  Virtual Reality (VR) storytelling enhances the immersion of users into
virtual environments (VE). Its use in virtual cultural heritage presentations
helps the revival of the genius loci (the spirit of the place) of cultural
monuments. This paper aims to show that the use of actors in VR storytelling
adds to the quality of user experience and improves the edutainment value of
virtual cultural heritage applications. We will describe the Baiae dry visit
application which takes us to a time travel in the city considered by the Roman
elite as "Little Rome (Pusilla Roma)" and presently is only partially preserved
under the sea.
