than once encouraged me to rush to my favorite Italian cafe, and every time the book mentions a trattoria, I remember with a smile

And while listening to the second part, a surprise happened: we met the living Shantaram! Not with the same person, of course, about whom this book was written, but with a man who also spent time in a Mumbai prison.

We listened to his story about the 6 terrible long months that he spent among several hundred other prisoners (mostly Indian criminals), awaiting trial, with open mouths, and he told it quite calmly.

However, in fairness it is worth noting that after closer communication, it turned out that this is a multifaceted and versatile developed person With interesting fate and the episode with the prison is far from the only thing he can talk about. But nevertheless, for the rest of the book, the main character of the book in my imagination had the features of a very real person.

I’ll say right away that the book is not simple and quite voluminous, 800 pages. But it is incredibly strong and deep.

5. Heinrich Harrer "Seven Years in Tibet"

This is an autobiographical book by a climber and traveler with sparkling eyes and a strong desire to fulfill the mission of the expedition, overcoming all obstacles on the way to the cherished peak.

The book tells the story of Henry's acquaintance with the young Dalai Lama. I immediately fell in love with the Tibetans; their culture, traditions and all those parting words of the Dalai Lama, which he teaches to this day, are described here, but which, alas, are incomprehensible to many militant countries/people.

The film of the same name is also very good - the Himalayas, Tibetan Lhasa immerse you even more in the atmosphere of those times, introducing you to the simple life of the Tibetan inhabitants.

6. Adrian Anthony Gill "On all four sides"

These are travel notes of a British journalist-critic. I’ve been reading it for almost a year now)) Not because it’s very big, not at all, it’s just that it’s paper, and I’m completely unaccustomed to this format.

IN last time, when we were in St. Petersburg, a friend gave it to me before leaving, so now I take it with me around Asia, from time to time, reading a couple of chapters before going to bed.

The author is very extraordinary; he describes countries from an unusual perspective, which is hidden from many tourists and even from some experienced travelers. The story is told in a very interesting way, mainly about African countries, Japan, Cuba, America.

7. Ilf and Petrov "One-story America"

Before traveling to the States, I read Ilf and Petrov’s book “ One-story America" Then we had slightly different plans - and a honeymoon

But the idea of going the same way is still alive, so I have no doubt that we will soon travel along their route, especially since we already have valid visas in our passports.

By the way, it started in October and literally the other day it ends (we have been participating in it for the 3rd year). If you are also interested in the idea of winning a residence permit in the USA, read what Lyosha wrote.

The book is very bright and lively, at the same time it is very easy to read, it is not overloaded with information, it is written with humor, the authors very accurately note the characteristics of Americans and their way of life.

What was especially surprising to me was the living conditions of Americans, the development of infrastructure and services in the USA compared to what was happening at the same time in Russia - this book about traveling around America was written in 1935!

I’ll add here a few more books about travel – I haven’t read them yet, but some of them were recommended to me by like-minded friends, and about some I’ve simply heard rave reviews. So they are on my “to read” list.

11. Jack Kerouac "On the Road"

This cult book hippie era about such phenomena of American culture as cars and jazz. The author talks about the journey, about its hidden corners - the camp of migrant farmers and the backyards

The book is based on real events and tells the story of Christopher McCandles, who gave up money, abandoned successful career prospects and went traveling, climbing into the wilds, away from civilization.

After the book and film, Alaska (where the climax of the novel takes place) is gaining momentum - more and more fans of the novel are eager to see it with their own eyes.

13. Bill Bryson "Made in America"

I can’t help it, and I’m always interested in reading about her. Moreover, the author is American and tells everything about his country as it really is - from the origins of its development to our times.

14. Bill Bryson "Travel in Europe"

According to reviews, this is also a rather interesting travel book, telling about non-tourist places in countries and cities popular with tourists. The book also talks about all sorts of tricks that help reduce the costs of travel, sightseeing and simply living abroad.

15. Peter Mail "A Year in Provence"

A book about the life of expats in France, in one of the most picturesque corners - Provence. About what difficulties they had to face when moving and how they overcome them day after day.

