Across the Tay there are fine villas with views in Bridgend and Gannochy, on and off Dundee Road (try Bellwood Park) and up to Kinnoull Hill.
Today, $5,000 will not even buy a night at some of the island's finest villas.
THE job of representing the pope in Burundi brings with it a fine colonial villa, but nobody would say Archbishop Paul Gallagher has an enviable post.
On the summit of Camp Hill in Lydney Park, one mile south-west of the town, there are the remains of a fine Roman villa and temple, protected by earthworks running across the promontory and along its eastern side.
Flyovers now cast their shadows over Victorian streets, the tram network has shrunk, the poor are less visible, and many fine old villas and mansion flats have been replaced by tower blocks.
Some of the finest Baroque villas and palazzi, including the Palermo palace of the Prince of Lampedusa, are still in ruins following the United States bombing raids of 1943.
"We'll be fine," the Aston Villa manager has said.
The resort offers nearly 100 guest rooms and villas, fine dining, golf and, of course, gambling at the casino in Nassau.
While the sums may change, some of the transfer tactics do not, with Villa fined £25 over allegations of tapping up players.
The Clifton and Cotham areas provide examples of the developments from the Georgian to the Regency style, with many fine terraces and villas facing the road, and at right angles to it.
