Although books often transport readers to another world, they are frequently inspired by real-life locations. All great ideas stem from somewhere, and many authors spend months studying to determine the perfect location that inspires a successful and captivating novel. As a result, OnBuy.com located the destinations that birthed the world most popular books and analysed Instagram activity to discover which is the most popular!

Taking the top spot is Piazza Navona (Fountain of the Four Rivers) in Rome, Italy, which features in Dan Brown’s bestselling mystery-thriller, Angels and Demons. Although this is a huge tourist attraction in itself, many visitors attend to follow the footsteps of Robert Langdon and contribute to the fountain’s huge 395,507 hashtags and posts on Instagram.