10-Night Europe Cruise from Trieste

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     Trieste

     Arrive 07:00 · Depart 17:00

     A port city in northeast Italy near the Slovenian border, long the seaward gateway of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Grand Habsburg-era squares open onto the Adriatic, with the seafront Piazza Unità d'Italia and the white Miramare Castle on the bay.

     • Piazza Unità d'Italia
     • Miramare Castle
     • Viennese cafés
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     Split

     Arrive 09:00 · Depart 18:00

     A Croatian port on the Dalmatian coast, built quite literally inside the walls of a Roman emperor's retirement palace. Diocletian's Palace still forms the living old town, its cellars and courtyards woven through with cafes, shops and the cathedral.

     • Diocletian's Palace
     • Riva promenade
     • Marjan Hill
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     Kotor

     Arrive 07:00 · Depart 17:00

     A walled medieval town at the head of the Bay of Kotor, a fjord-like inlet of the Adriatic ringed by steep mountains. Ships anchor below the old town, whose stone lanes and ramparts climb toward the fortress of San Giovanni.

     • Bay of Kotor
     • Old town walls
     • San Giovanni fortress
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     Corfu

     Arrive 09:00 · Depart 18:00

     An Ionian island off Greece's northwest coast, greener and more Venetian-feeling than the Aegean isles. Ships call at its old town, a UNESCO-listed warren of Italianate streets between two hilltop fortresses, with pebbly coves around the shore.

     • Old Fortress
     • Liston arcade
     • Ionian coves
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     Gythio

     Arrive 11:00 · Depart 20:00

     A coastal town in the southern Peloponnese of Greece, set on the Laconian Gulf below the Taygetos mountains. A causeway leads to the islet of Cranae, and the abandoned Byzantine hill city of Mystras lies inland near ancient Sparta.

     • Cranae islet
     • Mystras
     • Mani peninsula
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     Piraeus

     Arrive 07:00 · Depart 17:00

     The ancient harbour of Athens and Greece's principal cruise port. Ferries fan out to the Aegean islands from its quays, while the Acropolis, the Plaka district and the National Archaeological Museum sit a short metro ride inland.

     • Gateway to Athens
     • Acropolis
     • Aegean ferries
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     Katakolon

     Arrive 09:00 · Depart 18:00

     A small port on Greece's western Peloponnese coast, best known as the gateway to ancient Olympia. The sanctuary where the original Olympic Games were held lies a short drive inland, among ruined temples and the old stadium.

     • Ancient Olympia
     • Olympic stadium
     • Temple of Zeus
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     Messina

     Arrive 12:00 · Depart 20:00

     A Sicilian port on the strait that separates the island from mainland Italy, framed by the Peloritani mountains. Its harbour clock tower performs an elaborate noon display, and the town is a common gateway to Taormina and the slopes of Mount Etna.

     • Etna day trips
     • Taormina gateway
     • Astronomical clock
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     At Sea

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      Palma de Mallorca

      Arrive 10:00 · Depart 19:00

      The capital of Mallorca in Spain's Balearic Islands, set around a wide bay. Its enormous seafront cathedral, La Seu, rises above the old town's narrow lanes, with a hilltop castle, marina and nearby coves a short way from the cruise terminal.

      • La Seu cathedral
      • Bellver Castle
      • Old town
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      Barcelona

      Arrive 07:00 · Depart 17:00

      Catalonia's seafront capital and one of the Mediterranean's busiest cruise homeports. Gaudí's Sagrada Família and Park Güell crown the city, while the tree-lined Ramblas and the Gothic Quarter's medieval lanes lie a short ride from the terminal.

      • Sagrada Família
      • La Rambla
      • Gothic Quarter

• 23 May 2027

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