Francis Brennan's Grand Tour

Francis Brennan's Grand Tour
Presented by	Francis Brennan
Country of origin	Ireland
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	12
Production
Running time	30 minutes
Release
Original network	RTÉ One
Original release	13 November 2011
External links
Website

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.^[1] A second series started on 17 July 2016, this time taking twelve Irish tourists on a tour of India's Golden Triangle.

Episodes

Series 1 (2011)

• Episode 1 - During the first episode sixteen tourists fly from Dublin to Barcelona.^[2]
• Episode 2 - The tour travels from Barcelona to Carcassonne in France.^[3]
• Episode 3 - The tour travels from Carcassonne to Cannes on the French Riviera.^[4]
• Episode 4 - The tour travels from Cannes to the town of Stresa on Lake Maggiore in the Italian Lakes.^[5]
• Episode 5 - The tour travels from the Italian Lakes to Donnini in Tuscany.^[6]
• Episode 6 - The tour moves from Tuscany to their final destination Rome.^[7]

Series 2 (2016)

• Episode 1 - During the first episode twelve tourists fly from Dublin to Delhi.^[8]
• Episode 2 - The tour moves to Agra where they pay a visit to the Taj Mahal.^[9]
• Episode 3 - The tour visit the abandoned city of Fatehpur Sikri before visiting the Amber Fort.^[10]
• Episode 4 - The tour travels to Jaipur where they visit the Palace of the Winds, browse the bazaars and go on a camel ride.^[11]
• Episode 5 - The tour try out laughing yoga in Jaipur's Central Park before spotting tigers on a safari in Ranthambore National Park.^[12]
• 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. ^[13]

References

1. "About the Show". RTE. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
2. "Programme 1". RTE. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
3. "Programme 2". RTE. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
4. "Programme 3". RTE. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
5. "Programme 4". RTE. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
6. "Programme 5". RTE. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
7. "Programme 6". RTE. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
8. "Programme 1 - Delhi". RTE. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
9. "Episode Guide". Waddell Media. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
10. "Episode Guide". Waddell Media. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
11. "Episode Guide". Waddell Media. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
12. "Episode Guide". Waddell Media. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
13. "Episode Guide". Waddell Media. Retrieved 3 August 2016.