In principle, everything is quite simple - the life of expats, only with the amendment that this is France =) We have plans to live there for some time, perhaps this book will give some answers to questions that have not yet appeared, maybe it will increase desire and lead to action , or maybe, on the contrary, it will weaken, we’ll see :)

16. Karin Müller "Taste of Coca Leaves"

This book was of interest primarily to the countries about which the story is told - Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia. They are very attractive, tempting and each is interesting in its own way.

This is a book about the culture, traditions and other difficulties in North Africa that a respectable Englishman had to face when he moved to Morocco with his family from London.

Even after buying a house in Casablanca and learning Arabic, it is very difficult to become part of this culture.

19. Greg Mortenson "Three Cups of Tea"

The book is about the hero’s courageous determination to single-handedly change the world, to help the Pakistani people who did not leave him in trouble when conquering the most difficult mountain.

20. Vladimir Yakovlev "Age of Happiness"

I wrote a separate review about this book, you can read it. The book, or rather a colorful album, I read with great enthusiasm, some of the stories of the characters struck me to the core, I retold them with pleasure to friends and parents.

This book is not about travel; its characters are bright, living examples of people for whom everything is possible, despite their age.

The idea to include the book “The Age of Happiness” in this list came spontaneously. Just the other day, while traveling around Vietnam, we met cheerful old New Zealanders who came not just to “warm their bones” on the beaches of Vietnam, but to travel the entire country from south to north on their own.

We met them in the middle of the journey - in Hoain :)

Is age a barrier to travel?

In addition to books, I am also inspired by films and blogs/stories from friends about certain cities and countries. What source of inspiration for travel do you have? What lights you up? Share your ideas in the comments?

P.S. Or maybe you have your own list of travel books in your collection? Add in the comments!

Descriptions of travel have been known since time immemorial. These were stories about unknown lands and peoples, about the adventures and dangers that befell the traveler. So, for example, the son of the Venetian merchant Marco Polo in his “Book” (1298) told Europeans about his travels to the East, about his life in China, and the Russian merchant from Tver Afanasy Nikitin in “Walking across the Three Seas” - about the strange India of the 15th century . Nowadays, “The Voyage to Kon-Tiki” by T. Heyerdahl revealed to modern humanity ancient culture Easter Island, and “The Road to Space” by Yu. A. Gagarin allowed us to see Earth from spacecraft orbit.

The roots of many literary journeys should be sought in mythology and folklore, where the hero’s journey becomes the most important test for him.

The literary journey has many faces. It appears and how special genre(for example, “Odyssey” by Homer, ancient Russian “walkings”), and as a type of poem, essay, novel (“Who Lives Well in Rus'” by N. A. Nekrasov, “Journey to Arzrum” by A. S. Pushkin, “The Adventures of Huckleberry” Finn" by M. Twain), and as an integral part of the work ("Onegin's Journey" in Pushkin's novel). Most often, the journey becomes the compositional basis literary work, as it gives the author complete freedom to unfold and connect events.

One of the oldest mythological and folklore stories is a journey to kingdom of the dead: Orpheus is looking for the deceased Eurydice there, Ivan Tsarevich is looking for the abducted Vasilisa the Wise, in the Babylonian epic Gilgamesh goes to the underworld in search of human immortality, the hero of “Kalevala” Väinämöinen steals the Sampo mill of happiness and abundance in another world. In ancient and medieval literature, such a journey becomes the plot and compositional basis of great works - “The Aeneid” by Virgil (1st century BC) and “ Divine Comedy» Dante (1307–1321). The folklore tradition of a merry carnival journey through the underworld, which is given in the fourth book of the famous French novel Renaissance "Gargantua and Pantagruel" by F. Rabelais.

An important role in the history of literary travel was played by the transfer of the reader’s attention from the external plane to the internal one - to the feelings and experiences of the traveling hero. At the origins of this turn lies “Sentimental Journey through France and Italy” English writer XVIII century L. Stern, which gave rise to a whole literature of sentimental travel, for which the travel route was no longer significant: one could travel without leaving one’s room, by the will of one’s imagination and with the help of a geographical map. Sentimental travels at the end of the 18th century - early XIX V. become the object of parody, which indicates the flourishing and popularity of the genre: for example, the untitled “My Cousin's Journey into His Pockets” (1803) describes the contents of his pockets. One witty person counted 506 reasons for wandering at this time.

