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…
10 things that annoy us about hotels: oh, yes, there’s more…
We hope you enjoyed our series ’10 things that annoy…
Postcard stories: share your passion here
I was delighted to discover that Budget Travel asked readers…
Pology: presenting the beauty in travel normally lost in the routine of the mundane
The latest issue of Pology is out. Do you know…
Travel and the fragility of life
I was devastated to read about the tragic news of…
10 things that annoy us about hotels #10 Check in and check out times and never the twain shall meet…
We’re used to the 2pm or 3pm check-in time and…
A literary guide to the world
While researching Italian literature for the guidebooks we’re writing at…
The Happy Hotelier interviews a travel writer who is perfectly happy to chat away about herself… woops, that’s me!
The Happy Hotelier (you know, The Hague-based luxury hotel owner…
10 things that annoy us about hotels #9 Switches, buttons, knobs and other anomalies
Lately we’ve been checking into some gorgeous grand old piles…
I’ve Travelled. Now What?
I’m not a fan of Lonely Planet’s Thorn Tree community,…
Don’t judge a guidebook by its cover: but should you judge it by its brand?
Yesterday I provided some tips on how to choose a…
Don’t judge a guidebook by its cover: judge it by its author, or, How to choose a guidebook
Last week we wrote the posts Brilliant minds think alike,…
Microsoft ‘innovates’ at the Sheraton
By Terence Carter* From our series of posts of 10…