Category: Royal Princess

We had a great visit to the Colosseum with access to the restricted underground and top areas and then to the Forum & Palatine Hill.  Our tour guide specialised in archeological conservation and she just gave us so much history – it was just an amazing tour. There were numbered…

After a nice lunch and gelato we went to visit the Villa d’est – it is just beautiful!  Five hundred fountains, and a lot of steps. Not much time or internet so will post a few pics. I think this has to be one of the best places we’ve visited….

Heres the view from our window as the sun came down last night… The hotel has a pizzeria & restaurant downstairs which is also the breakfast room. We started the day with  a tour to see Hadrians Villa.  We had a great guide and a small group – it was one…

After disembarking from the ship we had a great drive to Rome and then we took a hop- on-hop-off bus to get a bit of an overview of the sights. We were on the bus for a couple of hours but I’ve only posted a couple of pics as we…

Elba is the island where Napoleon was sent to in exile. He was made King of Elba but only stayed 9 months, then he escaped.  We stopped at Portoferraio and it is just beautiful!  Could very easily go back here. This is just a sample of the views we had…