Assouline Travel Books: Where Travel Meets Art and Design
Assouline’s coffee table books are among the most beautiful travel books ever published. Through striking photography, elegant writing, and impeccable design, they capture the atmosphere and personality of destinations around the world. Printed in oversized formats on premium paper and produced with exceptional attention to detail, each volume feels as thoughtfully curated as the place it celebrates.
Assouline travel books are not traditional travel guides, and that is part of their appeal. They are admittedly expensive, but we recommend them for the way they capture the character of a place through exceptional photography, design, history, and atmosphere. They are books to browse, display, revisit, and use as inspiration—whether they remind you of somewhere you have been or make you curious about somewhere new.
Explore the full Assouline Store on Amazon to browse its travel books, hospitality titles, design collections, and special editions.
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The Assouline Travel Series
Assouline’s Travel Series is part of its Classics Collection and focuses on destinations with a strong sense of place. Titles such as Capri Dolce Vita, Kyoto Serenity, Marrakech Flair, St. Moritz Chic, Ibiza Bohemia, Mykonos Muse, and St. Tropez Soleil combine photography, writing, architecture, history, food, and local style to create a visual portrait of each destination. Together, they form one of Assouline’s most recognizable collections and a particularly appealing way to explore the character of places around the world. With dozens of destinations represented, the series also makes it easy to find a book connected to a place you already love—or one you are curious to discover.
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The Assouline Chic Series
Assouline’s Chic Series explores some of the world’s great cities through the style, architecture, culture, homes, and personalities that give each one its distinctive character. Titles devoted to cities such as New York, Paris, Milan, Venice, and Tokyo offer a more design-driven portrait of place, focusing on the details and creative influences that shape how a city looks and feels. The books often move beyond landmarks to highlight interiors, neighborhoods, fashion, art, and the people who help define a city’s visual identity. That makes the series especially appealing for travelers interested in the connection between destination and style. It fits naturally alongside Assouline’s broader travel collection while offering a more focused look at the character and aesthetic of individual cities.
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The Assouline Hospitality Collection
Assouline’s Hospitality Collection celebrates many of the world’s most distinctive hotels, resorts, and private retreats through rich photography, history, and storytelling. Titles devoted to properties such as The Carlyle, The Plaza, Hotel Il Pellicano, Château Marmont, Le Bristol Paris, The Peninsula London, and The Beverly Hills Hotel explore not only their interiors and design, but also the personalities, traditions, and stories that have shaped them over time. Secret Stays broadens that idea beyond famous hotels, highlighting remarkable private homes, hideaways, and lesser-known places to stay around the world. Together, the collection treats exceptional hospitality as part of the travel experience itself and offers a closer look at the character behind some of the world’s most memorable stays.
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The Assouline Wine & Travel Series
Assouline’s Wine & Travel Series explores some of the world’s great wine regions through the landscapes, people, traditions, food, and culture that surround them. Rather than focusing only on vineyards and vintages, the books place wine within a broader sense of place, traveling through regions such as France, Italy, the Mediterranean, the United States, and Latin America. With contributions from leading writers and wine experts, the series is especially appealing for travelers who see wine as a way to better understand a destination—its geography, history, cuisine, and way of life. The books also work beautifully as inspiration for future trips, offering a richer sense of the places and traditions behind the wines themselves.
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The Assouline Ultimate Collection
Assouline’s Ultimate Collection represents the most elaborate end of its publishing world, with oversized, limited-edition volumes devoted to art, fashion, design, food, wine, automobiles, and travel. Titles such as Dior: The Impossible Collection, Rolex: The Impossible Collection, Ferrari: The Impossible Collection, Champagne: The Impossible Collection, and The Impossible Collection of Wine are curated around exceptional examples, stories, and imagery rather than attempting to cover their subjects exhaustively. Hand-bound and presented in distinctive clamshell cases, these books are designed as much for collectors and display as for reading, with prices that can reach well beyond $1,000.
