Comments on: History of the Grand Tour

By: What Was the Grand Tour? – Kat Devitt

What Was the Grand Tour? – Kat Devitt — Sun, 30 Apr 2023 14:11:48 +0000

[…] Grand Tour was a popular method for aristocratic young men to polish off their education. Latin and Greek literature and philosophy laid the foundation of the English education system with pupils being taught these subjects at an […]

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By: Janet Simmonds

Janet Simmonds — Wed, 05 Apr 2023 09:42:18 +0000

In reply to Adam Smith Interlude | prior probability.

Thank you for including my article in your list. I am fascinated by the Grand Tour – possibly Adam Smith’s decision to leave his post and become a private tutor, meandering around Europe, was not such an unusual one. Certainly the Italian cities of Venice, Florence, Rome and Naples were filled with eager ‘tourists’ anxious to learn and often to finance restoration of ancient buildings. It must have been a very interesting time.

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By: Adam Smith Interlude | prior probability

Adam Smith Interlude | prior probability — Tue, 04 Apr 2023 16:05:10 +0000

[…] History of the Grand Tour, via the Educated […]

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By: Janet Simmonds

Janet Simmonds — Fri, 07 Oct 2022 16:27:25 +0000

In reply to Natalia.

Thank you Natalia x

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By: Natalia

Natalia — Thu, 06 Oct 2022 15:22:59 +0000

Absolutely amazing piece. Thank you for providing such interesting information!

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By: Janet Simmonds

Janet Simmonds — Wed, 01 Jun 2022 21:15:05 +0000

In reply to My Grand Tour of Europe, 2022 | J.A. Jernay.

Thanks for linking to my ‘History of the Grand Tour’. Curiously I too was an undergraduate at Oxford, although not one of the drunken ones. Were you a Rhodes or a Fulbright Scholar?
The authors who wrote for the original Grand Tourists were people like John Murray and Baedeker. In fact you couldn’t call yourself a serious ‘tourist’ without a small red volume of either writer tucked under your arm!

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By: My Grand Tour of Europe, 2022 | J.A. Jernay

My Grand Tour of Europe, 2022 | J.A. Jernay — Wed, 01 Jun 2022 19:27:50 +0000

[…] this tradition was called the Grand Tour of Europe. More than a few enterprising 18th-century publishers sold guidebooks targeted to these young art […]

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By: Venice – Carnival 2020 – The Educated Traveller

Venice – Carnival 2020 – The Educated Traveller — Mon, 24 Jan 2022 11:56:41 +0000

[…] Just love these two peeping around the Egyptian Porphyry Tetrarchs – San Marco An original Grand Tourist – Carnival visitors spend months preparing their […]

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By: Venice – Casanova, Casinos & Canaletto – The Educated Traveller

Venice – Casanova, Casinos & Canaletto – The Educated Traveller — Mon, 03 Jan 2022 11:00:14 +0000

[…] that the idea of travelling through Europe has become fashionable Venice is filled with groups of grand tourists from England, Germany, France and Holland. The atmosphere is vibrant, rowdy even, it’s a […]

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By: Gap Years and the Singaporean Dream - Hype Singapore

Gap Years and the Singaporean Dream - Hype Singapore — Thu, 30 Dec 2021 05:55:10 +0000

[…] Painting by Carl Spitzweg of travellers on their Grand Tour. Photo taken from The Educated Traveller. […]

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