Diego Della Valle Quotes

I grew up in Cyprus and Egypt, these fantastic places I remember fondly.

The Mediterranean is always just white, white, white.

Thankfully, we didn't stop at Malta. I think Malta was thankful, too.

I've been waiting over 40 years to come to Cyprus, and it has not disappointed - the birthplace of Aphrodite, the Crossroads of Civilization, and, I might add, a genuine strategic partner to the United States of America.

A Mediterranean city is really my culture.

My memories of my childhood are wonderful memories. I feel that I was privileged because I grew up in a beautiful city. It is Catania, on the eastern coast of Sicily. It's a place filled with sun, close to the beach.

I am a sucker for those old traditional places, and Rome is as good as it gets, particularly when you throw in Italian food.

A country that has really resonated with me and I was really impressed with was Israel. I found that the whole country had a very special atmosphere. I was there to perform, but it was one of the few places that I've visited over the years that I had some free time to explore, and I was hugely impressed by all the religious history there.

My parents are artists and they decided they would prefer to paint in the Mediterranean rather than in Scotland.

I've always been a history lover. I've spent a lot of recreational time walking around historical castles and estates, in Britain and Europe, and so I know what the real thing looks like.

Malta is a sod of a place.

I don't have any interest to go to Israel. I don't think I'd ever have a cause to go.

In Zagreb, the Old Town really could be Prague. You go two hours to the coast to Opatija, and you really could be in the South of France, in the Croatian Riviera. And then you head down the coast towards Split, and you get into more Turkish architecture, so you can double Istanbul.

Barcelona is a beautiful city. I love the buildings and the architecture and always enjoy being close to that. It makes sense as an art person to work in places like that, it always feels nice and creative.

I think Malta is great for a song. It's got very nice and narrow roads with beaches. So if you personally ask me, I would shoot action there. It can be very exciting since there's water all around and there can be boat chases. Even travel films like 'Before Sunset' can be shot there.

My husband John's and my breaks are often very culture heavy. He cannot pass a museum without venturing inside, so we tend to see a lot of architecture and so-called places of interest.

For sure, in Italy, the sun always shines.

Were a man to spend only one day in Sicily and ask, "What must one see?" I would answer him without hesitation, "Taormina." It is only a landscape, but a landscape where you find everything on earth that seems made to seduce the eyes, the mind and the imagination.

The architecture in Barcelona is very unique, and I think it's something to truly spend some time getting to know all the cool places.

If I could go anywhere, I'd love to visit Greece someday because it looks so beautiful, and I'd also love to go to Mexico.

I've got a house that's only 45 minutes from Monte Carlo.

Barcelona, of course, it is part of me.

If you're gonna do museums, some of the best in the world are in D.C.

I was in Spain, with Mallorca and Getafe, which were exceptional experiences.

I never really liked Italy. 'Lots of cement' is my long-standing quote.