Nobody can always be traveling. But a well-chosen shelf lets you be somewhere: the Amalfi Coast’s lemon groves on a Tuesday evening, Kyoto’s quiet temples with morning coffee, the Cyclades in full Aegean light. Seventeen volumes for Italy, Greece, France, Japan, and the wider world, beautiful books that bring destinations home through their architecture, landscapes, and light.
1. “Amalfi Coast” (Assouline)
“Amalfi Coast” (Assouline) Assouline. Price: $105.00.
Lemon groves, cliffside villages, and the Tyrrhenian Sea in saturated color. The Amalfi Coast as you have always imagined it, in Assouline’s signature oversized format.
2. “Capri Dolce Vita” (Assouline)
“Capri Dolce Vita” (Assouline) Assouline. Price: $105.00.
La dolce vita, Capri style: the Faraglioni, the Blue Grotto, and decades of glamour. A love letter to Italy’s most mythologized island.
3. “Tuscany Marvel” (Assouline)
“Tuscany Marvel” (Assouline) Revolve Clothing. Price: $105.00.
Cypress-lined roads, medieval hill towns, and golden light. Tuscany’s timeless landscape, captured in all its pastoral glory.
4. “Sicily Honor” (Assouline)
“Sicily Honor” (Assouline) Assouline. Price: $105.00.
Ancient temples, baroque towns, and volcanic landscapes. Sicily’s layered history and dramatic beauty, from coast to interior.
5. “Costa Smeralda” (Assouline)
“Costa Smeralda” (Assouline) Assouline. Price: $105.00.
Sardinia’s Emerald Coast: white beaches, granite cliffs, and jet-set glamour. The Mediterranean at its most exclusive.
6. “Lake Como Idyll” (Assouline)
“Lake Como Idyll” (Assouline) FWRD. Price: $105.00.
Villa gardens, misty mornings, and Alpine reflections. Lake Como’s serene grandeur, in the heart of Lombardy.
7. “Greek Islands” (Assouline)
“Greek Islands” (Assouline) Revolve Clothing. Price: $105.00.
An endless expanse of blue: the Cyclades, the Dodecanese, and beyond. The Greek Islands in all their sun-drenched glory.
8. “Mykonos Muse” (Assouline)
“Mykonos Muse” (Assouline) Assouline. Price: $105.00.
Whitewashed lanes, windmills, and Aegean light. Mykonos, from its quiet mornings to its legendary nights.
9. “Athens Riviera” (Assouline)
“Athens Riviera” (Assouline) Balardi. Price: $116.00.
Beyond the Acropolis: the Athenian Riviera’s coastal glamour. Ancient history meets modern seaside chic.
10. “Turquoise Coast” (Assouline)
“Turquoise Coast” (Assouline) Assouline. Price: $105.00.
Turkey’s stunning Mediterranean shoreline: ancient ruins, mountain scenery, and impossibly blue water. The Turquoise Coast lives up to its name.
11. “Ibiza Bohemia” (Assouline)
“Ibiza Bohemia” (Assouline) FWRD. Price: $105.00.
Beyond the clubs: Ibiza’s bohemian soul. Whitewashed fincas, hidden coves, and the island’s free-spirited heritage.
12. “Biarritz Basque” (Assouline)
“Biarritz Basque” (Assouline) Assouline. Price: $105.00.
Surf, elegance, and Basque tradition on France’s Atlantic coast. Biarritz, where imperial grandeur meets wave-riding cool.
13. “Provence Glory” (Assouline)
“Provence Glory” (Assouline) Assouline. Price: $105.00.
Lavender fields, hilltop villages, and Mediterranean light. Provence in its full sun-soaked splendor.
14. “London Chic” (Assouline)
“London Chic” (Assouline) Saks Fifth Avenue. Price: $120.00.
Quintessential London, through an insider’s lens. From Mayfair to Notting Hill, the capital at its most elegant.
15. “New York Chic” (Assouline)
“New York Chic” (Assouline) Revolve Clothing. Price: $120.00.
The city that never sleeps, in all its stylish complexity. New York’s energy, architecture, and attitude, captured block by block.
16. “Kyoto Serenity” (Assouline)
“Kyoto Serenity” (Assouline) Assouline. Price: $105.00.
Temples, gardens, and quiet rituals. Kyoto’s profound tranquility, in the former imperial capital of Japan.
17. “St. Barths Freedom” (Assouline)
“St. Barths Freedom” (Assouline) Assouline. Price: $105.00.
Caribbean chic at its most refined. St. Barths: white beaches, French flair, and barefoot luxury.
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