Singapore: Making the most of your stay

The beautiful island of Singapore nestles snugly between Malaysia and Indonesia. Sir Stamford Raffles founded the modern Singapore and the city itself still retains a huge amount of quintessential Britishness. A perfect example of this is the eponymous Raffles Hotel, a favourite haunt of celebrites including Noel Coward, Rudyard Kipling and Somerset Maughan…

Rome: see it all in two days

Rome is a wonderful place. It’s a truly beautiful and sometimes mysterious city. Rome was my home for over two years and these were some of the best years of my life so far. During my time there I learned a lot, although it’s an incredible place it also be a hard place to visit. I hope this guide will help you enjoy this famous and ancient city even more…

About GlobalGrasshopper

Welcome to our brand new travel blog and resource for independently minded travellers.

All our writers have an unhealthy obsession with travelling, conveniently one of us also has an obsession with photography and website design. At GlobalGrasshopper we like independent travel, cool hotels and pretty pictures and we’ve formed this blog as a way of combining all our favourite things. We just hope you enjoy it as much as we do!

Our original, up-to-date and hopefully fun and thought-provoking content is aimed [...]