Grantourismo Travels | Making Travel More Meaningful & Memorable
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Grantourismo is the travel site of travel and food writer and photographer, Lara Dunston and Terence Carter, who see life as one long grand tour of the world. Grantourismo is a space where we share stories about our travels, the places we settle into and the people we meet along the way.
Grantourismo Travels | Making Travel More Meaningful & Memorable
6d ago
Croutons add crunch to soups, salads, pastas, noodles, eggs, and vegetables sprinkled or crumbled on top of the dish. You can grill grated cheese on croutons as you would for French onion soup, use crouton slices for tapas and pintxos, or tuck croutons under roast chicken to soak up the juices. These are our best ... Read more ..read more
Grantourismo Travels | Making Travel More Meaningful & Memorable
2w ago
Ramadan, the Islamic holy month, will begin on Monday or Tuesday when the new crescent moon is first sighted, so we thought we’d update our little guide to Ramadan and the experience of Ramadan around the world, especially for those of you travelling in Islamic countries during Ramadan. Ramadan around the world is observed in ... Read more ..read more
Grantourismo Travels | Making Travel More Meaningful & Memorable
3w ago
Where to Eat in Chinatown Bangkok overwhelmed us on our first visit to the Thai capital over twenty ago. There were a bewildering number of eating options then and there are even more now, from old-school seafood restaurants to lane-way noodle joints and glam shop-house fine-diners. To ensure you eat well, follow our Yaowarat Road ... Read more ..read more
Grantourismo Travels | Making Travel More Meaningful & Memorable
3w ago
Our shish tawook recipe makes the Lebanese grilled chicken skewers or chicken kebabs that are popular throughout the Middle East. Served with a garlicky sauce or toum, mezze such as hummus and baba ganoush, and salads such as tabbouli and fattoush, shish tawook is an essential component of a ‘mixed grill’ platter of barbecued meats. ... Read more ..read more
Grantourismo Travels | Making Travel More Meaningful & Memorable
1M ago
A digital nomad life can be one of the most rewarding ways to live your life. Identifying work that you love that you can do online, anywhere, anytime, that allows you to travel the world, live abroad, and create an extraordinary life, is a privilege if you can make it work. Here’s how we did ... Read more ..read more
Grantourismo Travels | Making Travel More Meaningful & Memorable
1M ago
Breakfast eggs dishes from around the world from our Weekend Eggs series are what I’m browsing on my weekend mornings. These are the delicious breakfast eggs that Terence has been cooking up in the kitchens of our apartments and holiday houses around the world since we started Grantourismo way back in 2010. The first place ... Read more ..read more
Grantourismo Travels | Making Travel More Meaningful & Memorable
1M ago
These are the best riverside cities in Southeast Asia for lovers of slow travel – travel at a more leisurely pace, where slowing down to experience local life and soak up the beauty of a place is preferable to running around ticking off sights. These destinations boast riverside promenades, paths, parks, and markets, and plenty ... Read more
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Grantourismo Travels | Making Travel More Meaningful & Memorable
2M ago
Snowboarding in Morocco had been a goal of mine since Lara and I had attempted to ski on a slope without a chairlift in Ifrane some years earlier. The plan was to round off a Moroccan road trip along the coast and through the desert, with my wife and mother-in-law, with a couple of days ... Read more
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Grantourismo Travels | Making Travel More Meaningful & Memorable
2M ago
This Middle Eastern rice recipe with spices, nuts and raisins makes a spiced rice dish inspired by Arabic rice dishes from the Middle East, such as Arabian machboos and kabsa, Palestinian qidreh and Syrian maqluba. While authentic in flavour, our rice dish is stir-fried in the speedier Asian-style rather than slower Middle Eastern pilaf method. ... Read more
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Grantourismo Travels | Making Travel More Meaningful & Memorable
2M ago
Our muhammara recipe makes the delicious Syrian walnut roasted red pepper dip from Aleppo. A traditional muhammara is a smoky, savoury, sweet, and subtly spiced dip that’s served as part of a spread of mezze or appetisers eaten with warm pita-style flatbread. While muhammara hails from the Northern Syria city, it’s served right across the ... Read more
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