Nestled on the promontory of Posillipo Hill overlooking the Bay of Naples is Villa Pausilypon, a testament to a real Roman holiday. Much of the villa, near the ancient town of Baia, has been lost to ...
On a June trip to Sirmione, the charming town on Lake Garda, I did what many tourists do and visited the Grottoes of Catullus. There aren’t any grottoes there, nor was Cattulus, the classical Roman ...