Day 1 – Fusina (Venice), Italy

Departs 05:00 pm.

Day 2 – Rovinj, Croatia

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

Day 3 – Vis Island, Croatia

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

Day 4 – At Sea

Day 5 – Valletta, Malta

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

Malta is the largest in a group of seven islands that occupy a strategic position between Europe and Africa. The island’s history is long and turbulent. Everyone from the Normans to the Nazis have vied for control of this small, honey-colored rock. For centuries the island was the possession of the knightly Order of St. John – the Knights Hospitaller. Valletta, Malta’s current capital, was planned by the Order’s Grandmaster Jean de la Valette to secure the island’s eastern coast from Turk incursions. Founded in 1566, Valletta’s bustling streets are lined with superb Baroque buildings and churches.Malta has a long history: the megalithic stone temples at Gozo may be the oldest freestanding structures on Earth. Malta has two official languages, Maltese (constitutionally the national language) and English. Malta was admitted to the European Union in 2004 and in 2008 became part of the eurozone.

Day 6 – Lipari, Italy

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

Day 7 – Salerno, Italy

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

Day 8 – 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 9 – At Sea

Day 10 – Livorno (for Florence/Pisa), Italy

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

Livorno is the gateway to glorious Tuscany. Visit Florence – the cradle of the Renaissance – home to the Duomo, the Uffizi and the Ponte Vecchio. Here the Medici fostered a city-state whose cultural legacy is as great as classical Athens. Giants like Dante, Da Vinci, Michelangelo and Galileo infused the West with a new creative spirit. Then there is Pisa, Florence’s rival for political power. Pisa, a brash, commercial seafaring town rivaled the great maritime powers of Venice and Genoa. The city was a leader in art and architecture second only to Florence.

Day 11 – Monte Carlo, Monaco

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

Day 12 – La Joliette (Marseille), France

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

Day 13 – Sete, France

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

Day 14 – Port-Vendres, France

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

Day 15 – 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.