“Another meeting was held between myself and Mamabolo at the Palazzo Hotel in Fourways. At this meeting discussions were general in nature and Mamabolo wanted to know more about how members of ...

With its airy spaces and storied Italian charm, Palazzo Talìa evokes a similar feel. And would it be a reach to pick up on the hotel’s peach wood panelling as a cheeky nod to, er, that scene?

The hotel shares its name with the street it’s on, Via di Ripetta, an artery that leads off Piazza del Popolo, a dramatic Neoclassical square on what was the northern gate of the ancient city.

The Orient Express launched its first new train in 140 years with La Dolce Vita, a glamorously renovated 1960s sleeper train which sets off from Rome's Ostiense Station, at the same time as it swung ...