The Traveller's Magazine
Islands… We spend our summers travelling to them and our winters dreaming about them. They’re places of escape, isolation and beauty. Where are the best islands in the world? Here’s what #TTOT travellers said but we’ll let you be the judge!
Island… paradise…
Islands are great places to spend a holiday away. They’re totally secluded from the outside world… well that all depends on where you go. An island like Australia offers excellent coastal beaches with all the world’s amenities! #TTOT asked travellers to recommend their favourite islands, do you agree with their choices?
Q1 via @Aykate: What is your favorite island and why?
@meggroff: Zanzibar…this is why: flickr.com/photos/meggrof…
@rtwdave: Gili Trawangan, Indonesia (no cars or motos, laid back island vibe)
@BespokeTravels: Favourite island: Saint Lucia, for its weather, nature, and beaches.
@AuthenticCoast: Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia: beautiful scenery, warm people, gaelic culture, great music.
@MalloryOnTravel: Iceland because it is an awesome geologically active island with Volcanoes, geysirs, Northern Lights, whales and viking @hjortur.
@MiddleSeatView: I guess my favorite “non-traditional island” is Manhattan… because I just keep falling more in love with that city.
@glampacker: Santorini for its amazing sunsets and beautiful views over the caldera. bit.ly/prS7HB
@Roopunzel: I like the little Island you can row out to on Regents Park Lake in London.
@TravelsceneUSA: Australia. Not many islands can also boast to being a continent. Impressive.
@NomadTours: So sorry @RichardBranson, Necker Island is definitely a firm favourite, I hope the restoration after the fire is as beautiful. 🙂
Islands: movies and books
There’s something about islands that catches every holiday-maker and traveller’s attention. Maybe it’s the romantic dreams brought back from childhood readings of Peter Pan, Gulliver’s Travels. Maybe it’s that re-run movie on TV last week, you know the one… starring Leonardo DiCaprio?
Q4 via @AnilaBabla: What’s your favorite island-related film or book?
@DisarmDoors: Book: The Beach. Film: Blue Lagoon bit.ly/mXTcmz.
@hiptraveler: Book “Getting Stoned With Savages” about Vanuatu, Tahiti surf film “Teahupoo”
@SaraKateTravel: I like how a Greek island is the setting for Mamma Mia and also (I know, I’m a geek) Sisterhood of Traveling Pants lol!!
@Drafted_Boy: The Beach — Koh Phi Phi, Virginie Ledoyen & Leonardo DiCaprio actually made me want to visit Thailand.
@TheTravProject: Lord of the flies anyone?
@joapet: Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson. Of course! Pirates ahoy!
@chippy2u: Fools Gold filmed around Port Douglas. Okay perhaps we all just wanted to see Matthew McConaughey jogging topless on 4 Mile beach! 🙂
Tell us your favourite island-inspired books, movies and holiday destinations!
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