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  • 2011-11-13T19:30:00Z on RTÉ One
  • 25m
  • 2h 30m (6 episodes)
  • Ireland
  • Reality
In this brand new six part series Francis Brennan becomes a unique guide who brings sixteen brave Irish tourists around six major European destinations. This epic twelve day journey will bring them from Barcelona to Rome … What could possibly go wrong?

6 episodes

Series Premiere

2011-11-13T19:30:00Z

1x01 Barcelona

Series Premiere

1x01 Barcelona

  • 2011-11-13T19:30:00Z25m

In tonight’s programme the tour kicks off and Francis and his tour group nervously fly from Dublin to Barcelona where they meet their feisty Italian coach driver. It’s Francis’s first time as a tour guide and the pressure is on to give his tourists – who have paid hard cash – the holiday of a lifetime.

2011-11-25T19:30:00Z

1x02 Carcassonne

1x02 Carcassonne

  • 2011-11-25T19:30:00Z25m

In this programme the tour travels from Barcelonato the medieval walled city of Carcassonne in France. En-route the tour stops off in Figueres in northern Spain, birthplace of surrealist artist Salvador Dali, where there’s a musum dedicated to his art.

2011-11-30T19:30:00Z

1x03 Cannes

1x03 Cannes

  • 2011-11-30T19:30:00Z25m

This week the tourists visit a sweet factory, learn about the impressionist Cézanne, make the olive-based paste Tapenade and strut their stuff in Cannes.

2011-12-06T19:30:00Z

1x04 The Italian Lakes

1x04 The Italian Lakes

  • 2011-12-06T19:30:00Z25m

This week Francis leads the tour from France to the Italian shores. Will the journey prove too much for the group?

2011-12-12T19:30:00Z

1x05 Tuscany

1x05 Tuscany

  • 2011-12-12T19:30:00Z25m

This week the tour moves from the Italian Lakes to Donnini a small village in Tuscany. En-route, the tour calls into Maranello (Modena) to visit the Ferrari Museum where they admire the collection of supercars for the super rich. In Donnini there’s hotel hysteria as some of the group fear their rooms are haunted!

2011-12-20T19:30:00Z

1x06 Rome

1x06 Rome

  • 2011-12-20T19:30:00Z25m

In the last of the series the tour moves on from Tuscany to its final destination, Rome. Francis has a serious challenge in front of him as he takes his Grand Tourists on a trip around the magnificent sights of Ancient Rome, including the Colosseum, Roman Forum and Capitol Hill.

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