In Russian literature of the late 18th century. the experience of a sentimental journey was included in a transformed form in the “Letters of a Russian Traveler” by N. M. Karamzin with their deep thoughts about the place of Russia in European history and culture. It was also reflected in the outstanding monument to Russian artistic journalism- “Journey from St. Petersburg to Moscow” by revolutionary writer A. N. Radishchev, who painted terrible pictures of Russian reality and openly opposed autocracy and serfdom.

Romantic writers of the 19th century. cultivate a form of lyrical journey, the theme of the “spiritual wandering” of the romantic hero ( typical example- “Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage” by J. Byron). Travel for romantics with their cult of freedom is a manifestation of the simplest of human rights - the right to movement, as opposed to prisonerhood. It is no coincidence that the favorite motif of a romantic poem is escape from captivity (“The Robber Brothers” by A. S. Pushkin, “Mtsyri” by M. Yu. Lermontov).

It is difficult to overestimate the place of travel in the history of the formation and development of the novel genre. The motive of wandering becomes the organizing idea of the novel, one of the leading ways of testing and revealing the character of the hero (from Apuleius’s “The Golden Ass” to Ch. Aitmatov’s “The Scaffold”).

IN psychological novel the journey embodies the idea of spiritual search, which is especially important for the so-called novel of education (“The Wandering Years of Wilhelm Meister” by J. W. Goethe). The hero's journey in the novel has another metaphorical meaning - it acts as a school of life. The wanderings and trials of a novel hero usually embody the essence of his life path, his fate (“The Story of Tom Jones, Foundling” by G. Fielding, the hero’s movement from the provinces to the capital in the novels of Stendhal and O. de Balzac). It is also possible to replace movement in space with time travel. This type of literary journey is most actively developed by science fiction writers (“The Time Machine” by H. G. Wells, “A Sound of Thunder” by R. Bradbury, etc.).

Travel is an ever-living, never-frozen literary phenomenon. Almost every known literary journey sooner or later becomes the object of parody. Rabelais parodies Dante, Cervantes parodies a knight's journey, Stern parodies the journeys of enlightenment writers, and A.F. Veltman's "The Wanderer" is a sentimental journey. A literary traveler is free to choose any method of transportation - from an old raft (Huck Finn) to a cannonball (Baron Munchausen).

A characteristic metaphor has emerged: reading is a journey. The reader seems to be traveling with the hero, going through the school of life with him.

Travel is a genre that allows you to include in the narrative a letter and a diary, a sentimental story and an autobiography, a love story and a moralizing sermon, freely alternating them, as if imitating the natural, unorganized flow of life itself. In this freedom of the genre, there is practically no knowing boundaries, lies its attractiveness for literature, ancient and new.

Literary genre Journey Has two varieties. 1. These are various descriptions by an eyewitness-traveler of the geographical, ethnographic and social appearance of the countries and peoples he saw, i.e. documentary travel. They usually have cognitive and aesthetic value, especially written in eras when prose had not yet been divided into artistic and scientific, for example, “Walking across Three Seas” by A. Nikitin, created in the Middle Ages.

2. Travel is also a genre of works, the plot and composition of which are presented and constructed as documentary travel. Artistic genre Journey It was formed under the influence of travel stories and records of the travelers themselves. Legends that arose from these stories and records played a significant role in its development. In world and Russian literature, techniques for describing documentary travel in the form of a travel diary and essay are widely used. The motif of wandering has always been common in many genres of artistic poetry and prose. Fascinating travel descriptions of the era of great geographical discoveries of the 15th-16th centuries, expeditions of the 17th-18th centuries made travel the most popular in fiction. At this time, pirate and social-utopian novels were created in the form of travel diaries, notes or memories of amazing countries. The genre of educational travel novel has emerged.

Such a novel made it possible to widely introduce modern society its contradictions (“Journey from St. Petersburg to Moscow” by N. A. Radishchev). Genre Journey He was attracted to many literary trends.

Sentimentalists mainly used the form of a diary, which most fully conveys the mood and experiences of a “sentimental” traveler, for example, “Letters of a Russian Traveler” by N. M. Karamzin.

