NOUN
- an extended cultural tour of Europe taken by wealthy young Englishmen (especially in the 18th century) as part of their education
- a sightseeing tour of a building or institution
How To Use grand tour In A Sentence
- Make a kind of grand tour on my own, take the waters and cure what ails me.
- The ride feels more grand tourer than eager hot hatch on the motorway, but once you make for an exit the Golf soon switches into fun mode.
- Come on, I'll give you the grand tour of the backyard.
- They took us on a grand tour of their new house.
- For the next few days the house will be adorned with flower arrangements depicting the Grand Tour. Times, Sunday Times
- No matter the range of your holiday aspirations, from a weekend break in the Highlands to a grand tour of the Far East, there is no doubt that having a sprog in tow slows you down.
- Come on, I'll give you the grand tour of the backyard.
- Another tiresome grand tour of the Canadian hinterland is planned, including a homecoming visit to the universities. Opposition: time to recalibrate
- Attlee conducts us on a latterday grand tour that takes in, among many other places, Turner's Thames, Basho's Japan, Pliny's Vesuvius and Rudolf Hess's solitary cell in Spandau prison. Nocturne: A Journey in Search of Moonlight by James Attlee – review
- His portraits already included classical allusions which gained him many patrons among the grand tourist gentry.
