{"product_id":"the-grand-tour-the-golden-age-of-travel-9783836585071","title":"The Grand Tour. the Golden Age of Travel","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Sabine Arqué | Marc Walter\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Taschen\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Taschen\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Special Interest - Adventure\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGlobal travel can be a wearying business: mass tourism, overcrowded planes, chaotic airports, heightened security, cookie-cutter hotel chains, well-worn tourist trails. Finding even a sliver of adventure can sometimes feel impossible. But take heart: for all of us with an unfulfilled spirit of wanderlust, \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Golden Age of Travel\u003c\/em\u003e evokes an era when traveling the world was a thrilling new possibility\u003c\/strong\u003e for those with the resources, time, imagination, and daring.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e This richly illustrated volume \u003cstrong\u003echarts the travel heyday of 1869 to 1939\u003c\/strong\u003e. Bedecked with ephemera and precious turn-of-the-century photochromes, it follows \u003cstrong\u003esix classic tours\u003c\/strong\u003e favored by Western adventurers in the prewar era, including such famous traveler-writers as \u003cstrong\u003eCharles Dickens, Jules Verne, Mark Twain, and Goethe\u003c\/strong\u003e. From the \u003cstrong\u003eGrand Tour of Europe\u003c\/strong\u003e, a traditional rite of passage for young English aristocrats, to the \u003cstrong\u003eFar East\u003c\/strong\u003e, barely touched by Western influence, to the famous \u003cstrong\u003eTrans-Siberian Railway\u003c\/strong\u003e, we follow each journey through its itinerant stops and various modes of transport: trains, boats, cars, planes, horses, donkeys, and camels.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e With pages brimming with \u003cstrong\u003earchival travel posters, guides, tickets, leaflets, brochures, menus, and luggage stickers\u003c\/strong\u003e, the book evokes all the romance, elegance, not to mention the sheer sense of novelty, that enthralled these golden-age passengers. Through decadent new cities, or wild, rugged terrains, this is your \u003cstrong\u003epassport to a long-lost epoch of adventure and wide-eyed wonder at the world\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taschen","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46289602707607,"sku":"9783836585071","price":7305.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9783836585071.webp?v=1769303380","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-grand-tour-the-golden-age-of-travel-9783836585071","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}