Slow Trains to Venice - A Love Letter to Europe

Informationen zum Autor Tom Chesshyre is the author of thirteen travel books. He has travelled more than 40,000 miles around the world for his train books, which have included Slow Trains Around Spain: A 3,000-Mile Adventure on 52 Rides and Ticket to Ride: Around the World on 49 Unusual Train Journeys . His book writing has also taken him across North Africa after the Arab Spring, round the "dark side" of the Maldives on cargo ships, along the length of the River Thames, around the Lake District on a long hike, and on a journey through "unsung Britain" (for To Hull and Back ). He worked on the travel desk of The Times for 21 years and is now freelance, contributing to the Daily Mail , The Mail on Sunday and The New European magazines. He lives in London. Klappentext The author recounts a meandering adventure across Europe from London to Venice, enjoying the freedom of the tracks as a respite from the rat race. A timely tribute to the joy and variety of continental Europe. Zusammenfassung Do you love trains and adventure? If so, join Tom Chesshyre on his meandering rail journey across Europe from London to Venice. Escaping the rat race for a few happy weeks, Chesshyre indulges in the freedom of the tracks with no set plans. As the trains lead the way, his trip takes him as far east as Ukraine before winding back to his destination.

Product details

• Authors: Tom Chesshyre, Chesshyre Tom
• Publisher: Summersdale Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.05.2019
• EAN: 9781786857613
• ISBN: 978-1-78685-761-3
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 225 mm x 30 mm
• Subjects: Travel > Travelogues, traveller's tales; Reisebericht, Europa, Reisetagebuch, TRAVEL / Essays & Travelogues, Reisebericht - Reisebeschreibung, Englische Bücher / Reise / Europa, Eisenbahn / Reiseführer, Reisebeschreibung, literarische Führer, Venedig / Reisebeschreibung, Travel writing, Trains & railways: general interest, Trains and railways: general interest