Let's Talk Bookish; Traveling for Literature

It's Friday yet again, which means it's perhaps time for another Let's Talk Bookish post courtesy of Book Nook Bits and Dinipanda Reads, and today's topic is travelling for literature.


Here's the further prompts for today's discussion.
Many books are inspired by real-life settings. Have you ever visited places inspired by books you’ve read? What places are on your bucketlist? If you could visit any fictional setting come to life, where would you go?
While I've yet to visit any places I've written down on my bucket list after reading a book set in that place, there's places I've visited that has been featured in books I've read afterwards. Among those places, there's York, UK, (Murder by the Minster by Helen Cox and The Sweetest Thing by Fiona Shaw), London, UK, (Murder at the British Museum by Jim Eldridge and The Ravenmaster: My Life with the Ravens at the Tower of London by Christopher Skaife), and Edinburgh, Scotland (City of Ghosts by Victoria Schwab). I've also visited the Scottish Highlands way before I read The Bookshop on the Corner by Jenny Colgan, but I'd love to visit that area again some time.

Some places that's on my bucket list thanks to books, are Isle of Lewis - Scotland (The Blackhouse by Peter May), Bath - England (The Particular Charm of Miss Jane Austen by Cass grafton and Ada Bright), Brittany - France (The Little Breton Bistro by Nina George), and Marrakech - Morocco (The Saffron Trail by Rosanna Ley).

Well, if I have to pick a fictional place to visit, I wouldn't mind visiting Narnia, as I loved those books as a kid.

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