With travel advisories and restrictions once again in the news due to the fast-moving Omicron variant, cross-country trips and overseas vacations are temporarily on hold for some people at the moment. But you can still hit the open road – vicariously, at least – by losing yourself in a great travel audiobook.
Although nothing will ever match the exhilaration of visiting a new city or country in person for the first time, an expertly written travel book can come surprisingly close when it’s penned by a highly skilled author with a sharp eye for detail. Moreover, the best travel writers often report back from remote destinations that the average tourist is unlikely to experience on their own.