Rome has lots to offer but Villa Borghese outshines everything in my book. Like many museums in Italy it’s a timed admission – 1½ hours max – and it will take at least two visits to see everything properly. My gem within a gem is Bernini’s sculpture of Apollo and Daphne on the ground floor – breath-takingly beautiful and dramatic – an instant in time captured in stone. Never imagined that a piece of art could actually move me to tears. Words can’t do it justice.
