Somewhere in the distance a dog was barking from a garden villa.

Its garden villas, which start at $26,000 per person, has three bedrooms, a living room, a dining room and a private garden with a hot tub spread out on up to 5,750 square feet.

There is a special garden area in the scenic portion of the park that consists of China's Qingyingjing Park, Japan's Katsura Imperial Villa, and an American-style garden villa.

With the wealth of the Imperial Age, several important figures decided to build their villae in Trastevere, including Clodia, (Catullus' "friend") and Julius Caesar (his garden villa, the Horti Caesaris).

It also has seven nights at Taj Exotica in a garden villa with breakfast, including flights with Jet Airways from Heathrow (via Mumbai) and private transfers in resort; from £1,160 per person.

Villa Le Balze is a garden villa in Fiesole, Tuscany, central Italy.

The Little White House (Biały Domek) is a garden villa built in 1774-76 by Domenico Merlini.

This section has garden villas, an Italian palace and a piazza with a bell tower.

The hotel has 72 oceanfront suites, three garden villas and two restaurants - a formal dining room and a poolside cafe serving breakfast and lunch.

Just above us was the separate garden villa, a guest house with a veranda for our use, in case anyone we knew decided to show up.