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Take the exhilarating walk round the ramparts — there’s nothing between you and a dizzying precipice.
If you want to cool off, explore the monumental Pozzo di San Patrizio, a 16th-century well dug 63 m (206 ft) down into the volcanic rock on the nort heast edge of the precipice.
But come instead for the spectacular view from the 297-m- (974-ft-) high Salto di Tiberio (Tiberius’ Leap) precipice, said to be the last pleasure enjoyed by the emperor’s enemies before they were hurled over the edge.
The paper said that Blair had carried off a dramatic coup in negotiating the agreement last year--"he had the surest of touches back then"--but that "now, as the truly historic deal lurches towards the precipice, his own approach is increasingly confused and his credibility damaged."
But the golden glow of the temples’ Doric columns and the idyllic setting amid acadia and almond trees on a precipice overlooking the Mediterranean are enough to encourage you to worship a whole pantheon of Greek gods.