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Victoria Peel-Yates

Victoria is a freelance travel writer specializing in slow travel across Europe. After falling in love with Rome while working there as a student, she spent more than a decade in Barcelona before settling in Piedmont. She now runs Secret Piemonte, a destination website, and writes about travel, food, and culture from both a local and traveler’s perspective.

Articles by Victoria Peel-Yates

What’s the Best Way to Visit Versailles? Transport, Tickets, and Timing

Posted on September 25, 2026

Louis XIV built Versailles as a way to both display and consolidate his absolute power. With 700 rooms, 2,000 acres of gardens, and a hall lined with 357 mirrors built to rival the Venetian Republic, it’s one of France’s most visited sites. But Versailles has a habit of… Read More

A Guide to Gaudí Buildings in Barcelona: How to Plan Your Visit

Posted on September 25, 2026

Barcelona owes much of its charm to one man: Antoni Gaudí, the modernist architect whose Sagrada Familia has become a symbol of the city. But there’s an Instagram-versus-reality gap that takes many travelers by surprise when they arrive. Jostling for the perfect selfie outside Casa Batlló or sweating… Read More

Do You Need a Guide for The Accademia Gallery in Florence?

Posted on September 25, 2026

For many people, Florence is the trip of a lifetime: you spend the dark winter months carefully curating the perfect itinerary, and you arrive with high expectations. But then the restaurant you wanted to go to is chiuso, someone’s feet hurt, and you somehow spend an hour waiting… Read More

Planning Your Visit to St. Mark’s Basilica, Venice: Everything You Need to Know

Posted on August 27, 2026

Rising 47 meters out of the Venetian mud, St. Mark’s Basilica is a monument to the ambition of the doges of Venice, whose wealth and power spanned over 1,000 years. It’s impossible not to be impressed by its east-meets-west Byzantine architecture. And when you walk inside? Something… Read More

How to Visit the Vatican: Everything You Need to Know

Posted on August 27, 2026

For the world’s smallest country, Vatican City packs in an extraordinary amount of art, history, and religious significance: from Egyptian mummies to F1 steering wheels. This is where Michelangelo spent four years painting over 300 figures on a fresco ceiling that still awes people five centuries later, so… Read More

What’s the Best Way to Visit the Colosseum? Everything You Should Know Before Booking

Posted on August 27, 2026

You’ve finally booked your dream trip to Rome, and you’re excited to see one of its greatest monuments: the Colosseum. You picture yourself living out your Roman Holiday fantasy: walking in the footsteps of gladiators and emperors as you marvel at this wonder of the ancient world. Read More

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Victoria Peel-Yates

Articles by Victoria Peel-Yates