“Let’s go Keith!”, my Mum said sternly as she pulled on my shoulder. “Wait! There’s a plane approaching! There! Can you see its lights?”,…
Velvet Escape travel blog
Blown away at the Cliffs of Moher
The car trembled as I pulled into a parking spot at the Cliffs of Moher Visitor Centre. The wind was relentless. In the distance,…
Ten things to do in Reunion Island
On a map, Réunion Island looks like a tiny speck in the Indian Ocean but zoom in and you’ll find a spectacular island with…
Exploring Curacao
Curaçao (map) is a Caribbean island with a coastline that’s indented with numerous bays and coves. Its capital, Willemstad, is situated on both sides…
Exploring the Itria Valley in Puglia
The Valle d’Itria or Itria Valley is situated in the heart of the region of Puglia, in the ‘heel’ of the Italian peninsula (map)….
Twelve dreamy luxury hotels in Mauritius
Mauritius is an island nation in the Indian Ocean, located east of Madagascar (map). Everyone has visions of what paradise is like, most of…
The magic of the Galapagos Islands
The Galapagos Islands are famous the world over for their huge number of endemic species and were studied by Charles Darwin during the voyage…
Ten things to do in Seville
Seville, or Sevilla, is the fourth largest city in Spain and the largest city of the region of Andalusia in the south of the…
Falling in love with San Miguel de Allende
Have you ever arrived somewhere you’ve never been before and felt like you’d come home? It’s happened to me three times: Santa Fe, where…
