Book towns
A book town is the ideal place for a book lover's holiday. These towns all have a large number of new and secondhand bookshops, and a community that welcomes bibliophiles. The first book town was established at Hay-on-Wye in England. In Australia, the book town is actually a 'trail' through several small towns in the southern highlands of NSW. Another lovely bookshop region is the book town Sidney, and the nearby city of Victoria, on Vancouver island in Canada. There are several other book towns in Europe and North America, and one in Asia. A list of particpating towns can be found at the website of the International Book Towns Movement.