Day 1 – Civitavecchia (for Rome), Italy

Departs 06:00 pm.

Your gateway to the Eternal City, Civitavecchia has served as Rome’s seaport since the 13th century. The port has a long and venerable history. The emperor Trajan built a pleasure villa near the modern city, while Bernini and Michelangelo designed the harbor fortifications.Yet the Eternal City eternally beckons. The ancient capital of the Western World and the center of Christianity for nearly 2,000 years, Rome provides an inexhaustible feast. Visit the ruins of the Forum, view the splendors of the Sistine Chapel, or climb the Spanish Steps, once the heart of Rome’s Bohemian Quarter.Rome has been a magnet luring the world’s greatest artists, architects, and philosophers since the days of the Caesars.

Day 2 – Bastia, Corsica, France

Arrives 08:00 am, departs 06:00 pm.

Day 3 – Calvi, Corsica, France

Arrives 07:00 am, departs 06:00 pm.

Day 4 – Olbia, Sardinia, Italy

Arrives 08:00 am, departs 06:00 pm.

Day 5 – At Sea

Day 6 – La Goulette (Tunis), Tunisia

Arrives 07:00 am, departs 05:00 pm.

Day 7 – Sicily (Palermo), Italy

Arrives 09:00 am, departs 07:00 pm.

Palermo is a cultural feast, a fascinating combination of East and West, Arab and Norman that is quite unlike any other European city on the Mediterranean. A simple stroll can serve to illustrate Palermo’s rich heritage. The Quattro Canti is the great square at the heart of the city. A short walk past its 17th-century palazzos and fountains brings the traveler to the Palazzo dei Normanni. Begun by Arab emirs in the 9th century, the Palazzo was finished by the island’s Norman conquerors. The Palazzo’s stone arches and buttresses stand in stark contrast to its Palatine Chapel. There elaborate tile work and mosaics lend mute testimonies to the Islamic and Byzantine influences that a lso shaped Palermo’s culture. The city abounds in such colorful sights, from the neo-classical Teatro Massimo, one of the largest opera houses in Europe, to the catacombs beneath the Capuchin convent, where thousands of mummified bodies lie in eternal rest.

Day 8 – Amalfi, Italy

Arrives 08:00 am, departs 06:00 pm.

Day 9 – Civitavecchia (for Rome), Italy

Arrives 07:00 am, departs 06:00 pm.

Your gateway to the Eternal City, Civitavecchia has served as Rome’s seaport since the 13th century. The port has a long and venerable history. The emperor Trajan built a pleasure villa near the modern city, while Bernini and Michelangelo designed the harbor fortifications.Yet the Eternal City eternally beckons. The ancient capital of the Western World and the center of Christianity for nearly 2,000 years, Rome provides an inexhaustible feast. Visit the ruins of the Forum, view the splendors of the Sistine Chapel, or climb the Spanish Steps, once the heart of Rome’s Bohemian Quarter.Rome has been a magnet luring the world’s greatest artists, architects, and philosophers since the days of the Caesars.

Day 10 – Portofino, Italy

Arrives 08:00 am, departs 06:00 pm.

Day 11 – Monte Carlo, Monaco

Arrives 08:00 am, departs 06:00 pm.

Day 12 – La Joliette (Marseille), France

Arrives 08:00 am, departs 10:00 pm.

Day 13 – Sete, France

Arrives 09:00 am, departs 10:00 pm.

Day 14 – Port-Vendres, France

Arrives 08:00 am, departs 06:00 pm.

Day 15 – At Sea

Day 16 – Valencia, Spain

Arrives 08:00 am, departs 06:00 pm.

Day 17 – Barcelona, Spain

Arrives 07:00 am.

The 1992 Summer Olympics revealed to the world what Europeans and seasoned travelers already knew – Barcelona is one of the world’s greatest treasures. Vibrant and earthy, commercial and cultural, this city of two million residents is the capital of Spain’s autonomous region of Catalonia. Stroll along the wide, tree-lined promenades of Las Ramblas and marvel at the spires of Gaudi’s Basilica La Sagrada Familia. Or visit the former Olympic Ring on the hill of Montjuic – also home to world-class parks, fountains and museums. Barcelona, which nurtured such artistic giants as Picasso, Dali, Miro and Casals, is definitely a traveler’s paradise.