As an introvert, I am always in a battle with two things.<\/p>\n
One is my desire to travel. Two, my liking to stay in bed reading or binge-watching movies!<\/p>\n
Even if the ambiverts and extroverts have counter-arguments, this is pretty much all of us now. We are all getting good with the ‘new normal’, aren’t we?<\/p>\n
But, are we going to let our wanderlust go to slumber completely? NO!<\/p>\n
That is why, I thought, why not we go on a virtual holiday for change? Let’s watch some movies about travel!<\/p>\n
I mean, it’ll be great to add some of those destinations to your best places to visit in 2021 list. Or what do you know? The places in these movies could already be in your travel bucket list 2021!<\/p>\n
To start with, here’s a pick from my favourite genre: COMEDY!\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n I recommend this movie out of all the movies about travel, to you if you want to lose yourself. It’s a great movie just to lie back and traverse some of the best locations with Julia Roberts!<\/p>\n https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mjay5vgIwt4<\/p>\n YouTube Source: Sony Pictures Entertainment<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Eat, Pray, Love is a story about a married woman who takes off on a journey around the world to “find herself” and the peace she had lost in her unhappy marriage. The plot revolves around how her life takes a different direction after a divorce.<\/p>\n Starting from New York, where she leaves behind her broken life, Eat, Pray Love <\/em>covers many remarkable attractions from three different destinations; Italy, India and Bali.<\/p>\n For extra-reading:<\/strong>\u00a0Also read,\u00a0Where to have the Ideal Food Experience in Italy<\/a>!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Disneyland will be in most of your ‘best places to visit in 2021’ list. So, I’ll recommend this out of the movies about travel, for a virtual holiday in Disneyland. It does not capture the modern Disneyland but unquestionably takes you away from the lockdown fatigue!<\/p>\n https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=a5kYmrjongg<\/p>\n YouTube Source: Movieclips Trailers<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Saving Mr Banks is based on a true story about a financially crunched author called Pamela Travers, who visits Los Angeles from London, to meet Walt Disney, who has the interest to adapt her story ‘Mary Poppins’ into a movie. However, his methods do not meet her approval.<\/p>\n Majority of the locations you find in this movie are in California! Of course, you\u2019ll find a glimpse of London, where Travers\u2019 home is located. The actual house is located in Chelsea (no, she doesn\u2019t live there anymore).<\/p>\n But, besides that, the other destinations you\u2019ll find in the movie are;<\/p>\n A list of movies about travel will be incomplete without an adventure movie in it! And,\u00a0The Beach<\/em> is a must-watch for anybody looking for travel movies that give island vibes.<\/p>\n https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7vSsx1RkGls<\/p>\n YouTube Source: Movieclips Classic Trailers<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n The Beach is about a young man named Richard, who travels to Thailand and finds an odd map that is believed to lead to an island paradise, and sets on an adventure with his friends to find it.<\/p>\n Almost all scenes in The Beach <\/em>were filmed in Thailand\u2019s western coast in Phi Phi Islands, in the Andaman Sea.<\/p>\n These are the four main locations shown to you in the movie;<\/p>\n There is also a fun fact about the connection between this movie and the May Bay:<\/p>\n The May Bay became one of the world’s most famous beaches after this movie. So famous, that it started to receive up to 5,000 tourists and 200 boats per day!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n If you think Thailand is going to be one of the best places to visit in 2021, make use of this\u00a0e-book<\/a><\/strong> as a guide! (And, thank me later)<\/p>\n Next, saving up the horror for last, so let’s see what movie can keep you going with the eerie vibe. Of course, a\u00a0thriller<\/strong>!\u00a0<\/p>\n Travelling itself is a whole new thrill that we experience. True wanderers will relate to this with me. In that line, Murder on the Orient Express is one of the best picks from the movies about travel!<\/p>\n https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Mq4m3yAoW8E<\/p>\n YouTube Source: 20th Century Studios<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Murder on the Orient Express is a movie based on the famous thriller written by Agatha Christie. The movie is about a detective named Hercule Poirot, who works to solve a murder case that occurs on the same train that he\u2019s travelling on.<\/p>\n The scenes of Murder on the Orient Express have been filmed in several locations like; London, Malta, Valle d’Aosta, Great St Bernard’s Pass, Triengen and B\u00fcron in Switzerland, and New Zealand.<\/p>\n Once you complete your train journey at Calais with detective Poirot, let’s go for a\u00a0Drama<\/strong>!