Rotterdam is the main port of the Netherlands and is the country’s second largest city after Amsterdam. It’s also one of the world’s largest…
Velvet Escape travel blog
Strolling around gorgeous Girona
Girona is a small city in the northeast of Catalonia, about a two-hour drive or train-ride north of Barcelona. Often overlooked by tourists, it’s…
What’s next for the world’s greatest chef?
Ferran Adriá is considered by many to be the world’s greatest chef. In the past decade, his three-star Michelin restaurant El Bulli, near the…
Prague: hear all three sides of the story
Like all great cities, Prague too has many stories to tell. Once the cultural heart of Central Europe, boasting impressive architecture and Bohemian artistry,…
My velvet escape travel tip: Malibu
With palm trees, sunshine, and ravishing stars of the big and small screens, Los Angeles is the epitome of a velvet escape–full of natural…
Plane views: Barcelona
Barcelona is one of my favourite European cities. Known the world over as the home of Gaudi and Miro, Barcelona boasts some of the…
Being Salvador Dalí
At the Salvador Dali museums in Costa Brava, nothing is what it seems at first sight. The works of the great master first grab…
Cruising Alaska’s Inside Passage
“Good morning Wilderness Discoverers”! It was the first thing I heard every morning through the speakerphone in my cabin: a friendly greeting at the…
The scenic Costa Brava coastal trails
Costa Brava is a stunning coastal region in Catalonia just north of Barcelona. It stretches right up to the border with France where the…
