10-Night Europe Cruise from Trieste

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     Trieste

     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
2. Day

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     Zadar

     Arrive 07:00 · Depart 16:00

     A walled Adriatic city on Croatia's Dalmatian coast, built on a compact peninsula of Roman and Venetian stone. Zadar is known for its waterfront Sea Organ, the solar Greeting to the Sun installation, and Roman ruins at the old forum.

     • Sea Organ
     • Roman Forum
     • Greeting to the Sun
3. Day

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     Dubrovnik

     Arrive 09:00 · Depart 23:00

     A walled city on Croatia's Dalmatian coast, its limestone old town wrapped in sea-facing ramparts above the Adriatic. Ships call here for the marble main street of Stradun, the circuit of the city walls and the cable car to Mount Srđ.

     • City walls
     • Stradun
     • Mount Srđ cable car
4. Day

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     Scenic Cruising

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     Kotor

     Arrive 08:00 · 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 08:00 · Depart 21:00

     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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   At sea
7. Day

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     Messina

     Arrive 07:00 · Depart 17:00

     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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     Naples

     Arrive 08:00 · Depart 17:00

     A southern Italian port on its namesake bay, in the shadow of Mount Vesuvius. Ships dock near the historic centre, the gateway to Pompeii, the cliffs of the Amalfi Coast and the island of Capri, in a city that claims to have invented pizza.

     • Mount Vesuvius
     • Pompeii
     • Gateway to Capri
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     Civitavecchia

     Arrive 08:00 · Depart 23:00

     The deep-water port serving Rome, roughly 80 kilometres up the coast. Ships dock here for shore excursions to the Colosseum, the Vatican and the Roman Forum, while the town itself keeps a working harbour and a Michelangelo-designed fortress.

     • Gateway to Rome
     • Fort Michelangelo
     • Vatican excursions
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    At sea
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      Barcelona

      Arrive 07:00

      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

• 15 May 2027

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