Nostalgic Journeys

- A unique cultural history of travel in the 19th and 20th centuries - Photographs certain to arouse feelings of nostalgia and a yearning for faraway places - Marvelous historical (celebrity) photographs to enjoy - Revised new edition in a handy format The seaside or the mountains? Both seemed unappealing and nearly inaccessible. Today's most important vacation planning question never came up in days long past.

Fishing villages became sophisticated seaside resorts, remote mountain areas became destinations for hiking and skiing enthusiasts, and inns became grand hotels. It wasn't until the invention of the railroad that previously sparsely visited and overlooked areas opened up, and Thomas Cook, the tour operator and founder of modern tourism, was born. Nostalgic Journeys takes you on a journey back in time, through the last two centuries: Ride the Orient Express to the East, cross the