Rome : looking for a great hotel?

Set above the city, with magnificent views the Rome Cavalieri is a beautiful hotel. I love it because there are not many hotels in Rome with a pool and certainly not in a setting like this. With two pools and a kids pool and fifteen acres of lush gardens, it’s divine and spacious and not what you’d […]

Michelangelo was bullied into painting the Sistine Chapel

I recently visited the Vatican City for the third time. I don’t think you can ever go too often – there’s just so much to see. I went on a great tour and came away better informed. For me, like many others, the star attraction of the Vatican City is the Sistine Chapel with Michelangelo’s ceiling and ‘The Last Judgement’ […]