Last Minute Christmas Gift Ideas from a Global Grand Tour

Christmas gift ideas. New York, New York, USA. Last Minute Christmas Gift Ideas from a Global Grand Tour. Copyright © 2022 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

If you’re like me, you’re probably still doing your last minute Christmas gift shopping on Christmas Eve, so here are some fun ideas that might inspire you from things I’ve found on our grand tour of the globe this year and featured in our Take-Home series. Here are our christmas gift ideas… Istanbul – an intricately patterned … Read more

Istanbul Take-Homes: a Guide to Shopping the Grand Bazaar

Shopping the Grand Bazaar, Turkey. Istanbul Take-Homes: a Guide to Shopping the Grand Bazaar. Copyright © 2023 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

Istanbul’s Grand Bazaar, or Kapalı Çarşı in Turkish, at Beyazit, near Sultanahmet, is undoubtedly touristy, so it’s going to have to be my guilty pleasure on this ‘living like locals’ grand tour of ours. Because as much as I love the brilliant shops at Beyoğlu, nothing beats shopping the Grand Bazaar. Why Go to the … Read more

Masai Mara Take-Homes: Bargaining for Beads at a Mara Village

Masai Mara Souvenirs, Bargaining for Beads at a Mara Village, Kenya. Copyright © 2022 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

My husband called me ‘the Queen of Shopping’ when we lived in the Middle East and I wrote on subjects like ‘Bargaining 101’. But no amount of years spent drinking tea with carpet sellers from Morocco to Dubai prepared me for bargaining for beads at a Mara village in Kenya for some Masai Mara take-homes. At the … Read more

Cape Town Take-Homes: Traditional African Crafts

Pan African Market, Cape Town, South Africa. © 2022 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved. Cape Town Take-Homes: Traditional African Crafts.

Sprawled across several floors in a colossal Victorian building on Cape Town’s cool Long Street, the Pan African Market is a one-stop-shop for African souvenirs. You can spend hours browsing the warren of dozens of small shops selling traditional and contemporary tribal art, handicrafts, textiles, musical instruments, dolls, and jewellery from all over Africa, making … Read more

Buenos Aires Take-Homes: Delicious Dulce de Leche

Dulce de Leche. Buenos Aires, Argentina. Copyright © 2022 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

I have a confession: I adore dulce de leche, Argentina’s very special version of milk caramel. And this is really saying something, because I’m not the kind of person who obsesses over chocolate or gets cravings for sugary treats. Another confession: I’ve been known to spend three months in Italy and not lick a single … Read more