About Us

FOUNDERS

DAVID ANGEL 

Founder, Photographer & Writer 

david@delveintoeurope.com

  • My love of travel was sparked by my first trip to France when I was 12 with the local youth club – I organised their next four trips to Europe
  • I cut my travelling teeth visiting the old USSR and interrailing through Eastern Europe in the early nineties
  • Spent over a year backpacking through the Middle East & Caucasus, taking in Iran, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Georgia & Pakistan
  • Have been a professional photographer for over 20 years
  • Self taught on medium format and old film cameras.
  • I was Commissioning Editor & Art Director for the Visit Wales tourism body for over 15 years.
  • I love getting up at crazy hours like 2am to pack my lunch, catch 2 buses, a train and walk 10km up a mountain just to capture that shot.
  • I studied History and French at Manchester University while moonlighting as a music journalist.
  • I have always been drawn to punk-inspired underground music, and am also a huge fan of reggae, early electronic and early 1970s German music
  • When I’m not out taking photos I will most likely be in the kitchen or playing dinosaurs or Fireman Sam with my young son
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FAYE HAINES

Founder & Editor

  • Australian born but have spent nearly twenty years living in Europe including ten years in London and six years in Wales
  • Favouite cities London, Cardiff, Bologna, Chania, Prague and Seville and York . Favourite holiday spots, Greece, Sicily, Czech Republic and Portugal , Wales, Scotland, England
  • Self taught everything I know
  • Passionate orangutan conservation for over 30 years and protection of animals
  • Huge fan of the British caff and formica
  • Lover of independent bookshops
  • Obsessive researcher
  • Love searching out special memorable places to stay, castles, ancient inns, tradional family run guest houses, boutique hotels,
  • Love moonlight walks
  • Passionate about preserving the character, authenticity and architectural richness and heritage of places
  • I am firmly attached to my collection of wicker shopping trolley
  • Love to buy local art and things made of hand
  • Over 70 % of everything I buy is secondhand
  • I’m a soul girl at heart, love anything sixties, seventies, disco, motown.   I hope I will always be one of the first on the dance floor.
  • Love the street markets of Europe and will get up at 5am to get to rummage in the local flea market.
  • End up buying random items at antique auctions and once carried a french mannequin home on a London bus.
  • As hard as I try I fail miserably at learning European languages

 

Image of the Charles Bridge and Old Town in silhouette at dawn in Prague
Image of Carreg Cennen Castle
Italy food tour Ortigia, Syracuse, Sicily at dusk
Wales in Winter Image of Caerphilly Castle Wales in snow
Image of Tenby Harbour Beach Pembrokeshire Wales UK
Things to see in Snowdonia Tŷ Mawr Wybrnant
Image of Llanddwyn Island on Anglesey Wales UK
Image of the ferry 'Gramvousa' moored of Balos beach Crete Greece
Image of a fishing boat on the shore of Bertraghboy Bay, near Roundstone village
Attractions in Santorini Image of St John the Theologian church at sunset Santorini Greece
Image of St Paul's Cathedral and red telephone box London england UK
Image of remote Partrishow Church in Wales
Image of Craig Goch dam in the Elan Valley in autumn
Image of Temple of Diana in Evora, Alentejo, Portugal
Image of Trooping the Colour procession in London
Image of Kalypso Beach near Plakias Crete, Greece
London Big Ben and London Eye at night
Image of the skyline of the city of Florence Tuscany at night
Image of Praia do Camilo beach, Lagos, Algarve
Image of a coffee cup at the Cubist Grand Cafe Orient, Prague
Image of Chania Harbour on the island of Crete, Greece at sunset
Image of London underground sign
Thigs to do in Belem Lisbon Image of the Monument to the Discoveries at night
Gardens Prague Image of the Wallenstein Gardens and Prague skyline
Towers in Prague Image of Prague towers form the Charles Bridge at dusk
Image of the Brecon Beacons in a morning mist
Image of Prague Christmas Markets showing Christmas tree and Týn church
Picture of Salzburg in Europe at dusk
Image of Siena, Italy at night
Image of a sunset at Abereiddy Pembrokeshire Wales UK
Image of San Marco Basilica, Venice at night
Image of the main square in Bologna at night
An image of Wengen Switzerland
Image of the Charles Bridge Prague from Kampa Island
Image of Balos beach and lagoon, Crete, Greece
Image of the Grand Canal, Venice, Italy at night.
Pyrgos Santorini Image of typical architecture in the village of Pyrgos on the island of Santorini Greece
Image of Porth Dinllaen village on the Llyn Peninsula North Wales UK
Image of the Duomo in FLorence Italy
CORDOBA SPAIN
Image of Prague from Old Town Bridge Tower at dusk
Image of Westminster Cathedral
Image of Art Nouveau artwork on U Kapinu apartment building in Prague
Things to do in Paleochora Crete Image of men sitting outside cafe in Paleochora Greece
Chania beaches - Elafonissi Beach Crete Greece Image of beach umbrellas at Elafonissi Beach
Image of Keem Bay, Achill Island, Ireland
Gramvousa Beach Image of view down from castle of beach and turquoise waters of Gramvousa Beach . It is one of the best beaches in Crete Greece
Image of Pen y Fan in the Brecon Beacons National Park in South Wales UK
Image of San Giorgio Maggiore church in Venice Italy during a spectacular dawn
Image of Porthmelgan beach St David's Head Wales
Image of countryside from Coed Hyrddyn, Llangollen, Wales, UK
Arkadi Monastery Image of the church in Arkadi Monastery Crete Greece
Image of a tram outside the Burgtheater theatre in Vienna, Austria
Image of a delicatessen in Bologna Italy
Image of people on the famous Balos Beach on the island of Crete, Greece
Image of Conwy Castle, one of the top castles in the world
Image of view from Ravello on the Amalfi coast Italy
Hotel Pod Vezi Prague Review Image of the Hotel Pod Vezi and Lesser Town Bridge Tower at night Prague
Image of the Changing of the Guard ceremony at Buckingham Palace, London
Image of St Nicholas Church Mala Strana Prague
Image of the staircase in the Cubist Museum Prague
Image of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin at night
Image of the Cregennen Lakes in Snowdonia North Wales
Image of Gellert Hill in Budapest at night
Best Places to Stay in Tuscany IMage of the Leaning Tower of Pisa at sunset
Bologna markets image of fresh produce stall in a Bologna street market
Ortigia Sicily Ortigia piazza del duomo

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