7 studying retreats to guide now

story acts as a portal to a different world — however travellers are more and more all in favour of visiting the real-life areas which have impressed their favorite books, with ‘readaways’ more likely to be one of many defining developments of 2026. In a current Expedia survey, 91% stated they’re all in favour of taking a visit centred round studying, leisure and high quality time with family members, whereas specialist firms providing book-themed itineraries typically promote out in a single day. Perhaps you need to lounge with a paperback, comply with within the footsteps of your favorite writer or channel a beloved fictional hero? You’ll discover a journey to gasoline your creativeness under.

Hosted by author and bibliotherapist Lucy Pearson, the setting for this three-night retreat is Château St Victor la Coste, a whimsical Sixteenth-century property with creeper-strewn partitions and an inviting pool. The occupants of its 9 en suite bedrooms will learn and focus on a curated guide bundle, that includes destination-specific titles like Daphne du Maurier’s doppelganger thriller The Scapegoat and Lucy Steeds’ The Artist — set over an extended, scorching summer time in Provence. Live the dream whereas having fun with lingering rosé lunches and an tour to an area brocante market to choose up antiques. 27-30 August, from £1,800 per individual.

2. The Brontë sisters’ Yorkshire, UK

Experience the setting for Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights, which can also be the rugged county the place all three sisters grew up. The hub for this brief break is the charming city of Harrogate, however the star excursion is a non-public go to to the Brontë Parsonage Museum in Haworth, with behind-the-scenes entry to the library — dwelling to the world’s largest assortment of unique Brontë objects — plus a chat and Q&A session with historian and writer Lucy Worsley. You’ll additionally go to Harlow Carr, a Royal Horticultural Society backyard, and the world surrounding the village of Lothersdale, the place Charlotte labored as a governess to some ‘unmanageable cubs’. 6-9 July, from £1,399 per individual, together with three nights on the Old Swan Hotel in Harrogate.

3. Fig bushes and vine leaves, Cyprus

Inspired by Elif Shafak’s 2021 novel The Island of Missing Trees, this seven-night itinerary sees company collect within the southeastern coastal metropolis of Larnaca, identified for its full of life seafront promenade, quiet groves and close by sandy seashores. Optional native excursions embody a guided tour of the Old Town, a ship journey and a go to to an archaeological park, whereas evenings are dedicated to pleasant small-group guide discussions — amongst different subjects — and sampling conventional mezze dishes at native tavernas. Departures in June and October from £1,695 per individual.

4. Fairytale fantasy in Zermatt, Switzerland

Fans of Sarah J Maas’s wildly profitable romantasy collection A Court of Thorns and Roses (ACOTAR) have flocked to this Alpine resort, extensively thought to have impressed one among its settings, Velaris. This seven-night, BookTok-inspired group itinerary for travellers aged 18-35 takes within the real-life ‘City of Starlight’, plus charming Swiss Riviera locations Lucerne and Lausanne, the latter on the shores of Lac Léman (higher referred to as Lake Geneva). Highlights embody a go to to Glacier 3000, which has awe-inspiring views to surrounding peaks, plus a guide club-style dialogue of the 5 current titles — the subsequent of which is due for launch in 2026 or 2027. Departures between June and October, from £2,575 per individual, together with lodging.

This distant Arctic archipelago has impressed numerous works of fiction and non-fiction — from Philip Pullman’s fantasy collection His Dark Materials to Cecilia Blomdahl’s photographic memoir Life on Svalbard. You’ll discover a variety of inspiring titles at Travellers’ Tales, a London-based bookshop-slash-travel specialist, which presents unique small group journeys in the hunt for Svalbard’s polar bears. These sometimes encompass 9 to 12 nights aboard an expedition ship and embody all meals, onboard knowledgeable lectures plus excursions by Zodiac boat. Various dates from £9,750, primarily based on two sharing.  

6. Nile cruise aboard the Steam Ship Sudan, Egypt

2026 marks 50 years because the demise of Agatha Christie, and this very vessel welcomed the ‘Queen of Crime’ aboard in 1933 — later inspiring the setting for her celebrated novel Death on the Nile. Cocooned in wooden panelling and tended to by a liveried, fez-wearing crew, at the moment’s company get pleasure from all of the genuine interval magnificence, minus the murders. Spend your days prowling the promenade deck and having fun with inspiring excursions to shore-side treasures such because the Valley of the Kings. Sadly, the writer’s namesake suite is booked up years prematurely. Various dates and journey lengths, from £4,840 per individual.

This four-night journey presents a mixture of literature and leisure within the medina of seaside Asilah, a whitewashed city on the northern finish of Morocco’s wave-lashed Atlantic coast. Guests haul up in fashionable riad Dar Ambrosia, whose sunny terraces and enclosed courtyards make for endlessly inviting spots by which to curve up with a novel, whereas excursions embody a guided journey to go to native artisans and a tile-making workshop. Evening meals main on native flavours, with one night time dedicated to discussing the ‘book of the trip’ and one other to a homicide thriller banquet, with company strongly inspired to decorate their tales. Various dates, from £1,700.