DELFT , 2km inland from The Hague, 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 is increasingly hard to find beneath the tourist onslaught during summer. The town is perhaps best known for Delftware , the clunky blue and white ceramics to which the town gave its name in the seventeenth century. If you've alre... [More]