There’s just something special about travelling by train. The rhythmic sounds and motion, the scenery that whizzes by, the other travellers you meet along…
Velvet Escape travel blog
Wine-blending at Middelvlei Wines
It’s something I’ve always wanted to do. Almost every time I take a sip of a white or red blend, I try to differentiate…
The tulip fields of North Holland
It’s my favourite time of the year; when the trees and plants awake from their winter slumber and celebrate this with a riot of…
Panoramic views of Rio de Janeiro
The best place for the most spectacular views of Rio de Janeiro is from atop the Corcovado Mountain at the foot of the Christ…
A weekend in Berlin
It had been a hectic week at ITB Berlin, the world’s largest tourism trade fair, which I visit every year. I didn’t get to…
Ten things to do in Bologna
My doorbell rings. I open the door to find a good friend of mine standing there with a big grin on his face and…
An oasis in the snow
It was a dreamy, somewhat surreal feeling. As I sat in a rock pool at the Spa Scandinave Mont Tremblant, with a blanket of…
25 Hours Bikini Hotel Berlin – cool, funky, quirky
“So where are the bikinis?” That was my first thought when I entered the 25 Hours Berlin Bikini Hotel… and I’m sure I’m not…
The land of a thousand castles and palaces
Lower Silesia is a region of vasts forests, snowy peaks, picturesque villages and historic towns in southwestern Poland, bordering Germany and the Czech Republic….
