Delft is famous for its blue-and-white ceremics and its three Delftware factories make the town a popular tourist destination. Narrow canals and stone footbridges line the streets. The Nieuwe Kerk (New Church) looms large over the Market Place. The burial vaults of the Dutch Royal family are in the crypt.
Delft is also the city of Johannes Vermeer, a 17th century Dutch painter famous for his painting View of Delft http://www.essentialvermeer.com/catalogue/view_of_delft.html
Delft centre is compact and one afternoon is enough to see it all. Maps of city walking tours are available from VVV (Tourist Information) Hippolytusbuurt 4, just behind the central market place. [edit text][editors]
