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In 2011, my grandparents planned this grand tour of Turkey where all of my aunts and uncles and cousins got to go across the country together.
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Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 May 2023
The torch, on a kind of grand tour of the Francophone world, is going to Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, French Polynesia, New Caledonia, and Réunion, between June 9 and June 17.
—Ségolène Le Stradic, New York Times, 8 May 2024
Each of these grand tours lasts three weeks, climbing Alps, Dolomites, and Pyrenees in epic day-long stages that, when added together, total well over 3,000 kilometers for each race.
—Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 3 May 2024
Young European noblemen had always taken a grand tour, but in the 19th century, frequent, pleasure-seeking travel became a fixture for the upper classes, newly able to gallivant by steam train or cruise liner.
—The Editors, Robb Report, 28 Mar. 2024
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Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 May 2023
The torch, on a kind of grand tour of the Francophone world, is going to Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, French Polynesia, New Caledonia, and Réunion, between June 9 and June 17.
—Ségolène Le Stradic, New York Times, 8 May 2024
Each of these grand tours lasts three weeks, climbing Alps, Dolomites, and Pyrenees in epic day-long stages that, when added together, total well over 3,000 kilometers for each race.
—Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 3 May 2024
Young European noblemen had always taken a grand tour, but in the 19th century, frequent, pleasure-seeking travel became a fixture for the upper classes, newly able to gallivant by steam train or cruise liner.
—The Editors, Robb Report, 28 Mar. 2024
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“Grand tour.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grand%20tour. Accessed 19 Aug. 2024.
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