Lonely Planet introduces a new ‘Journey’ series where long road trips and extensive treks become the destination itself

While things like physical fold-out maps and train and ferry timetables can now conveniently be viewed in digital apps on our phones, there are other aspects to travel that are best viewed the old-fashioned analogue way – especially if you’re wanting to research far-flung places on this planet before making the long trek there.

That’s where Lonely Planet’s ‘Journey’ series of books come in handy. These just-bigger-than-pocketsized books are the perfect travel companion and for when you’re wanting to plan your next holiday to destinations where you really get to travel.

There are books dedicated to familiar long-distance travels such as Route 66 that goes all around the US, and books on your more exotic, untouched territories such as the Journey Camino de Santiago – the trail in Spain that is more than just a hike, more so a transformative journey through the nation’s diverse landscapes that offer an almost transcendental cultural immersion for the travel that’s seen it all.

Another title in the series is the Journey to North Coast 500 which covers the five hundred miles of rugged coastline of Scotland and includes everything from whiskey tasting tours, dolphin spotting adventures, and hikes through highlands that offer some of the most magnificent vistas and freshest air you’ll ever breathe.

This new range of guidebooks by arguably the world’s leading authority in travel advice, focuses on iconic travel routes rather than just destinations. Far from just long road trips or extensive hikes, each of these far-flung places on the world map offer a host of cultural, historical, and natural discoveries – and Lonely Planet provides the ardent traveller with practical tips for completing the journey.

If only every bucket list came with cool how-to guides such as these.

Antonino Tati

The Lonely Planet ‘Journey’ books, ‘Route 66’, ‘Camino de Santiago’, and ‘North Coast 500’ are available at RRP $36.99 each, available in good bookstores and through shop.lonelyplanet.com.

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