Tips to Saving Money When Self-Catering on Your Travels

Tips to Saving Money When Self-Catering. Côte de Bœuf, Paris, France. Copyright © 2023 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

In our last post on What Things Cost Around the World, we compared the dockets of our Price Check shopping lists from some 24 destinations we stayed at around the world on our yearlong grand tour. Our goal was to give self-catering travellers who like settling into places for a while an idea of what … Read more

The Romance of Train Travel – Is It Dead?

The Romance of Train Travel – Is It Dead? Train Travel in Austria. Copyright © 2023 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

We’ve always loved train travel. ‘Loved’ being the key word. But a daylong journey fraught with problems from Budapest to Vienna, Vienna to Salzburg, and Salzburg to Zell am See, had us wishing we could have flown, and had us wondering what happened to the romance of train travel. Is it dead? Over the years … Read more

Spices, Pickles, Pastries and Sweets on an Istanbul Market Tour

Context’s Markets of Istanbul walk with Aylin Oney Tan, Istanbul, Turkey. Copyright © 2022 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved. Istanbul market tour.

Spices, pickles, snacks and sweets were some of the delights we sampled on an Istanbul market tour with a local expert, a Turkish culinary writer. No matter how well you know a destination, there’s always something to be gained by experiencing that place with locals – which is how we came to do an Istanbul … Read more