Ever dreamed of the romance of the Grand Tour, of hotel drawing rooms dripping with aspidistras and antimacassars, of mahogany dg rooms and creaking iron elevators?
You’ll be happy to know that – whilst the rest of the world’s hoteliers toss out the chintz and candlewick in favour of faux suede and flat-screens – relics remain of the good old days of travel, scattered throughout the Middle East.
Some of the world’s best cities evoke the romanticism of travel, such as Italy’s classic crowd-pleasers, Florence and Rome. Both have appeared on the Top 10 Overall list for ten consecutive years.
The Grand Tour is an up and coming motoring TV arrangement for Amazon Video introduced by Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May, and created by Andy Wilman
Celebrating a "golden age" of travel, this new book retraces the steps of a Grand Tour of South East Asia from the turn of the 20th century to the present day.
The highlights from the final Tales of Asia talk, featuring cities of the British Empire – Rangoon, Penang and Singapore.