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Source: BBC Radio 4 "Making History"

Roundup

12-14-06

C18 Grand Tour anticipated modern mass tourism [audio 6min @8:33]

A "Making History" listener living in Italy is intrigued by the practicalities of the 18th-century Grand Tour. How did people use and exchange money, and where did they stay, he asks? "Making History" consulted Professor Roey Sweet at the Centre for Urban History at the University of Leicester.

Read entire article at BBC Radio 4 "Making History"