Price Check: a Berlin Shopping List

Price Check: a Berlin Shopping List. Copyright © 2022 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved. Berlin, Germany.

It’s always a bit of a shock to the wallet going to Western Europe after spending time in Central or Eastern Europe, where the prices are significantly lower. Our Berlin shopping list shows a city that has comparable prices to other popular European cities. Berliners swear their city is cheaper to live in than other … Read more

Price Check: a Kraków Shopping List

Price Check: a Kraków Shopping List for Popular Groceries. Charcuterie in Kraków, Poland. Copyright © 2023 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

We’re bringing our latest edition in our Price Check series* to you from Poland with our Krakow shopping list, which has been a fun one to research. This is our Kraków Shopping List. We were last in Krakow four years ago on a trip around Central and Eastern Europe and we found it so affordable … Read more

A Vienna Shopping List

A Vienna Shopping List – What Things cost in Vienna. Passauer Weiss Beer, Vienna, Austria. Copyright © 2022 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

The duration of most of our stays this year has been two weeks. Apart from our pre-departure preparations for Grantourismo and soiree in Dubai and the days leading up to our launch party in London, only on two occasions on the trip have we stayed in places for only a week each, in Italy and in … Read more

European Winter Treat in Vienna: Fresh Black Winter Truffles

Fresh Black Winter Truffles, Vienna, Austria. Copyright © 2023 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

Ever since I first tried truffles in a restaurant in Zurich, I get excited when the Northern Hemisphere winter comes around and I can look forward to fresh black winter truffles. Many years ago, when I worked in publishing in Sydney, my right-hand-man had a rather tempestuous relationship with his girlfriend who was head chef for … Read more

Price Check: a Zell am See Shopping List

Price Check: a Zell Am See Shopping List for Popular Groceries. Local Jam, Zell am See, Austria. Copyright © 2022 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

If you want no more than a gulash soup to warm you up and some pasta and pizza to refuel after a day skiing or snowboarding in Zell am See, then you’ll be satisfied with the town’s smattering of pan-Italian eateries. Aside from a few other empty restaurants we spotted, the only other alternative seems … Read more