We headed to Rotterdam and Delft in the Netherlands for two special exhibitions for our latest 36 Hours in article, in which we travel from Paris to discover the culture, food, and history of a ...

Home to great art and those prized ceramics, Delft is a Dutch delight off the beaten path. Go now The centre of Delft is one of the prettiest and most unspoilt of all Dutch towns – a classic grid of ...

DELFT, Netherlands You don’t have to be in Delft long to see what inspired Johannes Vermeer. Meandering across bridges that stretch over canals and past storefronts and slender houses, the quaint ...

Ruth Cox wins our weekly Just Back travel writing competition - and £250 - for her tale of how a chance meeting in Asia led to a Dutch adventure. It is a balmy Saturday morning in Delft and I am ...

When most people think of a mini-break in The Netherlands, they imagine the romantic winding canals, late-night bars and red light district of hedonistic Amsterdam. But a 25-minute train ride from ...

Sign up for the best picks from our travel, fashion and lifestyle writers. Home of Vermeer, rich in history and awash with delicious craft beers and picturesque ...

TRAVELERS WORLDWIDE are converging on Amsterdam for the Rijksmuseum’s “Vermeer” retrospective, arguably 2023’s hottest art ticket. I was eagerly among them, but after touring the splendid exhibit ...

I AM sitting in a small Dutch workshop, carefully painting around the stencil of a pattern on a vase. But this is no ordinary workshop: it's the home of Royal Delft, the last remaining Delftware ...

Rodney Bolt is an author, travel writer and hotel expert who has lived in Amsterdam for more than 30 years. He writes or contributes to scores of guidebooks, including for Cadogan, Fodors and Time Out ...