Did recreational tourism exist in the Middle Ages and in the Ancient period?

by Th1rt13n

Was it possible for a plebeian or a bourgeois to go on a vacation to a neighbouring country?

CChippy

You might be interested in this earlier thread. It does not address "the Ancient period" but does touch on the equivalent of tourism back to the 11th century.

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1se1e2/what_are_some_examples_of_preindustrial/