Jan is the owner and founder of The Crazy Tourist. He's born and raised in The Netherlands and loves exploring the South of France.
He loves going on short City Trips and visiting sunny destinations. His favorite country to visit is France.
Novara is a delightful city in the heart of the Piedmont region of North West Italy. This city has a population of 105,000 and is the capital of the Novara Province. Situated between the important cities of Turin and Milan, Novara has a great strategic location and serves as a hub for commercial traffic between …
Bolzano is a fantastic town hidden away in the mountainous region of South Tyrol in the Italian Alps. With a population of just over 105,000, Bolzano is the largest city in this area and is also the capital of South Tyrol. This city has the distinction of being voted the Italian city with the best …
Flying into Cebu International Airport will put you down on the ground in Mactan City. While many tourists book it out of the airport and head straight to the beaches of Cebu, the ones who slow down to look around Mactan are the real winners. There are so many hidden gems on Mactan Island in …
If you really want to get off the grid in Indonesia then consider taking a trip to Papua (also known as Irian Jaya) where you can enjoy gorgeous scenery as well as some of the best diving in the world. Papua is technically part of Indonesia although it is not to be confused with Papua …
Dating back to 1821, Connecticut’s largest city by population has been transformed since the turn of the 21st century. Today it’s a diverse hotbed of creativity, with a lot of culture, plentiful green space, and a beautiful shorefront. Relying on its harbor, this was traditionally a blue collar town, famed for a lot of manufacturing …
When thinking of Southern California, what do you think of? Probably a mixture of Los Angeles, San Francisco and various coastal towns filled with Californians living their best lives and soaking up the sun. If I said Ontario, you’d probably think I was referring to the Canadian destination. However, there is a spot on the …
Clarksville is a perfect city to experience southern charm and the amenities you’ve come to expect as a traveler, while also enjoying the ability to simply get away from it all for the most part. The historic city is located in a spot that gives visitors expansive access to the gorgeous natural areas surrounding, including …
A popular day trip from Buenos Aires, the peaceful town of Tigre is known for its delta of hundreds of tiny islands and waterways as well as its large artisan market. Named for the tigres or jaguars that used to roam here, the area is now home to several boat companies ready and willing to …
Sioux Falls has aptly been called a part of America’s fly-over country. South Dakota just isn’t a state that you happen to visit that often, for really any reason, whether business or pleasure. It’s out of the way, there aren’t even major cities and you probably won’t drive through it…so you fly over it. Unfortunately, …
Among the hills, valleys and rivers of Portugal’s Norte Region, Penafiel is a mid-sized town with a surprising amount of things to do. This is a landscape that you have to explore on two feet or two wheels, and there’s big helping of history and culture to boot. You can walk the streets of a …