Book-inspired travel guides across Europe.
A travel guide to Cortona, Tuscany, hung off Frances Mayes's memoir Under the Tuscan Sun. Bramasole walks, Piazza della Repubblica aperitivi, the climb up to Santa Margherita, Cortona DOC wine, where to eat, where to stay.
The Louvre is EUR 22 (or EUR 32 if you're not in the EEA) and the night opening is the only time the Mona Lisa room is bearable. The Da Vinci Code trail in Paris, with prices, walking times, and where the book diverges from the film.
Skip Capri and Positano. The smallest island in the Bay of Naples played Mongibello in The Talented Mr Ripley film, and it still looks like 1958. Here is the full Procida guide.
A standalone Athens family guide hung off Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief, with verified prices, time-slot booking strategy, and a kid-readiness rating per stop.
A book-first travel guide to Hazel and Augustus Amsterdam, with the practical Anne Frank House booking trick, the bench at Leidsegracht 4, and where to actually eat after the disaster lunch.
A walking guide to the Stockholm of Stieg Larsson. Bellmansgatan, Mellqvist Kaffebar, Fiskargatan, Götgatan, and the Söder streets where the trilogy lives, with prices, transport, and an honest take on the official Millennium tour.