“Are you going to Seville?” That’s the most-asked question we’ve had since we announced that Jerez was one of our destinations for Grantourismo. The fact that people are asking that question is one of the reasons that we are here in Jerez – a town we’re quickly growing very fond of. When people think of … Read more
Yes, you heard right, it’s not only Hotel Costes and other design hotels that are hip to the fact that music is an important part of travel, our experience of a place, and the memories we take away. Don’t well all have songs we love that, the moment they come on, immediately transport us back … 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
There’s no denying the Grand Tour was partly a summer holiday, the grand tourists leaving England, and later America, to travel to The Continent, invariably crossing the Alps to spend some months in the sunshine in Italy – under a parasol of course. But the Grand Tour was about so much more than lazing among … 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