Italy

order:
Xiao Peng's "Ten Years Of Backpacking"
3.2

Xiaopeng

If this book isn’t badly written, then why is it still bad?

Dennis Gastmann's "Walk to Canossa"
5.8
Italy

Dennis Gastmann

Should travel writers deliberately look for interesting stories or just go with the flow?

Joachim Fest's "Contre-jour"
4.2

Joachim Fest

Is it possible for a traveler to be too intellectual, and how could this impact his writing?

Johann Gottfried Seume's "Stroll To Syracuse In The Year 1802"
6.8
Italy

Johann Gottfried Seume

Why is this book still so awesome after so many years?

Odorico da Pordenone's "The Travel"
4.8
China

Odoric of Pordenone

Was this a 14th-century fact finding mission or just another medieval mystery tale?

Heinrich Heine's "Travel Pictures"
5.6
Germany

Heinrich Heine

Why do these travel stories from 19th century Germany remain so recommendable?

Jehan de Mandeville's "The Travels"
4.2
Iraq

Jean de Mandeville

Why is it so much fun to read Medieval travel stories that are at least partly untrue?

Abu Abdullah Muhammad Ibn Battuta's "The Travels"
4.2
Saudi Arabia

Ibn Battuta

Did conservative ethics turn this great adventure story into such a slow read?

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's "Italian Journey"
4.6
Italy

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Is this German classic really that awesome, or could it be just a bit overrated?