
Natalie Dent – Your Independent Travel Agent Based in Edinburgh

Recommended Reading,
For a Richer Travel Experience
Books About Europe
Follow old roads, island paths and railway lines through a continent shaped by layers of history. These books move between familiar cities and quieter corners, bringing Europe’s landscapes, people and local rhythms into sharper focus.
Recommended Reading
A Year in Provence – Peter Mayle (Provence)
Under the Tuscan Sun – Frances Mayes (Tuscany)
Notes from a Small Island – Bill Bryson (Britain)
Neither Here Nor There – Bill Bryson (Mainland Europe)
A Time of Gifts – Patrick Leigh Fermor (Central and Eastern Europe)
My Family and Other Animals – Gerald Durrell (Corfu)
The Island – Victoria Hislop (Crete)
The Thread – Victoria Hislop (Thessaloniki)
Captain Corelli’s Mandolin – Louis de Bernières (Cephalonia)
The Shadow of the Wind – Carlos Ruiz Zafón (Barcelona)
Driving Over Lemons – Chris Stewart (Andalusia)
The Salt Path – Raynor Winn (South West England)
Venice – Jan Morris (Venice)
The Historian – Elizabeth Kostova (Eastern Europe and the Balkans)
The Year of Living Danishly – Helen Russell (Denmark)