1. Gap Year & Grand Tour

2. The Gap Year A gap year is a term that refers to a prolonged
period between a life
stage.
Traditionally they are seen
as time out to travel
between school and
university

3. The Origins Of Gap Year
The origin of the 'Gap Year' concept came in the decade
following the Second World War
The first 'Gap Years' actually
started in the UK in the 1960s.
In the 1990s there was the boom of gap year.

4. The Different Type Of Gap Years
Some students spend the time
travelling, others spend the
time working or doing
international Volunteering.
Another growing trend for “gappers” is to register in global education programs.

5. Travelling Gap Year
Usually the gappers choose economic accommodation, means of
transport by road and an individual organization.
He could stay in a tent, or in the Hostels.
One of the most famous type of Gap Year is the “Round The World
Ticket”

6. The Grand Tour The Grand Tour was the traditional travel of Europe
undertaken by mainly upper-
class European young men. The
custom flourished from about
1660.
The Grand Tour enabled the
publication of books that
contained personal experiences.
According to the Oxford English
Dictionary, the term was coined
by Richard Lassels in his book
“An Italian Voyage”.

7. The traveller during his journey not only studied and received a
liberal education but he could also buy some souvenirs that
increase his prestige.
The Grand Tour usually cost about 300 pounds per year for the
traveller but he had to add 50 pounds per servant.
From the second half of 19th century for the education of women,
which belong to the Upper classes, the Grand Tour consisted in a
fashionable trip to Italy.

8. Travel Itinerary The most common itinerary of
the Grand Tour went through
the main European cities:
usually the traveller began in
Dover, England and crossed the
English Channel to Calais in
France.
From Paris he would typically go
to Switzerland, often to
Geneva.
Then the traveller would have a
difficult passage through the
Alps into northern Italy, such
as at St. Bernard Pass.

9. They visited the most important
Italian cities such as Venice,
Rome and Naples.
Then they went in Germany and
visited Berlin and the university
in Munich before returning in
England.

10. Grand Tour On Television
In 2005, Brian Sewell produced a for a 10 part television series
'Brian Sewell's Grand Tour' that shown the Grand Tour, across the
Italy by car stopping off in Rome, Florence and other important
cities that finished in Venice.
The BBC in 1998 produced a series about a travel from Madrid
to St. Petersburg.