How many times have you read about a place in a book and thought, man, that sounds really dang nice. I feel like I’ve thought that a million times! So now I’m choosing some of my top bookish vacation destinations. It’s perfect timing, because the day this post is published happens to coincide with a day that I’m sitting on a beach in Cancun. I raise my margarita glass to you! Enjoy reading and don’t forget to chime in with your thoughts below. Cheers!
1. Hogsmeade and Diagon Alley, of course!
Luckily we can also sort of do that by going to Universal Studios. But seeing the real Hogsmeade and Diagon Alley would be quite fun.
2. Jurassic Park/Jurassic World (um, obvi before dinosaur escapage).
Who doesn’t want to go to SEE DINOSAURS!?!?!?!?!!? WHO?! NO ONE. Everyone wants to see dinosaurs, and the 12-year-old boy soul inside me especially wants to.
3. Red London (before everything is all corrupted by dark magic).
I want to visit a magical London where the river glows red and everything smells like flowers. Sign me up for a 1-week stay in the castle right now. Please and thank you.
4. The world of Heartless! (again, before everything got all dark… and definitely before the Red Queen takes her throne)
This world sounded like so much fun! Everything so bright, colorful, edible, and fluffy! I just want to bounce around, buy lots of cake, and laze about on the lush grass as amazing things happen all around me.
5. The world of Warm Bodies.
Look, I just want to live through a zombie apocalypse ONCE, and this one doesn’t seem so bad. Plus, bonus points if I fall in love with a really nice zombie who then turns into a human.
6. The Spring Court!
Disclaimer: I haven’t actually read ACOMAF yet, so don’t get all huffy about my answer not being the Night Court or Winter Court or whatever. All I know is that I would love to live somewhere that has perpetual spring. Although perpetual autumn also sounds kind of nice…
Now tell me: what bookish destination would you like an all-expense-paid trip to??
A.S. Thornton has evolved from book blogger to author with a particular fondness for writing forbidden love in ancient deserts. When not writing, she’s caring for dogs and cats as a veterinarian. You’ll never find animals at the center of her writing, though, because those fictional worlds don’t have veterinarians and her literal brain can’t accept that the poor critters would be without parasite prevention. Thornton’s debut, DAUGHTER OF THE SALT KING is available wherever books are sold.
adaline @ not gary cooper
i’d kill to be able to go to red london. it sounds like it’d be such the perfect vacation spot, and i’d love to wander around the market by the river.
the shire would probably be the top place i’d want to go to. i feel like i’d fit in so well with all the cheery little hobbits. and the food would be sure to be amazing. <3
Ali
I thought about the Shire, and that I probably should have included that one on my list! It seems like a perfect place 😀
Michelle @ FaerieFits
Ok, so you simply MUST read ACOMAF so that you can change your answer to the Night Court. I’m not getting huffy, merely throwing it out there as a suggestion 🙂 I like the Spring Court too, but the Night Court is fantabulous.
I would LOVE to go to Red London! That whole world just sounds so interesting!
Wonderland and Diagon Alley probably wouldn’t have made it to my list, just because I honestly wouldn’t have thought of them for whatever reason, lol. But I do think they would be fun to visit!
Great post!
Ali
Michelle I’m reading ACOMAF right now (I wrote this post last week when I wasn’t yet reading it!) and I do agree that the Night Court has its appeal! I will say that I might have to put the Summer Court on my list though – I’m an ocean girl! Either way, Spring Court definitely doesn’t have quite the same appeal anymore… though endless Spring still sounds lovely.
Maraia
I would definitely vacation in Diagon Alley or Hogsmeade! And of course Red London. I’d also just about kill to vacation (or live) in Middle Earth. The Shire, Lothlorien, Rivendell, you name it. It would be so cool to see dinosaurs, I have to admit. I’m not sure I could survive that world, though.
Emily @ Loony Literate
Hogwarts is always my answer with things like this haha. Also Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory, of course. And I’d LOVE to see Jurassic Park, as long as I got out alive.
Ali
Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory sounds like an AMAZING place! I wish I had thought of that one!
Maia
I love these. Would definitely love to go to Wonderland before the Red Queen took over. Also to Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials world as I super want a daemon!
Ali
Ooooooh Philip Pullman’s world would be fun! It’s a tad bit dark, but it would definitely be fun.
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