Luxury Vacations in Rome

However much you prepare yourself, Italy’s Eternal City snatches your breath away, every time. The scale and grandeur and the sheer age of the place is mindblowing, the whole city an open-air museum, yet Rome is a city that is very much thriving in the modern age.

Still standing after almost two millennia, the Colosseum’s fighting spirit and flair for the theatrical has become baked into Rome’s DNA, while the enduring ruins of the Roman Forum are compelling reminders of an empire’s global influence. Flesh is conjured from stone in the Borghese Gallery’s Room of the Emperors, while The Vatican City’s frescoes illuminate the faces of all who view them. For any new arrival seeking the essence of the Eternal City, Trastevere’s trattorias and morning markets offer a concentrated flavor of local life, an over-the-counter espresso as Roman as Audrey Hepburn’s holiday. There is nothing old-fashioned about the food – Rome's restaurants continue to trailblaze and win stars. A love affair with Rome might be as fleeting and fulfilling as a gelato on a hot day, or as eternal as the epics suggest. Either way, it is inevitable.