To the Penedes to Taste 50 Great Cavas and Catalan Cuisine

To the Penedes to Taste 50 Great Cavas and Catalan Cuisine. Cava in Barcelona, Spain. Copyright © 2022 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

50 Great Cavas. That’s right. We’re Barcelona bound today and tomorrow we’re heading to the Penedes wine region to taste 50 Great Cavas and gorge ourselves on Catalan cuisine for five days. 50 Cavas in five days. Will we survive? In preparation for our Cava tasting marathon we asked the local experts for some Cava tasting … Read more

We Are Barcelona Bound!

Social Travel and the Deregulation of the Travel Industry. Barcelona tourist protest banner, Spain. Copyright © 2022 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

This time tomorrow I’ll be starting to think about packing and a few hours later we’ll be heading to the airport for our flight to Barcelona via Guangzhou and Paris. We’re Barcelona bound! It’s been a few years since we were in Europe – our longest period away from the continent since we moved to … Read more

Local Guide to Singapore from the Local Behind The Hunt Singapore Guide

Local Guide to Singapore from the Local Behind The Hunt Singapore Guide. Esquina, Singapore. Copyright © 2022 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

This local guide to Singapore is from a long-term Singapore expat Bernie Baskin, publisher and co-author with Singaporean native, Jalean Wong, of The Hunt Singapore Guidebook. Bernie’s Singapore tips cover everything from the best Singapore neighbourhoods to explore to a must-try Singapore breakfast spot for an authentic local Singapore breakfast. If we’re going to use a … Read more

Welcome to the New Grantourismo Website!

Welcome to the new Grantourismo! Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia. Copyright © 2022 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

Welcome to the new Grantourismo Website! The re-design has been a long time coming, but we really sweated the details. We’ve given more prominence to our photography, introduced a cleaner, contemporary look, and reorganized our stories and guides so they’re easier to find. We’d love to know what you think. As photography is half of … Read more

Cycling Around Siem Reap – From Riverside Rides to Temple Bike Tours

Cycling Around Siem Reap – From Riverside Rides to Temple Bike Tours. Countryside, Siem Reap, Cambodia. Copyright 2014 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

Surrounded by pancake-flat plains, lush green rice paddies, and laidback villages with leafy lanes, cycling around Siem Reap can be an absolute delight – once you get out of the busy little city. This is our detailed guide to cycling Siem Reap. Most travellers to Cambodia’s ‘Temple Town’ use tuk tuks to explore, but cycling around Siem … Read more