Due to its colossal population of American and Canadian expats (around 10%!), San Miguel de Allende is derided as a destination by travellers looking for a more ‘authentic’ Mexican experience, but it is a beautiful town and it is worth staying a while. These are our tips to enjoying San Miguel de Allende. Tips To … Read more
This authentic huevos revueltos con chorizo recipe is based on the scrambled eggs with chorizo sausage dish we ate at Cafe El Popular about 15 years ago, on our second trip to Mexico. I arrived from San Francisco to meet Lara, who was already in Mexico City and the next morning, bleary eyed, we headed … Read more
Think back to the last time you had to book a holiday rental for a family reunion or choose a resort for your summer getaway. Remember the hours you spent trawling through photos and descriptions on websites? Flicking through the back page ads in stacks of old Conde Nast Travellers? Multiply that by 26 and … Read more
We’ve spent well over a thousand nights in hotels in the last four years we’ve been on the road. Every chance we’ve had we’ve opted to check into apartment rentals and holiday homes instead. Now we’re going to be doing that for a year, on our grand tour of the world. If we’ve been researching … Read more
New Year’s Day is loaded with symbolism, fresh starts and new beginnings. It’s the first day of a 365-day narrative that will form another chapter in our lives. It’s also a perfect time to launch our new website Grantourismo and our first Grantourismo project, a yearlong global grand tour dedicated to slow travel, local travel … Read more