Learn English adjectives to describe travel or travel experience. I will also give you the nouns that collocate with these adjectives.
Learning these adjectives will help you improve your vocabulary in English.
Listen to the podcast Speak Better English with Harry or watch it on YouTube at Learn English with Harry. englishclass101
List of adjective to talk about travel
Adjectives to describe travel experiences
Harry
In this lesson, I have 10 adjectives for you that will help you describe your travel experience.
And because these adjectives are connected with travel or travel experiences, a lot of them will collocate with very similar words.
But at least they’ll give you a choice of words with which you can use them. I’ll try and give you some of those popular collocations.
give a gift of learning Offer up to 50% off
Great way to improve your English. Use code END2022
give a gift of learning Offer up to 50% off
Great way to improve your English. Use code END2022
impressive
Meaning: leaves an impression, something lasting in your memory
- impressive hotel
- impressive reception area
- impressive setting
- impressive entrance
Examples:
The main architecture is very, very old, but it is really clean and well maintained. The whole look of the hotel is impressive.
When you walk into the reception area, it is impressive. Everything about the entrance, and the setting is very impressive.
remarkable
Meaning: something that gives you a lot of information, something that you didn’t know about
- remarkable gallery
- remarkable exhibition
- remarkable museum
- remarkable information
Examples:
A remarkable gallery! I really didn’t know anything about him before I visited this gallery.
The information I got was really remarkable. I can use it in my lessons for my students in the history classes.
Adjectives to describe travel experiences
superb
Meaning: quality, better than average, amazing
- superb food
- superb menu
- superb weather
- superb facilities
Examples:
It was superb food every night, there was always the chef’s choice on the menu.
If I wanted one word to describe the holiday, it was superb.
astonishing
Meaning: something that shocks us or surprises us in a positive way
- astonishing experience
- astonishing details
- astonishing transformation
Examples:
Breakfast was excellent. It’s astonishing how much food you can eat when you’re on holiday.
The amount of food I ate was astonishing.
book your trial English Lesson
stunning
Meaning: really, really beautiful
- stunning view
- stunning hotel
- stunning museum
Examples:
When we visited this place for the first time, we were completely taken aback. The views were stunning.
The museum was stunning. Last year it won an award for its architecture.
dramatic
Meaning: impressive, exciting
- dramatic view
- dramatic journey
- dramatic events
Examples:
When you look down, it’s quite dramatic. The water falls down several hundred metres, and then the spray comes back up again.
The plane journey turned out to be dramatic. There was a lot of turbulence.
exotic
Meaning: unusual and interesting
- exotic fruit
- exotic location
- exotic tree
- exotic animal
Example:
I’m not sure about their honeymoon. I think they picked some exotic location in the Caribbean.
unique
Meaning: unusual or different, something you haven’t done before
- unique experience
- unique tradition
- unique exhibition
Examples:
For me, going on a cruise ship would be a unique experience because I haven’t done it before.
The tea ceremony in Japan is a unique tradition only known to the Japanese.
Adjectives to describe travel experiences
breathtaking
Meaning: really beautiful, very impressive
- breathtaking view
- breathtaking drive
- breathtaking interior
- breathtaking scenery
Example:
When I got off the cable car at the top of the mountain, the views were breathtaking.
When walking around Niagara Falls, the scenery is simply breathtaking.
memorable
Meaning: something that you are going to remember in the future
- memorable holiday
- memorable honeymoon
- memorable dinner
- memorable occasion
Example:
We had a really memorable honeymoon. We spent a lot of money, but it was wonderful, really memorable.
The hiking trip was really memorable. We climbed over a mountain and visited places that we hadn’t expected to see.
Our dinner on Friday night was memorable. It was a clear night, and we could see different places.
Here are the advanced English adjectives to describe travel experiences. Let me give them to you one more time:
- impressive
- remarkable
- superb
- astonishing
- stunning
- dramatic
- exotic
- unique
- breathtaking
- memorable
I hope, you enjoyed this lesson. Try to use them in your conversational English. If you need help, come back to me and I’ll give you more examples.
You can book advanced English lessons on Zoom or Skype at englishlessonviaskype.com
Thanks for listening. Join me again soon.
speak better English with Harry podcast- episode 395
more information
For more information on English grammar rules, English collocations and English idioms, check out the links below:
10 Other ways to say GO AWAY in English
You can always study English advanced level at Learning English with the BBC and British Council Learn English.
You will love these English lessons
When to use the Present Continuous Tense in English?
The following sets out the use of the Present Continuous format of verbs. There are examples given in each situation.
12 Idiomatic Expressions with WAY
Today, let’s look at some English idiomatic expressions with WAY. We usually use WAY when talking about direction. Which way
11 English Collocations with All
Here you will learn useful English collocations with ALL. A collocation is a combination of two or more words which
