Delft, Netherlands Hotels, Vacations, Tourism

DELFT , 2km inland from Den Haag, has considerable charm, with its gabled red-roofed houses standing beside tree-lined canals. The pastel colours of the pavements, brickwork and bridges give the town a faded tranquillity – though one that can suffer beneath the tourist onslaught during summer. A good starting point is to follow the Historic Walk around the old town with a map from the VVV. The town is perhaps best known for Delftware, the delicate blue and white ceramics to which the town gave its name in the seventeenth century. Koninklijke Porceleyne Fles , a factory producing Delftware at Rotterdamsweg … more »