\u00a0<\/p>\n Light storylines do not always please all the movie buffs. You’ll have your preferences like I have mine. But,\u00a0Under the Tuscan Sun<\/em> is one of those movies about travel that you cannot hate. At least not how gorgeous Diane Lane looks in every frame of the movie!!<\/p>\n https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vdJGMZDY0-8<\/p>\n YouTube Source: alanjasonb<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Under the Tuscan Sun is a memoir of Frances Mayes, a writer who impulsively buys a villa in Tuscany intending to change her life.<\/p>\n The movie elegantly covers some of the beautiful destinations in\u00a0Italy<\/strong>! After watching\u00a0Under the Tuscan Sun<\/em>, you will find the enthusiasm to go on a pilgrimage to\u00a0Cortona<\/strong>, where Frances impulsively buys a villa and\u00a0Positano<\/strong> where she travelled with one of the other most interesting characters you’ll find in the movie! (Avoiding a spoiler for you!)<\/p>\n As you watch the movie, you’ll also understand that these destinations have something to tell you.<\/p>\n Cortona will magically make you believe that it’s never too late to start new. Positano will promise you a future!\u00a0<\/p>\n Now, from drama to some\u00a0Action<\/strong>!\u00a0<\/p>\n Do action and travel go well hand in hand? If you ask me, I’d say it did go very well in this movie! From the start till end, the duo; Collin Farrell\u2019s humour and Brendan Gleeson’s timing comedy blends so well. I think it is one of the perfect movies about travel in the action genre, out of all!<\/p>\n https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=p-gG2qo_l_A<\/p>\n YouTube Source: Movieclips Classic Trailers<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n In Bruges<\/em> is about two hitmen, Ray and Ken, who get stuck in Bruges, after a failed mission. The story revolves around the complication that occurs later when their boss asks Ken to kill Ray.<\/p>\n The title of the movie pretty much sums up which destination is targeted in the movie. It is Bruges, in Belgium!<\/p>\n The locations portrayed throughout the movie are so much part of it that it is indeed a virtual tour around Bruges for you.<\/p>\n So, for those who want to get free sightseeing in Belgium, you must watch this movie. It covers up the following tourist attractions;\u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/li>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Next up, some\u00a0Mystery<\/strong>\u00a0before Fantasy!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n Travel enthusiasts who are also mystery lovers, A Perfect Getaway is a must-watch for you. You may not like the idea of the plot if you are someone who wants sheer storylines. But, of all mystery movies about travel, this one is highly recommendable!<\/p>\n https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FYw_OUresio<\/p>\n YouTube Source: Movieclips Classic Trailers<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n A Perfect Getaway is a movie about a newly-wed couple, Cliff and Cydney, who travel to Hawaii for their honeymoon. The story revolves around mystery when their trip takes a terrifying blow when they learn that tourists are getting killed on the island that they are in, by psychopaths.<\/p>\n Most of the movie portrays exotic sceneries of Hawaii’s incredible Napali Coast<\/strong>. The action beautifully enhances the exceptionality of the paradise’s Kalalau Trail<\/strong> from Kee Beach<\/strong> and then extends to Hanakapi’ai Beach<\/strong>. The additional element to the mystery is within a nearby sea cave.<\/p>\n Although the background is digitally enhanced in certain scenes, the movie gives you a complete Hawaii vibe. Not just that, since most of the scenes of hiking were filmed in Puerto Rico<\/strong>, the virtual tour does not end in Hawaii.<\/p>\n It’s like a two-in-one mysterious encounter of the best two destinations.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Next,\u00a0Fantasy<\/strong>!<\/p>\n If you have read Tolkien’s poem on ‘Roads, Go Ever On’, you’ll know why this is in travel. Again, one of the exceptional fantasies to be in the ‘movies about travel’ list, I’d highly recommend.<\/p>\n https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=V75dMMIW2B4<\/p>\nEat, Pray, Love<\/h2>\n
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<\/strong>Visit Castel Sant\u2019Angelo<\/strong> on river Tiber near the Vatican and look over the city on Castel Sant\u2019Angelo\u2019s terrace, where Elizabeth contemplates the new start to her life.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
<\/strong>Although Elizabeth did not pronounce the name of the Ashram she goes to in the movie, it is the \u2018Ashram Hari Mandir\u2019<\/strong> where she takes on her spiritual journey. You can visit it, in the heart of Pataudi, India.<\/li>\n
<\/strong>Get the full experience of watching Elizabeth cycling through the green fields of Bali in the Tegalang Rice Terrace.
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<\/strong><\/em>Next, for a\u00a0Musical journey<\/strong>;\u00a0<\/p>\nSaving Mr Banks<\/h2>\n
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The Beach<\/h2>\n
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Murder on the Orient Express<\/h2>\n
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