Aug
18
Arriving at a holiday rental is a bit like checking into a hotel room… you snoop around the place, pull back the curtains, bounce on the bed, open cupboards and drawers, and you look in the fridge. Sometimes you’re disappointed, at other times you discover all kinds of fun surprises as you might do at …
Aug
16
Rusty Irons, the owner of our first holiday rental in Austin may be a petite woman, but her personality is a big as the state of Texas. Flush with local products, from aromatic salsas to BBQ spices, the open pantry that she offers to her guests is enough to fill an aisle of the amazing home-grown …
Aug
08
We first used Context a couple of years ago when we were working on some stories in Rome. We were just starting to develop Grantourismo then, and in a way Context was part of our experiment. We wanted to see if walking tours such as those offered by Context could be a way for people to …
Aug
05
We may have decided not to use guidebooks as part of our local travel experiment, but we’re certainly not discarding the map, which, as far as we’re concerned, is often all you ever need to explore a city. We bought this cool little ‘Not For Tourists’ guide to New York City primarily for its maps. …
Aug
04
The East Village’s community gardens are a great place to meet locals and experience a side of New York generally not covered in the guidebooks. Here’s how to get the most out of the experience: 1. Do some background reading and preparation: see our story on ‘New York’s Secret Gardens – Urban Oases in the …
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