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The Pula Arena was built by the Romans: a timber amphitheatre under Emperor Augustus, replaced in stone under Claudius and enlarged under Vespasian in AD 79 completed under Titus in AD 81. It could hold about 23,000 spectators, and today it is the only Roman amphitheatre with all four side towers preserved. Local legend, however, says it was built overnight by fairies.

Was Pula’s most famous landmark built by Roman engineers, or by fairies working beneath the moonlight?

Arena Franz Ferdinand Nassfeld is a 4-star family and activity hotel in Tröpolach, Carinthia, Austria, right beside the valley station of the Millennium Express gondola in the Nassfeld ski area. It has 144 rooms (54 of them large family rooms), each with its own Sport Space and boot dryer, a 16-metre indoor climbing wall, indoor and outdoor pools and kids and teens facilities. It is open for skiing in winter and for hiking and mountain biking in summer.

At the foot of the Carnic Alps, close to the Austrian-Italian border, Arena Franz Ferdinand Nassfeld is made for travellers who would rather spend their holiday outdoors.

Zerostrasse is a network of Austro-Hungarian underground tunnels beneath Kaštel hill in the centre of Pula, Croatia, built during the First World War as air-raid shelters. About 400 m of corridors are open to visitors, entered at Carrarina 3 near the Twin Gates. A lift connects the tunnels to Kaštel fortress and the Historical and Maritime Museum of Istria. Open daily: 9:00 - 21:00 from 1 May to 30 September, 9:00 - 17:00 from 1 October to 30 April.

Roman monuments may dominate Pula above ground, but another part of the city’s history lies hidden beneath its streets.

art’otel Berlin Mitte is a 4-star art hotel at Wallstraße 70 - 73 in Berlin’s historic centre, part of Radisson Hotels’ art’otel collection. It has 109 rooms and suites, more than 300 original works by German artist Georg Baselitz, the historic Rococo Ermelerhaus, the Upside Down Bar & Restaurant and a spa and gym. Märkisches Museum underground station is opposite, and Alexanderplatz and Museum Island are within easy reach.

In Berlin, visiting an art collection usually means spending an afternoon inside a museum. At art’otel Berlin Mitte, the experience begins the moment you enter and continues inside your room.