Travel / Europe

Two Years in St. Andrews: At Home on the 18th Hole

by George Peper

The Old Course at St. Andrews is to golfers what St. Peter's is to Catholics or the Western Wall is to Jews: hallowed ground, the course every golfer longs to play -- and master. In 1983 George Peper was playing...

Frommer's Ireland 2010 (Frommer's Complete #800)

by Christi Daugherty & Jack Jewers

Some say the heart of Dublin beats in the neighborhood of Temple Bar. See chapter 6.

• Foldout map, plus detailed maps throughout

• Exact prices, directions, opening hours,and other practical information

• Candid...

California Dreaming

by Lawrence Donegan

Lured by a six-figure salary in Silicon Valley and fond memories of his low-rent North American rock 'n' roll tour, U.K. journalist, bass player, and adventure seeker Lawrence Donegan lands in California to...

Late Dinner

by Paul Richardson

Vivid and richly textured, A Late Dinner is a delightful journey through Spain and Spanish cuisine. Paul Richardson is the perfect guide. In lush prose he brings to life the fascinating people who grow and cook...

Off the Road: A Modern-Day Walk Down the Pilgrim's Route into Spain

by Jack Hitt

When Jack Hitt set out to walk the 500 miles from France to Santiago de Compostela, Spain, he submitted to the rigorous traditions of Europe's oldest form of packaged tour, a pilgrimage that has been walked...

A Season in Dornoch: Golf and Life in the Scottish Highlands

by Lorne Rubenstein & Sean Connery

The town of Dornoch, Scotland, lies at nearly the same latitude as Juneau, Alaska. A bit too far removed for the taste of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews, the Royal Dornoch Golf Club has never...

Rosemary and Bitter Oranges: Growing Up in a Tuscan Kitchen

by Patrizia Chen

Patrizia Chen's childhood was suffused with the scent of simmering pots of cacciucco -- a local, hearty seafood stew -- and of the pittosporum blooming along the Tuscan coast. Her family's house and sumptuous...

Lost Cosmonaut: Observations of an Anti-Tourist

by Daniel Kalder

Daniel Kalder belongs to a unique group: the anti-tourists. Sworn to uphold the mysterious tenets of The Shymkent Declarations, the anti-tourist seeks out the dark, lost zones of our planet, eschewing comfort,...

Trieste and the Meaning of Nowhere

by Jan Morris

One hundred years ago, Trieste was the chief seaport of the entire Austro-Hungarian empire, but today many people have no idea where it is. This fascinating Italian city on the Adriatic, bordering the former...

Chasing Matisse: A Year in France Living My Dream

by James Morgan

Who hasn't had the fanthasy of leaving his or her old life behind to start over? What would happen if you gave up your job, city, state, and routine to move to another part of the world? Critically acclaimed...

The Italian Summer: Golf, Food, and Family at Lake Como

by Roland Merullo

Fore, bella! From the author of critically acclaimed Golfing with God comes a charming narrative of a hole-in-one trip through Italy -- a glorious summer of golfing, eating, and learning how to slow down and...

I'll Never Be French (no matter what I do): Living in a Small Village in Brittany

by Mark Greenside

Tired of Provence in books, cuisine, and tablecloths? Exhausted from your armchair travels to Paris? Despairing of ever finding a place that speaks to you beyond reason? You are ripe for a journey to Brittany,...

Walking and Eating in Tuscany and Umbria: Revised Edition

by James Lasdun & Pia Davis

James Lasdun and Pia Davis offer forty walks through the spectacular countryside of Tuscany and Umbria. Arranged for the utmost flexibility?from half-day outings easily accessible from a city base to day walks...

Lidia Cooks from the Heart of Italy: A Feast of 175 Regional Recipes

by Lidia Matticchio Bastianich & Tanya Bastianich Manuali

In this inspiring new book, Lidia Bastianich awakens in us a new respect for food and for the people who produce it in the little-known parts of Italy that she explores. All of the recipes reflect the regions...

Bistros of Paris

by Robert Hamburger & Barbara Hamburger

Now fully revised and updated, this popular guide and compendium of good eating captures the true character and flavor of the most intimate and affordable eating establishments Paris has to offer. Classified...

As the Romans Do: The Delights, Dramas, And Daily Diversio

by Alan Epstein

A celebration of the character and style of one of the world's most spectacular cities! This vibrant insider's view of the most mature city on earth is the perfect companion for anyone who loves anything Italian....

Looking for Class

by Bruce Feiler

An irresistible, entertaining peek into the privileged realm of Wordsworth and Wodehouse, Chelsea Clinton and Hugh Grant, Looking for Class offers a hilarious account of one man's year at Oxford and Cambridge...

Ghost Dance in Berlin: A Rhapsody in Gray

by Peter Wortsman

Every great city is a restless work in progress, but nowhere is the urban impulse more in flux than in Berlin, that sprawling metropolis located on the fault line of history. A short-lived fever-dream of modernity...

A Tuscan Childhood

by Kinta Beevor

"Wonderful...I fell immediately into her world, and was sorry when I reached the end." --Frances Mayes, author of Under the Tuscan Sun

The sparkling memoir of an idyllic, bohemian childhood in an enchanted Tuscan...

Time Out Rome

by Editors of Time Out

History in Rome is not confined to museums, basilicas and galleries: it tumbles out everywhere. And though the city is reassuringly compact, this doesn't stop the cultural onslaught from being utterly bewildering...