Author: Roy Voogd

When I arrive in Barcelona, it almost feels like coming home after all those unforgettable visits to the city. I used to prefer to stay…

Perched on the Tuscan hills, Arezzo is a city where Etruscan roots, medieval streets and Renaissance art quietly flow into everyday life. This visual report…

Pack your appetite and curiosity: I was invited to join Abruzzo Food Experience Tour 2025, a four-day dive into one of Italy’s most authentic –and underrated–…

On my way to Abruzzo, had two extra nights in Rome, since it’s where my flight landed. I found an hotel very near to both…

In April 2025 I visited South Africa for the second time, hosted for WTM Africa 2025 in Cape Town and staying at the Southern Sun…

Visiting Bari, Gravina & Altamura in Puglia In March 2025 I spent five unforgettable days in Puglia, invited to join the Geoparca della Murgia Tour. My…

BUDAPEST, I had never been there before and so in late October 2023 it was high time to take a closer look at this elegant…

The many layers of Neapoli For many, the first thought with Naples is of course…. Pizza! Understandable, as this self-crowned international capital of pizza is,…

Invited by the organisation of Sanganai, Zimbabwe was my very first introduction to Southern Africa. From Amsterdam to “Zimbo”: a Dutch traveller lands in a…

Pure passion as Andalusian heritage Seville’s culinary heritage is what happens when a hot, fertile river city spends two thousand years at the crossroads of…