When I went to grammar school in England, many years ago now, students were divided into four "houses" - Rome, Athens, Troy an...

When the MSC Preziosa docked in the neat little Sicilian port of Messina most of those on board opted for excursions to either Etna or the...

The first time I visited Naples, maybe a quarter of a century ago, I was underwhelmed by its charms. My most recent visit served only...

This is the MSC Preziosa, the brand-new cruise ship which was officially christened in Genoa on March 23. I was lucky enough to be ...

Montreal is a little slice of France in go-ahead North America. It's Canada’s second-largest city and the biggest in the French-speaki...

I'm more a jeans and T-shirt kind of guy than a three-piece-suit style of fellow, but fortunately both are made very welcome at  The At...