Romantic writers often turned to the theme of travel. They developed the genre of lyrical travel essay, in which romantic hero, disappointed in his contemporary society, goes to distant countries. The journey reflects various aspects of the material and spiritual life of people, the author’s lyrical reflections on the history and culture of the country, sketches of morals and customs, and typical everyday scenes.

All this also attracts realist writers, whose works use all varieties of this genre. In the 19th century, numerous adventure travel novels were created.

They also include scientific information. In the 20th century, it became firmly established in the content of works, new variants of the travel essay genre emerged: travel reportage, guidebook, and social themes intensified. Examples of the travel genre in Russian literature are “Travel to Arzrum” by A.S.

Pushkin, “Frigate “Pallada” by I. A. Goncharov, “From circumnavigation» K. M. Stanyukovich, foreign essays by F. M.

Dostoevsky, “Sakhalin Island” by A.P.

Chekhov, “In the Land of Unfrightened Birds”, “Behind the Magic Kolobok” by M. M.

Prishvin, “My Discovery of America” by V. Mayakovsky, “Lessons of Armenia” by A. Bitov, “Cherry Branch” by V. Ovchinnikov, “Dersu Uzala” by V.

Arsenyev and others. From documentary scientific and geographical travels of the 19th century special attention deserve the travel of N. Przhevalsky, N. Miklouho-Maclay. A school essay can be written in the genres of a travel essay or travel notes. The topic can be journalistic or related to literary local history.

Sample memo for writing an essay in the genre Journey:- the topic of the essay is formulated; - the goal is determined (to give the reader information, to evoke certain feelings in him: joy, pride in his homeland; to form high moral qualities, the desire to overcome negative phenomena, etc.); - describes what he saw, states facts and events; - express your attitude to what has been stated, you can present other points of view; - the style of presentation is selected (journalistic, artistic or a combination of both, depending on the content).

Books about travel are an ideal choice for readers who dream of taking a break from everyday problems for a while and immersing themselves in a colorful world of adventure. Fascinating works allow you to get acquainted with foreign countries and their inhabitants without leaving your own home. So, what literary masterpieces are definitely worth getting acquainted with?

Travel books: classics

There are authors whose works readers become familiar with in childhood, and then cannot say goodbye to as adults. Among them is Jules Verne, whose works people have been reading for two centuries. It is a rare author who is able to describe the adventures of wanderers as captivatingly as this writer did.

"Five weeks to hot-air balloon"is one of his best works. Doctor Ferguson and his faithful companions decide to explore African lands, choosing a very unusual transport for their journey. We are talking about a hot air balloon equipped with a unique mechanism that creates conditions for long flights. The characters will experience amazing geographical discoveries, as well as get to know the local population, who are not always friendly.

“The Children of Captain Grant” is another fascinating work authored by Jules Verne. Together with the main characters, busy searching for the missing captain, readers will be able to visit Australia, South America, New Zealand. Those who prefer unusual travels will like the writer’s novels such as “Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea” and “Journey to the Center of the Earth.”

"Around the world in 80 Days"

How long does it take to complete the answer? Fans of Verne will learn the answer to this question already from the title of one of his most famous novels. Main character works "Around the World in 80 Days" - the phlegmatic Mr. Fogg. Phileas' acquaintances are accustomed to his eccentric antics, but one day he surpasses himself. Fogg makes a bet with a friend, according to which he undertakes to travel around the world in just 80 days.

If modern readers If the period seems too long, they should remember that the novel takes place in the 19th century, and the technical capabilities of transport correspond to that time. Around the World in 80 Days reveals fascinating details not only about foreign countries, but also about the means of transportation used in the 19th century. Of course, dangerous adventures will await the main characters at every turn.

Time travel

Of course, you can explore not only foreign countries with writers. Fascinating books about them will also not allow readers to get bored. For example, the novel “The House on the Shore” deserves attention, written by a talented central character who, by the will of fate, is transferred from our time to medieval Cornwall. He gets the opportunity to observe not only historical events, but also people who lived during the harsh times of the Middle Ages. The struggle for power, intrigue, adventure - it is difficult to tear yourself away from the book without reading it completely.

Others are also worthy of attention interesting books about time travel. Let's say Harry Harrison is the author of the work "The Time Tunnel", in which real historical events deftly intertwined with the writer’s inventions. The alternative world created by the creator looks unusually realistic; readers definitely won’t want to leave it ahead of time.

