Tony Perrottet reinvigorates the armchair travel genre by covering the, literally, oldest tourist route in the book. During the Roman Empire the combination of widespread peace and a leisure class produced the world's first tourist trade. Perrottet and his girlfriend follow the well-beaten track from Rome to Greece to Turkey to Egypt, armed with the world's oldest travel guide, published in 5 BC. This delightful travelogue shows how little things have really changed since the Romans were bedeviled by crowds, pushy local guides, hard mattresses, and bad food. -- János.
Request Route 66 A.D. from the Saint Paul Public Library.
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