ANDALUCÍA

Grand Touring Club is for founders, CEOs, investors and accomplished business leaders who enjoy proper cars, scenic roads and being around people who understand the realities of building and leading companies.

Think Top Gear road trip, not Orient Express. We care deeply about quality - the cars, roads, food, places we stay and people around the table all matter - but this is not a five-star concierge holiday. Expect good rooms, good food, thoughtful logistics and high standards where they matter, not white gloves, marble lobbies or perfection at every turn. Older mechanical cars, changing roads, long lunches and the occasional surprise are part of the experience. A bit of humour and perspective goes a long way.

Pricing is set individually for each edition because the final cost depends on the route, accommodation, restaurants, activities and the other elements built into the trip.

Grand Touring Club is a hobby project rather than a tour-operator business. The idea is to keep the economics closer to a serious car-rental weekend than to a luxury retreat or concierge tour, while adding four days of routes, car rotation, logistics and a carefully assembled group.

For context, renting a Ferrari California in Marbella can easily be around €1,500 for a single day with a 150 km mileage limit. The point is to create substantially more value around the same kind of spend.

Six participants, plus two people running the trip. Your host is Tomek - entrepreneur, investor, lifelong petrolhead and someone who retired from full-time operating at 40. Alongside him is our chief tour operator: experienced, calm and a very good person to have around when a road closes, logistics change or an Italian warning light appears.

Yes. This is a driving trip, not a chauffeured tour. There are two people per car: one drives and one rides shotgun, then you switch at planned stops. The cars also rotate through the group so everyone gets proper time with different GT characters rather than five-minute test drives. Typically expect around four hours of actual driving per day, broken up by coffee stops, swaps, lunch and whatever else is worth stopping for.

No. This is not a car rental; it is a curated driving trip. The cars are used within the planned route, group and insurance arrangements, so participants cannot simply take one independently whenever they feel like it. If there is a specific reason you would like some individual driving time, separate arrangements may sometimes be possible depending on the car, timing and insurance situation.

Every car is inspected before each trip, including tyres, brakes, fluids and critical mechanical systems, and we do not put a car into rotation if we are not comfortable with its technical condition. They are still older mechanical GT cars, so an unexpected issue can happen. We have trusted workshops and mechanics aligned around the route to diagnose and, where possible, fix problems quickly. If a car needs to come out of rotation, we keep the trip moving with our support fleet: a Mercedes E-Class Cabriolet AMG Line and a 2014 Porsche Cayenne Turbo with around 550 bhp and sports exhaust. If a small issue appears, we make the call based on safety rather than forcing the schedule. A breakdown should become a story from the trip, not the end of the trip.

No. This is enthusiastic road driving on public roads, not a race or track event. You need a valid driving licence, sensible confidence behind the wheel and enough experience to handle powerful GT cars responsibly. Local laws, road conditions and common sense always come first. Specific insurance, liability and damage conditions are explained before the trip; these are privately owned cars, so responsible driving and transparency matter.

Not as an automatic plus-one. Six people means six participants, and everyone in the cars and around the table is there because they fit the group. If your partner fits the profile - for example, they are a founder, CEO, investor or accomplished business leader themselves - they are welcome to apply and join as a full participant. Otherwise, partners are welcome before or after the trip and, depending on the edition, potentially for the final dinner.

Because six people can actually get to know each other. Once the group becomes fifteen or twenty people, conversation becomes networking and the road trip becomes an event. We want the opposite: a few cars, one table and four days together. After you apply, we have a short conversation to understand who you are, what you are looking for and whether the group feels like a good fit. We would rather run a smaller group than fill a seat that changes the chemistry.

No workshops, keynote speakers, mastermind sessions or scheduled coaching. You already spend enough time in meetings. Business conversations happen naturally because a small group of experienced people spend four days driving, eating and hanging out together. What is shared privately within the group stays within the group.

No. There are no introductions to make, no pitches to prepare and no reason to collect business cards. If useful conversations, friendships or opportunities come out of four days together, they happen naturally - that is very different from making networking the point of the trip.

It is a framework, not a military schedule. Mountain weather, road closures, traffic and local events can change the route, and we always keep alternatives. Optional drives are optional too - if you want to skip an evening run or take a slower morning, nobody is going to drag you into the Aston. But the trip is built around driving, so if you fundamentally do not enjoy time behind the wheel, it is probably the wrong trip.

Southern Spain, primarily around Andalucía, Ronda, the Serranía de Ronda and the Costa del Sol, with exact roads adapted to conditions and the edition. The region gives us what we want: mountains, fast open sections, white villages, dramatic scenery and roads that make sense in a proper GT car.

Travel light. These are GT cars, not moving vans. A soft weekend bag works much better than a giant hard-shell suitcase. We send practical packing guidance before departure, and the support car can help with luggage and equipment.

Hopefully: a favourite car, a favourite road, a few stories that become better every time you tell them - and five people you would actually answer the phone for. That is the idea.