Grantourismo In The Media – Devising Your Own Grand Tour

Grantourismo In The Media – Devising Your Own Grand Tour. Sawadee Feature Story on Grantourismo. Lara Dunston and Terence Carter.

We have a Grantourismo In The Media section, so we don’t usually blog if Grantourismo gets some coverage or we’re asked to write about our particular style of enriching and experiential, long-term travel we like to call ‘grand touring’. But we thought we’d let you know about a couple of recent stories, as we’ve been getting … Read more

Grantourismo Goes To Sea with Orion Expeditions!

Grantourismo Goes To Sea with Orion Expeditions! Aboard the Orion II, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia. Copyright © 2022 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

Grantourismo goes to sea! That’s right, we’re about to do our first cruise and in a few days will be embarking upon one of those Orion Expeditions to Malaysian Borneo called Secrets of Sabah. We’ve been sharing our experiences here with you from Sydney, where we’ve been for the last eight weeks, and we have … Read more

The Future of Grantourismo – Where To Next?

The Future of Grantourismo – Where To Next? Copyright © 2023 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

So, what now for us, now that our yearlong grand tour is over? Where are we? What are we doing? And what’s the future hold for Grantourismo? These are some of the questions you’ve been asking us here, in emails and on Twitter. Well, we’re in Bangkok – a steamy, sultry, wet Bangkok at the … Read more

A Grand Tour By Numbers – 365 Days, 34 Places and 723 Meals Cooked

A Grand Tour By Numbers – 365 Days, 34 Places and 723 Meals Cooked. Our first holiday rental on The Palm, Dubai, UAE. A Grand Tour By Numbers. Copyright © 2023 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

If you weren’t travelling vicariously with us on the twelve-month global grand tour that we completed this year, you may be wondering why we’ve been complaining in recent posts of being so tired. Well, we were busy. Very busy. For seven days a week for 12 months. Don’t believe us? Below are some statistics from our … Read more

Voluntourism: Giving Back As Much As You Take Away

Voluntourism – 'Giving Back' As Much As We Take Away, Puntarenas, Costa Rica. Copyright © 2022 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

Most people take a holiday to relax not work, yet giving back to a place, rather than simply taking away – whether it be a bundle of beautiful memories or a suitcase of souvenirs – is the aim of a rising number of travellers, including ourselves. Tagging turtles for a conservation project, being a bear-keeper … Read more