Love books and love holidays too? Why not combine both by taking a break in the places which have inspired great authors to write their masterpieces?
TripAdvisor has drawn up a list of the top ten literary places to visit and no list would be complete without mention of Dublin in Ireland. The city was the inspiration for James Joyce's superb collection of short stories Dubliners. Ironically Joyce didn't write the book in Dublin but in exile in France.
Irvine Welsh is continuing the theme of exiles producing great art away from the city they are writing about. The Trainspotting author now lives in Joyce's Dublin where he writes irreverently about Scottish cities and housing schemes.
While in Edinburgh you can take a walking tour of the city's medieval Old Town to learn about Scottish literary characters and history, or celebrate the contributions of authors Robert Burns, Sir Walter Scott and Robert Louis Stevenson at the Writers' Museum.
London is a capital place to visit for book lovers. You can take a look round the place where Dickens lived or take a guided walk of Sherlock Holmes' haunts.
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