Travel Inspirations
Books, films, and shows that make you want to book a flight. The places, journeys, and people that change you when you go.
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Contents
- note Travel doesn't change you because of where you go. It cha...
- note The best trips are the ones you almost didn't take. Disco...
- book On the Road
The book that made a generation hit the road. Kerouac's spontaneous prose captures the romance of pu
- book Wild
Strayed's 1,100-mile solo hike on the Pacific Crest Trail. Grief, redemption, and physical exhaustio
- book Eat, Pray, Love
Italy, India, Indonesia — three places, three journeys, one woman finding herself. Polarizing but un
- book In Patagonia
Chatwin's 1977 trek through southern Argentina and Chile. Travel writing at its most literary and ad
- film Into the Wild
Christopher McCandless gave away his savings and walked into the Alaskan wilderness. Tragic and beau
- film The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Walter Mitty stops daydreaming and lives. Iceland scenes alone will make you book a ticket.
- film Lost in Translation
Tokyo as a character. Coppola's masterpiece about loneliness and unlikely connection in a foreign ci
- podcast Armchair Explorer
Real explorers tell their stories. Mountain climbing, ocean crossing, Arctic expeditions — armchair
- podcast The Travel Diaries
Celebrities and authors share their travel diaries. Lighter than Armchair Explorer but equally inspi
- link Atlas Obscura — Hidden places
The world's most curious places. Hidden caves, abandoned amusement parks, strange museums. Plan your
- book Vagabonding
Rolf Potts on long-term travel. Practical advice plus the philosophy of why slowness matters.
Connections
- American journey
- wilderness solitude
- self-discovery travel
- travel philosophy