Alexis Averbuck

Alexis Averbuck has travelled and lived all over the world, from Sri Lanka and India to Ecuador, Zanzibar and Antarctica. In more recent years she’s been living on Hydra island, Greece and exploring her adopted homeland; travelling to France to sample oysters in Brittany and careen through hill-top villages in Provence; and adventuring along Iceland’s surreal lava fields, sparkling fjords and glacier tongues. She also promotes travel and adventure in video and on television, starring in a program on Catalunya. A travel writer for over two decades, Alexis has lived in Antarctica for a year, crossed the Pacific by sailboat and written books on her journeys through Asia, Europe and the Americas. She's also a painter – visit www.alexisaverbuck.com.

Alexis was born in Oakland, CA, and earned a degree at Harvard University. For Lonely Planet, she currently specializes in Iceland, France (especially Provence, Dordogne, Brittany and the Loire Valley), Italy, Greece and Antarctica.