I love literary travels. I love feeling like I’ve been somewhere just because I’ve read about it, and I love when a made up place is so well written that I feel like it’s real. Here are some of the places I’ve read about and would love to go!
Of course the first thing that came to mind was Hogwarts. But I’d settle for anywhere in England, quite frankly, except possibly the cupboard under the stairs. I’d possibly be fine with that if something could be done about the spiders. Ever since reading Under the Tuscan Sun in high school I’ve wanted to visit Tuscany, but never had the chance. I don’t know if I’ll be able to travel again, but if I ever can, that’s somewhere I’d like to go.
I recently re-read The Secret Garden, and that garden is still somewhere I’d love to spend some time! I loved The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse so much and the art in it made me want to step into that landscape with them. Durrell’s account of his time on Corfu with his family – and the wonderful TV series based on the book – made it seem like paradise. Guernsey isn’t somewhere I would have wanted to be during the war or even right after, but it is somewhere I’d like to visit one day. I loved the community that came together and the small-town feel to it. I know it’ll be different now, but hopefully some of that survived!
Love, Nina depicts an area of London where intelligent, literary people lived, and somewhere I would have loved to live (their neighbour was Alan Bennett!). Anne of Green Gables has some of the most beautiful scenery I’ve ever read (or seen in the films), and it’s still somewhere I think I’d love.
There are definitely more books that have made me want to go to lots of different places, but these are the ones that came to mind at the moment! What about you guys? Where would you like to live based on reading about it in a book? Are any of these on your list?
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Hogwarts would definitely be a lot of fun! Here is our Top Ten Tuesday. Thank you!
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One of my favorite authors is Donna Grant and I’m completely in love with her Warriors, Dragon Kings, and Reapers series. What started off in long-ago Scotland transitioned into the present, and provides such a fantastic world-building with magic, intrigue, romance, suspense… you name it, these books have it! And there had to be about two dozen books… I’ve lost count. I could easily see myself living among these characters, in their world – definitely in Scotland!
I haven’t ever been to Scotland – though I’ve seen it from just south of the border on the England side. I really want to go someday! It looks beautiful.
I’d like to go to Guernsey someday too, it sounds like it would be a lovely place to visit.
My TTT: https://jjbookblog.wordpress.com/2021/03/30/top-ten-tuesday-309/
I didn’t really know anything about it before that book, but it made me want to see it someday!
I’d love to live in London around intelligent, literary people. Some of my neighbors here in Texas still have their Trump flags up.
HAHAHA! You made me literally LOL. Literary London would be the dream, but I can just imagine the contrast to your current surroundings! I hope you guys are staying safe down there. Sounds like your Governor is…. not the greatest?
Guernsey, Corfu, Tuscany–Yes! Yes! YES!!!
I feel like I’ve been to each place. That’s the wonder of an author who writes place so well. Armchair traveling is the greatest!
Aww. Some lovely feel-good places in here! Definitely these would be the places to choose to live in. Thanks for sharing! ~Lex
Thanks! I always gravitate towards places that evoke a certain feeling of relaxation and comfort as well as having interesting elements. These all fit that!
Tuscany is a good pick!
My post: https://lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesday-places-in-books-id-love-to-live/
I really hope I get to go there one day. I can feel the Tuscan sun on my face and taste the delicious food!