Southern Europe

order:
6.5
China

Richard Halliburton

Does it make sense to refer to this author as the godfather of travel writing?

Henry Rollins - "Get In The Van"
6
Canada

Henry Rollins

Is this book any good for those who are not into hardcore punk?

Serge Roetheli's - "The 25,000 Mile Love Story"
4.8
Argentinia

Serge Roetheli

How can a book about a man running around the whole world be so boring?

Xiao Peng's "Ten Years Of Backpacking"
4
Austria

Xiaopeng

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

Dennis Gastmann's "Walk to Canossa"
7.3
France

Dennis Gastmann

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

Nicolas Bouvier's "The Way Of The World"
7.3
Afghanistan

Nicolas Bouvier

Is this a great piece of poetic travel writing, or has it been overly polished?

Gregor Sieböck's "Wanderer Of Worlds"
5.8
Argentinia

Gregor Sieböck

Why is this book only for those who are really into environmentalism?

Laurie Lee's "As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning"
6.8
France

Laurie Lee

Aren’t less words sometimes better, even if the words are beautiful?

Joachim Fest's "Contre-jour"
5.3
Italy

Joachim Fest

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

Heinz Helfgen's "I'm Cycling Around The World"
5.5
Albania

Heinz Helfgen

What were German readers looking for in a travel book after World War II?

Odorico da Pordenone's "The Travel"
6
Armenia

Odoric of Pordenone

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

Tim Moore's "Travels With My Donkey"
7.3
Camino de Santiago

Tim Moore

If this was a good writer with a good story, then why did the editors not polish it a bit?

Heinrich Heine's "Travel Pictures"
7
Germany

Heinrich Heine

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