Books by Rebecca Lowe
The Slow Road to Tehran: A Revelatory Bike Ride through Europe and the Middle East
by Rebecca Lowe
☆ Shortlisted for the 2023 Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards Travel Book of the Year
In The Slow Road to Tehran, journalist Rebecca Lowe describes her solo bicycle ride through 20 countries and 8,000 miles during 2015 and 2016, the dramatic landscapes she passed through, the hardships she endured (in temperatures from -6 to 48˚C), and the people she met, as part of her efforts to truthfully portray the modern Middle East. The Times said it was a "funny and freewheeling account", noting that Lowe "has a forthright confidence that brings to mind those earlier Middle Eastern adventurers Freya Stark and Gertrude Bell"; despite her parents' worries (they warn her that they think she "will probably die" shortly before she sets off) traveling as a lone female brings her unusual insights that add weight to a humourous, even Bryson-esque account.
Interviews where books by Rebecca Lowe were recommended
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In The Shadow of the Mountain
by Silvia Vasquez-Lavado -
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High: A Journey Across the Himalaya, Through Pakistan, India, Bhutan, Nepal, and China
by Erika Fatland, translated by Kari Dickson -
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Crossed Off the Map: Travels in Bolivia
by Shafik Meghji -
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The Slow Road to Tehran: A Revelatory Bike Ride through Europe and the Middle East
by Rebecca Lowe -
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The Po: An Elegy for Italy's Longest River
by Tobias Jones
The Best Travel Books of 2023: The Stanford Travel Writing Awards, recommended by Cal Flyn
The Best Travel Books of 2023: The Stanford Travel Writing Awards, recommended by Cal Flyn
Every year, Stanfords, the best travel bookshop in the world (in our view), sponsors the Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards, with travel writers and journalists judging the best travel book in a number of categories. Here Cal Flyn, our deputy editor, takes us through the eight books shortlisted for the 2023 ‘Travel Book of the Year’ award, taking us from Bolivia to Singapore via Europe, the Middle East and the top of Mt. Everest.
