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 #8 The bane of our existence, bain-marie breakfasts
Often we have trouble facing the hotel breakfast buffet. After…
Happy 1st Birthday Cool Travel Guide
I forget everyone’s birthdays. Even my own. So it’s not…
Making connections: traditions and rituals of love and devotion, or, When you wish upon a heart
I found another photo that’s similar to the one I…
Making connections: tokens of love and devotion, or, Tie a (yellow) ribbon ’round the…
Looking through some photos from our trip to Syria last…
Developing your travel writing career: commissions and content gathering, part 2
This post continues from yesterday’s post in response to a…
Developing your travel writing career: starting out and securing commissions Part 1
An aspiring travel writer who is starting her freelance travel…
10 things that annoy us about hotels #7 Power to the people!
If we go out to dinner one more time leaving…
10 things that annoy us about hotels #6 When using the bathroom is like undertaking an intelligence test
It shouldn’t be that hard. You have a cold tap?…
10 oddest travel guides ever published
While we’re on the subject of oddities in travel (see…
10 odd jobs in travel and tourism
By Terence* and Lara In a hilarious article posted on…
10 things that annoy us about hotels #5 Apples in vases and other silly design ‘trends’
We get it. You’re a ‘fresh’ contemporary hotel that has…
Brilliant minds think alike, or, Why so many guidebooks share the same listings: part 2
By Lara & Terence*If you’ve just joined us, this continues…