Our Home Away from Home in Istanbul – Our Istanbul Rental Apartment

Holiday Rental Apartment, Istanbul, Turkey. Copyright © 2022 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

Home to Roman, Byzantine, and Ottoman treasures, Sultanahmet, Istanbul’s ‘old city’, on the European side of the Golden Horn, is where first-time travellers to Istanbul usually stay. It’s where we stayed when we first visited the city many years ago. Here’s our review of our Istanbul holiday rental apartment. Once you’ve seen Old Istanbul’s star attractions, … Read more

Escape to Mombasa and Time for Reflection on our Diani Beach Stay

Monkeys in Mombasa, Kenya. Escape to Mombasa & Time for Reflection on our Diani Beach Stay. Copyright © 2022 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

Our escape to Mombasa gave us time to reflect on our Diana Beach stay before our flight from Nairobi to Dubai and onto Istanbul, next stop on our yearlong grand tour devoted to slow, local and experiential travel. While we loved going on safari in the Masai Mara and Tsavo West, as much for the … Read more