grand tour
noun
1
: an extended tour of the Continent that was formerly a usual part of the education of young British gentlemen
2
: an extensive and usually educational tour
Examples of grand tour in a Sentence
They offered to give us a grand tour of their new house.
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This particular cruise is a cultural adventure with stops in several nations that were once behind the Iron Curtain—Latvia, Estonia, and Poland—as well as a grand tour of Scandinavian destinations including Stockholm, Helsinki, Copenhagen, Bornholm, and the Åland Islands.
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Katie Kelly Bell, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
La Vuelta is a 21-day race and one of cycling's three grand tours, along with the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia.
—Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Sep. 2025
And to take Taylor’s bag from her hands with the confidence of a hostess just months after bumping her carry-on through a grand tour of arrondissements.
—Megan Angelo, Glamour, 11 Sep. 2025
And Roglič, who has crashed out of several grand tours in recent years, appeared happy to just finish the race.
—Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC news, 27 July 2025
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Katie Kelly Bell, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
La Vuelta is a 21-day race and one of cycling's three grand tours, along with the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia.
—Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Sep. 2025
And to take Taylor’s bag from her hands with the confidence of a hostess just months after bumping her carry-on through a grand tour of arrondissements.
—Megan Angelo, Glamour, 11 Sep. 2025
And Roglič, who has crashed out of several grand tours in recent years, appeared happy to just finish the race.
—Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC news, 27 July 2025
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“Grand tour.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grand%20tour. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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