Gleaming white stones of the Château Grimaldi in the Mediterranean town of Antibes, France. On the Côte d'Azur between Cannes and Nice. For six months, Pablo Picasso and his lover Françoise Gilot lived here, entertaining friends between bouts of passionate painting.

While you're here, why not take in the picturesque market stalls and street dining of this beautiful town. Antibes was originally founded by the Greeks and developed by the Romans, but it owes many of its buildings to King Louis XV 'The Beloved'.

In Venice, the city of love, you'll find the Ca' Rezzonico, a former Baroque palace turned museum, dedicated to the salacious history of the 18th century, when Casanova raked from balcony to balcony, leaving exhausted courtesans in his wake.

Inside are grand ballrooms and paintings by Venetian masters Francesco Guardi and Giambattista Tiepolo. On this floor you'll also find the Salon of the Allegory, a room decorated by Tiepolo to commemorate the 1758 marriage of Ludovico Rezzonico Faustina Savorgnan.

Romance isn't all roses. Some lovers are more forward than others. Egon Schiele is one of those. The Leopold Museum in Vienna holds an enormous collection of works by the enfant terrible. With raw sexuality, and more, on display, you shouldn't be disappointed.

Head upstairs and you'll find even more. The collector Dr. Rudolf Leopold was ridiculed by many of his contemporaries for buying such 'pornographic' work, but thanks to him, we can admire the work of artists including Gustav Klimt, Richard Gerstl, and Ernst Ludwig Kirchner.

Florence, birthplace of the Renaissance, and the perfect city in which to renew your own romance. The city's world-renowned Uffizi gallery is home to many sensual works, including Sandro Botticelli's The Birth of Venus and Titian's Venus of Urbino.

If that doesn't sate your appetite, just outside the Ufizzi you'll find the Piazza della Signoria, sporting a reproduction of Michelangelo's hulking nude sculpture of David - with not a fig leaf in sight.

"I would rather look at you than all the portraits in the world, except possibly for the Polish Rider occasionally and anyway it’s in the Frick, which thank heavens you haven’t gone to yet so we can go together for the first time." So said poet & critic Frank O'Hara.

Perhaps you should take Frank's advice. The Frick is one of the most wonderful buildings in all of New York. And surrounded by all the Bouchers and Fragonards there'll be only one thing on your mind.

Alas, not all is meant to be. Time passes and hearts grow apart. Maybe we'll meet once again, in the Museum of Broken Relationships. Founded in 2010, this small museum collects personal objects left by former lovers and the secret confessions of present visitors.

Underwear found under beds… bottles of wine left unopened… even an axe used to destroy a cheating spouse's furniture. Let's hope we don't end up exhibiting here.

Wow, I didn't think you'd stay around this long. But let's be real, I'm here for a good time, not a long time, and I can't think of anywhere I'd rather be than a museum. Amsterdam's Erotic Museum is a must-see for any visitors to this free-spirited city.

The Romans left few more recognisable monuments than their amphitheatres, and perhaps the best known of all is to be found in the heart of Ancient Rome itself; the Flavian Amphitheatre, known to us today as The Colosseum.

Built of a type of rock called travertine, and brick-faced concrete, it was the largest Roman amphitheatre ever constructed. Though it has crumbled somewhat, it is remarkably well-preserved. After all, it has been standing here, not far from the Roman Forum, since 80CE.

Step through the gates into the arena, where you would have seen a crowd of between 50,000 and 80,000 in the Colosseum's heyday. Imagine trying to find your seat amidst the roaring and cheering, the sound of pipes and drums, the smell of street food, and the bustle of crowds.

The arena floor: this is where gladiators battled for supremacy, criminals were executed, dramas played out, and wild beasts brought from the corners of the empire for the entertainment of the Roman citizens. Every emperor knew that a big event would win them public support.

Unless you happen to be an emperor or an eques, this is where you most likely would be sat. As at a modern cricket ground or baseball stadium, the best seats were close to the action. And if you're a gravedigger, actor, or a former gladiator, you're banned from even entering!

Pour yourself a cup of java and scroll to learn about one of the world's most popular beverages.

It all starts with a seed. Coffee plants take many years to fully mature and are a challenge to cultivate, but the fruits of that labor are these cherries.

When the cherries have ripened, they're harvested by workers in coffee-producing countries around the world. Most coffee grown is of the arabica variety, with robusta coffee making up the remaining 40%. 

This 1935 painting by Brazilian painter Candido Portinari shows just some of the work that goes into each cup of the aromatic elixir.

The coffee cherries are dried, sometimes in a machine like this, and the fruit is removed. The seeds inside are known as green coffee beans.

The beans are then roasted, resulting in the rich, brown coffee we know and love.

The cup isn't done just yet. The beans must be ground first, sometimes by industrial machines and sometimes by hand at home.

Now, with the fragrance already in the air, we can begin the brewing process--done most simply by pouring hot water over the coffee grounds.

Moments later, we can enjoy a piping-hot, aromatic beverage. Coffee is served and prepared in almost innumerable ways.

This opulent building is the Coffee House at Quirinale Palace in Rome. Imagine having a house just for coffee!

The Leaning Tower of Pisa is a must-see monument on any Italy trip. But if you can't make it abroad right now, enjoy this virtual tour of the tower and discover five things you'll want to know before you visit in person.

Also known as Piazza dei Miracoli (Square of Miracles), Pisa's Piazza del Duomo is located north of the Arno river in the Tuscany region of Italy.

Although most people go straight to the Leaning Tower, the largest feature in the Piazza is actually the Duomo Pisa (the Pisa cathedral).

Although this seems tall, if you compare it to the Eiffel Tower (which stands at 300 meters) it is perhaps not as high as you might think. Rather than height, it's the tower's marble-white beauty and, of course, its strange tilt, which have made it so famous.

Did you know that before the tower was restored in 2001, it was even more tilted - an angle of 5.5 degrees? After the restoration work it was straightened slightly to make a safer angle and to ensure it didn't collapse.

Despite it looking like it might fall over at any moment, you can safely climb all the way to the top of the tower. You won't get vertigo on this virtual tour, but make sure you've got a head for heights when you visit in person.