Castelnuovo

"The first stopping-place of the express boats is Castelnuovo, a most enchanting spot, which for picturesqueness and sheer beauty it would be hard to beat on the shores of the Adriatic. Medieval fortifications and walls showing the rents made by siege and earthquake, are girt about with greenest of woods and overgrown with luxuriant creepers and flowering plants. The old Turkish forts, grey as the rocks they are built on, are reflected in the mirrorlike water beneath (p. 166)".