Jan
27
As you can see from our Berlin stories, they’re very much centred on our neighbourhood, Prenzlauer Berg, and are probably much more locally-focused than any other series of posts we’ve written on other destinations we’ve visited for Grantourismo this year. Boasting streets bursting with vintage clothes shops, vinyl record stores, atmospheric cafés, affordable restaurants, and …
Jan
24
Street art, urban art projects, squat houses, and communes. The Real Berlin tour with Alternative Berlin takes travellers on a walk us through Berlin’s counter culture history, from the student protest movement of the 1960s and the rise and fall of the Bader-Meinhof gang in the 70s to the May 1st riots in the 80s …
Jan
22
After stumbling around in the snow on our first night in Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin, we soon realized that there is a bewildering number of inviting bars in the neighbourhood. While we tried to sample as many as we could, we decided to cut to the chase and accept an offer from the owners of our …
Jan
10
For our eleventh contest in our yearlong series of monthly Grantourismo HomeAway Holiday-Rentals travel blogging competitions we want you to create a blog post on the theme of slowing down and settling in for a while. Your post should consist of one (1) evocative photograph* and 250 inspiring words* that communicate the beauty of slowing down and settling …
Jan
09
For our tenth contest in our yearlong series of monthly Grantourismo HomeAway Holiday-Rentals competitions we asked you to create a post on festive holiday celebrations – at home or away. Our December Competition winners are… FIRST PRIZE, a stay at a HomeAway Holiday-Rentals property anywhere in the world valued at UK£500/US$750, a Viator tour voucher worth £100/US$150, a Trourist Moleskine notebook, and Putumayo’s World Christmas …
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