Lara Dunston 
The Eastern Desert, Jordan, is famous for its well preserved Desert Castles, but it’s also home to charming Azraq Lodge and Shaumari Wildlife Reserve and Azraq Wetland Reserve. From the Dana Biosphere and Dead Sea in Jordan we’d driven inland to Petra then down to the Red Sea and Aqaba, returning to the dramatic desert of Wadi Rum, … Read more
During our time at the Dana Biosphere Reserve in Jordan, we drank a lot of tea. Served milky in the morning, whether offered at Feynan Eco-Lodge or in a Bedouin tent, each successive glass contained less milk until it was strong and black by the end of the day. Served with sugar and sage, thyme or … Read more
Our drive to remote Feynan Eco-Lodge, Jordan’s first eco-accommodation, took us south of Ma’in Hot Springs on the Dead Sea to the Aqaba Highway and on to the dramatic, pristine Dana Biosphere. We stopped along the way to take photos of the glassy water of the Dead Sea, emerald green in the shallows, and the … Read more
Wild Jordan, A Green Journey Through the Desert Kingdom was the title I gave to a magazine story I wrote on our road trip through the kingdom to experience Jordan’s new eco-friendly accommodation, green initiatives, and nature-based activities. Although we did the trip before we launched Grantourismo, we’re sharing it here as it epitomises how … Read more
There’s no denying the Grand Tour was partly a summer holiday, the grand tourists leaving England, and later America, to travel to The Continent, invariably crossing the Alps to spend some months in the sunshine in Italy – under a parasol of course. But the Grand Tour was about so much more than lazing among … Read more