Category Archive: The People You Meet

This post will consist of a Q&A and portrait of someone we meet on the trip.

Mar
25

Gins and Cocktails in Barcelona

After learning that the much-hyped Inopia Classic Bar, owned by superstar chef Ferran Adrià’s brother, was closed for a private function earlier this week, we went across the road to what we thought was just an average neighbourhood bar in what is a fairly nondescript neighbourhood in Barcelona. Bueno, we were certainly in for a …

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Mar
12

Local Knowledge: Belen from Jerez

Local Knowledge is a series of posts in which Lara will interview and Terence will shoot a portrait of a local person we’ve met in a destination who has helped us get beneath the skin of the place. The only woman among the 17 professional horse riders at La Real Escuela Andaluza del Arte Ecuestre …

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Feb
23

Local Knowledge: Jamila from Marrakech

Local Knowledge is a series of posts on local people we’ve befriended in a destination who have really helped us to get beneath the skin of that place. Jamila has been our go-to girl in Marrakech, providing us with local tips, advice and directions each day. Born and brought up in the kasbah of Marrakech, …

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Jan
20

Local Travel – It’s About The People You Meet

Local travel and connecting with locals is going to be a big part of what we do here on Grantourismo. Because sometimes it’s the people you meet on your travels, as much as the places you visit, that makes travel meaningful and memorable. Whether it’s an all-night conversation with an engaging character on a plane …

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