The Art of Travel is Alain de Botton's travel guide with a difference. Few activities promise us as much happiness as traveling: taking off to another place, far from home, to a location with more interesting weather, different customs, and landscapes. However, while we are flooded with advice about destinations, we rarely ask why we travel and how it can make us feel more fulfilled. With the help of a selection of writers, artists, and thinkers – including Flaubert, Edward Hopper, Wordsworth, and Van Gogh – Alain de Botton's bestseller The Art of Travel offers valuable insights into everything from holiday romances to hotel minibars, airports, and attractions. The perfect antidote to the guidebooks that tell us what to do when we arrive, The Art of Travel explains why we traveled in the first place and suggests how we could be happier on our journey.