"Shantaram"

Many travel books are dedicated to such an amazing country as India, whose mysteries can be solved endlessly. The wonderful writer Gregory David Roberts is also in love with this country, as readers can see by reading his fascinating work “Shantaram”. The descriptions offered by the author are so colorful that after reading the book you want to immediately go to this state.

The main character of the work is an escaped prisoner who is trying to hide in the depths of India. Readers will be able to see that the country literally consists of contrasts. Only here luxurious palaces peacefully coexist with the slums of the poor, noisy cities unexpectedly turn into remote villages, and the culture of East and West is organically combined. The book is so good that you want to reread it again and again.

"The power of dreams"

Books about travel are especially successful for those who actually make them. One of the “experienced” authors is one whose name is known throughout the world. The girl decided to travel around the entire planet on a yacht at the age of 12. She began saving the money she needed at the age of 14, working part-time as a dishwasher in a restaurant. Jessica made a trip around the world when she barely celebrated her 16th birthday; of course, she immediately became a celebrity.

“The Power of Dreams” is a book whose plot is borrowed from the diaries of Miss Watson, who managed to set a new record in 2010. A work written by a girl who was not deterred from a risky venture by her parents’ objections, lack of funds and experience, is worthy of the attention of readers.

The story of a man changing the world

When listing authors whose works you should definitely read, one cannot fail to mention such a talented person as Greg Mortenson. “Three Cups of Tea” is an amazing story about how a simple man, armed only with perseverance, changes his life. better world. Immediately after its release, the book won an army of thousands of fans.

Fascinating travel notes

The stories written by Gill Adrian Anthony also deserve the attention of readers. “On All Four Sides” is a collection of his works, thanks to which you can discover countries such as Japan, Scotland, and India from a new perspective. Reading makes you want to immediately go on a journey, to visit the places described in the stories.

The travel notes of this author are definitely worth reading, as he is endowed with the ability to notice nuances that escape the attention of other travelers. It’s even hard to believe in the veracity of some information, they are so amazing. In fact, the book "On All Four Sides" is a valuable source of information about our planet.

"Into the Wild"

The novel, created by writer Jon Krakauer, will appeal to readers who enjoy stories of “wild” travel. Like many other books about the work, it is based on events that took place in reality. The main character is a guy who refused successful career in the name of adventure. He decided to wander across the lands of America, gradually leaving the civilized world behind. Readers will be able to find out what came of it.

The book won many fans, and therefore a decision was made to film it. It is known that the number of pilgrims wishing to visit Alaska, where the climax of the work is located, has increased sharply. Not surprising, because the adventures of the young romantic did not leave hundreds of thousands of people indifferent.

Russian literature

The best travel books written by our authors are also a must-read. It's worth starting with famous work, the authors of which are Ilf and Petrov. “One-Storey America” is a work generously seasoned with humor. However, ease of reading is not the main advantage of this book, which is a valuable source of information for novice travelers.

As you can guess from the title, the action takes place in the United States. The central characters of the work are Soviet correspondents visiting this country. Despite the fact that many years have passed since the book was written, it is still relevant as a “map” of America; novice travelers can use it to develop a unique route.

Of course, there are other interesting books about travel, the authors of which are residents of Russia. “Notes of a Russian Traveler” is an original work created by Evgeny Grishkovets. It is a play that is “acted out” by two random fellow travelers who are talking about travel and those who dare to travel. Classics lovers may want to pay attention to the work “Letters of a Russian Traveler,” written by Nikolai Karamzin. It presents an interesting perspective on daily life inhabitants of European countries.

"Eat Pray Love!"

The book is aimed primarily at a female audience, but may also interest males with its fascinating description of foreign countries. main character- a woman who decided to change her life after a divorce, unexpectedly for all her friends and relatives, she went on a long journey from which she did not want to return. She visited three countries - Indonesia, India and Italy, and while exploring unfamiliar countries she managed to find herself and find spiritual harmony.

Like other interesting travel books, this work is full of colorful descriptions and fascinating details about foreign cultures. Readers should not be surprised if, after reading the book, they develop irresistible desire take a vacation and go in search of adventure.