In the pages of what book would you most like to vacation?

Either that one writ by Dante or the hardbound collecter's edition of Hustler. Failing that, "The Unabridged Atlas of the Whole Damn World".

A Hitchhiker's guide to the Galaxy!

An Agatha Christie mystery set in the Cotswolds.

An Inspector Montalbano mystery, set in Sicily.

Lord of the Rings, particularly Rivendell. I would also enjoy visiting Lochdubh (Hamish MacBeth) or any of the pubs from the Martha Grimes series. Or the Monarch of the Glen books (not sure who wrote those.) Medieval York (the Owen Archer series by Candace Robb) , Shrewbury (Brother Caedfael), or medieval Paris ( the Sharan Newman books) would also be fun, but I would have to worry about catching the plague or being burned for heresy. Cara Black's Paris mysteries would certainly be entertaining, especially if I developed more of a taste for actually living dangerously instead of indulging in vicarious thrills. Too many choices.

A Moveable Feast

The Wind in the Willows. Rural splendor with amusing anthropomorphic animals. What more could one want?

Any of P.G. Wodehouse's stories, a good farcical romp with Bertie Wooster and Jeeves in an English country house. Or somewhere in the Yorkshire Dales with James Herriot.

How trite my answer is... but Under the Tuscan Sun was my first thought. I think the movie is actually far better than the book, but since they both have the same name.
Now, if we talk about movies it would have to be 'Enchanted April'. I think I know it by heart...and when they open the shutters and see the Mediterranean for the first time it takes my breath away, as I remember how I felt... arriving late at night and then seeing that in the morning. Heaven!

Some of my favorites have already been mentioned... but I'd add Bill Bryson's "Notes from a small island" or his other european travels, Mary Stewart's "Crystal Cave" and "Hollow Hills" series (Wales, England and Scotland in the time of Merlin and Arthur), Any of Dan Brown's books, Robert Jordan's "Wheel of Time" series... and I'm certain to think of many others... Oh- just did- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's "Sherlock Holmes" London.....

Ed, LOL! I'm going to be giggling all night about your answer, and since I'm working and I have 8+ hours to go, it's gonna be a lot of gigglling!

Hogwarts from Harry Potter

"The Walking Drum" by Louis Lamour. Brittany, Spain, France, Russia, Istanbul, and Iran plus points in-between. How can you go wrong?

"Voyage of the Beagle." Any - heck, ALL - of the Aubrey/Maturin books. Remember the Dey of Mascara?! And of course, "The Hobbit!" And definitely "The Hitchhiker's Guide." And "Winnie the Pooh" (the REAL one, not that Disney crap). Or what about a Lord Peter Winsey mystery? I'd love to see the inside of Tallboys, or be invited to a cocktail party at Harriet's Gaudy. I'd also cut off my left leg (or something) to visit the Europe of the Jean Auel books about the Cro Magnon. Even though the literary value of those books isn't particularly high. And speaking of pot boilers, how about "Outlander?" (Maybe that only applies if I can meet Jamie in person.)

I second Karen's choice of P.G. Wodehouse stories. They also have lots of people in them free loading at English country homes, often under false pretences. I would like to do that.

Kira- a second vote for the Outlander series and Auel's books!

I forgot all about Daphne DuMaurier. "Jamaica Inn" or "Rebecca."

I'll take Sherlock Holmes's London, please.

Peter Mayle's Provence.

"Lidia Cooks From the Heart of Italy"

French Women Don't Get Fat.

Wow, haven't been on this website in what seems like years. But I would have to go for any of Wilbur Smiths Courtney series of novels set in Africa. Either the 1500's Africa or the 1800-1900's Africa! Pete

James Michener's "The Drifters" or "Caravans" or "Julie Julia"

Evelyn Waugh's Brideshead Revisted therefore I would go to Oxford and Venice in the early 20th century.

M.C.Beaton wrote the Hamish MacBeth and Agatha Raisen series. Agatha Raisen is an amatuer detective living in the Cotswold.
Sherlock Holmes London but only if I had money, or The Ghost and Mrs Muir by R.A. Dick (Josephine Leslie).

Courtesy of Donna Leon's Venetian mysteries, I'd like to have dinner with Guido and Paola Brunetti.

The Provence of Patricia Wells (she writes cookbooks too). And Leon's Venice.

That's an inspired reply Dale- may I join you?

I think my same name from Pensacola has it right...hardbound collector's edition of Hustler.

James Joyce, Ulysses would be fun. Of course the Odyssey might be interesting too.