The Grand Tour: everything you wanted to know

History Extra podcast

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4.3 • 4.5K Ratings

🗓️ 27 July 2024

⏱️ 41 minutes

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In the 18th century, countless British travellers set off to continental Europe in search of art, architecture... and a good time. But what were the must-see locations on the Grand Tour? How did people overcome the challenges of language, currency and uncomfortable mules? And what were the biggest scandals that shook fashionable Europe? In this 'everything you wanted to know' episode, Lizzie Rogers takes Ellie Cawthorne on a whistle-stop journey through the history of the Grand Tour. The HistoryExtra podcast is produced by the team behind BBC History Magazine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:30.0	Welcome. Welcome to the History Extra Podcast, Fascinating Historical Conversations from the makers of BBC History magazine.
0:44.3	In the 18th century, intrepid British travellers set off to continental Europe in search of art,
0:51.7	architecture and a good time.
0:55.0	But what were the must-see locations on the Grand Tour?
1:00.0	How did people overcome the challenges of language, currency and very uncomfortable mules?
1:06.7	And what were fashionable Europe's biggest scandals?
1:10.4	Well for our latest Everything You Want to Know episode, I'm joined by the historian Lizzy
1:15.8	Rogers for a whistle stop journey through the history of the Grand Tour.
1:21.1	Thanks for joining me, Lizzy. On today's everything you wanted to know episode.
1:25.0	We're going to be taking a Whistlestop tour across the continent because we're talking
1:30.8	about the Grand Tour. So before we delve into this subject and go and see
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