EditorialAnya Firestone, left, who leads custom tours of Paris for a starting cost of $2,400 per day, speaking before “The Romans in their Decadence” by Thomas Couture, at the Musée d’Orsay in Paris, on June 26, 2023. (Hugues Laurent/The New York Times)
EditorialVisitors at the Roman Baths, originally built by the Romans around A.D. 60, in Bath, England, June 8, 2023. (Jeremie Souteyrat/Thew New York Times)
EditorialVisitors at the Roman Baths, originally built by the Romans around A.D. 60, in Bath, England, June 8, 2023. (Jeremie Souteyrat/Thew New York Times)
EditorialVisitors at the Roman Baths, originally built by the Romans around A.D. 60, in Bath, England, June 8, 2023. (Jeremie Souteyrat/Thew New York Times)
EditorialVisitors at the Roman Baths, originally built by the Romans around A.D. 60, in Bath, England, June 8, 2023. (Jeremie Souteyrat/Thew New York Times)
EditorialVisitors at the Roman Baths, originally built by the Romans around A.D. 60, in Bath, England, June 8, 2023. (Jeremie Souteyrat/Thew New York Times)
EditorialVisitors at the Roman Baths, originally built by the Romans around A.D. 60, in Bath, England, June 8, 2023. (Jeremie Souteyrat/Thew New York Times)
EditorialVisitors at the Roman Baths, originally built by the Romans around A.D. 60, in Bath, England, June 8, 2023. (Jeremie Souteyrat/Thew New York Times)
EditorialVisitors at the Roman Baths, originally built by the Romans around A.D. 60, in Bath, England, June 8, 2023. (Jeremie Souteyrat/Thew New York Times)
EditorialVisitors at the Roman Baths, originally built by the Romans around A.D. 60, in Bath, England, June 8, 2023. (Jeremie Souteyrat/Thew New York Times)
EditorialVisitors at the Roman Baths, originally built by the Romans around A.D. 60, in Bath, England, June 8, 2023. (Jeremie Souteyrat/Thew New York Times)
EditorialVisitors at the Roman Baths, originally built by the Romans around A.D. 60, in Bath, England, June 8, 2023. (Jeremie Souteyrat/Thew New York Times)
EditorialVisitors at the Roman Baths, originally built by the Romans around A.D. 60, in Bath, England, June 8, 2023. (Jeremie Souteyrat/Thew New York Times)
EditorialVisitors at the Roman Baths, originally built by the Romans around A.D. 60, in Bath, England, June 8, 2023. (Jeremie Souteyrat/Thew New York Times)
EditorialVisitors at the Roman Baths, originally built by the Romans around A.D. 60, in Bath, England, June 8, 2023. (Jeremie Souteyrat/Thew New York Times)
EditorialVisitors at the Roman Baths, originally built by the Romans around A.D. 60, in Bath, England, June 8, 2023. (Jeremie Souteyrat/Thew New York Times)
EditorialSkaters at the state-of-the-art skatepark built for a one-off competition last summer but left for Romans to enjoy, near the Colosseum in Rome, Dec. 30, 2022. (Stephanie Gengotti/The New York Times)
EditorialSkaters at the state-of-the-art skatepark built for a one-off competition last summer but left for Romans to enjoy, near the Colosseum in Rome, Dec. 30, 2022. (Stephanie Gengotti/The New York Times)
EditorialA veteran traffic officer, Pierluigi Marchionne, directs traffic on the Piazza Venezia in Rome, March 18, 2021. (Nadia Shira Cohen/The New York Times)