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Francis Brennan's Grand Tour

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Country of origin
  
Ireland

No. of episodes
  
12

Original network
  
RTÉ One

First episode date
  
13 November 2011

Number of seasons
  
2

Number of episodes
  
12

No. of seasons
  
2

Running time
  
30 minutes

Original release
  
13 November 2011

Network
  
RTÉ One

Presented by
  
Francis Brennan

Cast
  
Francis Brennan

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Francis Brennan's Grand Tour was a six-part reality programme which aired in 2011 on RTÉ One. Over the course of six episodes, Hotelier Francis Brennan guides sixteen Irish tourists around six major European destinations during a twelve-day journey. A second series started on 17 July 2016, this time taking twelve Irish tourists on a tour of India's Golden Triangle.

Contents

Episodes

Series 1 (2011)

  • Episode 1 - During the first episode sixteen tourists fly from Dublin to Barcelona.
  • Episode 2 - The tour travels from Barcelona to Carcassonne in France.
  • Episode 3 - The tour travels from Carcassonne to Cannes on the French Riviera.
  • Episode 4 - The tour travels from Cannes to the town of Stresa on Lake Maggiore in the Italian Lakes.
  • Episode 5 - The tour travels from the Italian Lakes to Donnini in Tuscany.
  • Episode 6 - The tour moves from Tuscany to their final destination Rome.

    • Series 2 (2016)

  • Episode 1 - During the first episode twelve tourists fly from Dublin to Delhi.
  • Episode 2 - The tour moves to Agra where they pay a visit to the Taj Mahal.
  • Episode 3 - The tour visit the abandoned city of Fatehpur Sikri before visiting the Amber Fort.
  • Episode 4 - The tour travels to Jaipur where they visit the Palace of the Winds, browse the bazaars and go on a camel ride.
  • Episode 5 - The tour try out laughing yoga in Jaipur's Central Park before spotting tigers on a safari in Ranthambore National Park.
  • Episode 6 - The tour concludes with a train journey from Ranthambore back to the capital Delhi. The group go shopping for Henna tattoos, try traditional Aryurvedic therapies and Francis books them in for a Bollywood dance class.

    • References

    Francis Brennan's Grand Tour Wikipedia
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