Tourism during the Early Modern Period (1500-1750).

Abstract The Early Modern Period is the first third of the Modern Period and covers the period after the voyage of Christopher Columbus in 1492 and the establishment of a more global network, ending in 1750. Some people who lived towards the end of this period witnessed the development of some forms of restaurants as we know them today. Restaurante Botin, which was founded in 1725 in Madrid by a French cook named Jan Botin, cooked food that guests brought in since selling food was banned because it could damage other businesses (Marples, 2020). This era witnessed the rise of the 'Grand Tour' that was undertaken mainly by a wealthy social elite in continental Europe for a combination of culture, education and pleasure purposes. The tour often included a circuit of Europe, centred principally on France, Italy, Germany, Switzerland and the Low Countries, and was undertaken principally (yet not exclusively) by the British. This is a phase in the history of tourism which established the travel and route itinerary.