Rome

Marble and stone. Saffron and sienna. A sapphire-blue skyline sprinkled with a dusting of majestic domes and towers. Every ancient edifice delighting in Rome’s era-spanning flair for the dramatic.

In the Eternal City, size matters – the mighty and the minute equally impressive and impactful. The exquisite is in the detail – pattern, pigment, expression, gesture. The stately in every imposing historic monument – buildings firmly grounded by the weight of centuries past. Columns, straight and true or gently arched, set the mood. A prelude to the grandeur above, beneath, behind, beyond.

The Pantheon, Circus Maximus, St Peter’s Basilica – larger-than-life legends that feel familiar yet have a thousand untold stories. And Rome’s showstopper, the Colosseum – born in brutality, now a monumental symbol of an empire at its peak.