With travel finally a possibility again, flight bookings are up, hotels are filling fast, Airbnbs already have limited availability and us holiday-starved Brits are desperate to go pretty much anywhere.
From culture-filled city breaks to long-haul luxury holidays, once-in-a-lifetime gorilla safari tours and cycling trips, after a long 18 months of frustration and rumination, it’s no surprise that people have huge pent-up demand for travel.
But rather than simply returning to old haunts or hopping on Skyscanner to book any old flight from here to Timbuktu, it's worth reaching for a wanderlust-inducing travel book to spark up some inspiration. If you, or a travel-obsessed loved one, is dreaming about a fantasy trip in the New Year, we've complied an edit of the very best travel books to inspire you to book that far-flung adventure.
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Gallery11 PhotosNot sure what to buy your Secret Santa, or the sister-in-law you forgot about? Well, books always make great gifts – not only because you're giving someone a great read, but because you’re also offering context, insight, escapism and intelligence.
Travel books, in particular, make wonderful presents as they're filled with beautiful imagery and jaw-dropping photography. They may just inspire someone to revisit a place they know well, or perhaps dare to dream of vacationing someplace they haven’t been to yet.
Lonely Planet offers guidebooks to pretty much every destination on the planet – enabling curious travellers to experience the world and to truly get to the heart of the places they find themselves in. They've also published running, cycling and hiking specific travel books – to inspire sporting adventures across the world.
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