Blog Posts

The posts are archived. Mainly from my site “Cool Travel Guide” where I wrote about our travels before 2010 when we started Grantourismo Travels.
Due to the age of these posts, some may be missing images…

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The Dark Side of Dubai: a hilarious must-read parody of the Dubai-bashing genre

ByLara DunstonApr 10, 2009

A brilliant parody of the Dubai-bashing genre of article of…

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Our Calabria book hits the shelves!

ByLara DunstonApr 8, 2009

The first edition of our Calabria guidebook which we wrote…

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Top secrets of travel writers: how to create an itinerary that is inspirational and useful

ByLara DunstonApr 6, 2009

So you’re a travel writer about to create an itinerary?…

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Itineraries: a case study in how not to create them, OR how to have a bad time in 24 hours

ByLara DunstonApr 5, 2009

There is an art to creating itineraries that are inspirational…

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Itineraries: do you use them when you travel? Or do you simply create your own?

ByLara DunstonMar 31, 2009

Do you use itineraries when you travel? Do you rip…

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Are you a casual tourist? Or traveller. The key word being ‘casual’.

ByLara DunstonMar 26, 2009

Leaving the traveller versus tourist debate aside, what kind of…

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What happened to the quality of Australia’s restaurants – and its restaurant reviewing?

ByLara DunstonMar 24, 2009

Before we moved overseas a decade ago we thought Australian…

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Office essentials: a beautiful back-up process and a cute cat

ByLara DunstonMar 23, 2009

A major incident was averted last week when Terence’s Mac…

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Travel quotes and the power of words to inspire us to move

ByLara DunstonMar 20, 2009

So what is it that’s so inspiring about travel quotes?…

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When you travel, how often do you stop to sit on the steps of a fountain?

ByLara DunstonMar 19, 2009

I did stop to smell the roses today in my…