English Dictionary

Grand Tour

noun

(cycling) One of the three most prominent cycling races: either the Tour de France, Giro d'Italia and Vuelta a España.

I am planning to go on a Grand Tour of Europe next summer.

意味（1）

(cycling) One of the three most prominent cycling races: either the Tour de France, Giro d'Italia and Vuelta a España.

意味（2）

(historical, 17th-19th centuries) A traditional trip around Europe undertaken by mainly upper-class European young men.

Three hundred years ago, wealthy young Englishmen began taking a post-Oxbridge trek through France and Italy in search of art, culture and the roots of Western civilization. With nearly unlimited funds, aristocratic connections and months (or years) to roam, they commissioned paintings, perfected their language skills and mingled with the upper crust of the Continent. No one knows who came up with it, but their adventures soon had a perfectly appropriate name: the Grand Tour.