London named top literary destination

London has been named as the world's top destination for tourists looking for a taste of literature, beating Paris, New York and Rome in a top 10 compiled by a travel website.

The birthplace of writers such as John Keats and John Donne and the setting for countless novels, London was described as "the home of literature we have spent so much time learning and loving".

In second place was Stratford-upon-Avon, the picturesque Warwickshire birthplace of Shakespeare and home to the Royal Shakespeare Company.