10-Night Europe Cruise from Marseille

1. Day

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     Marseille

     Depart 18:00

     France's oldest city and biggest Mediterranean port, set around the old harbour of the Vieux-Port. The hilltop basilica of Notre-Dame de la Garde watches over the bay, with the Calanques inlets and bouillabaisse stalls a short way off.

     • Vieux-Port
     • Notre-Dame de la Garde
     • Calanques
2. Day

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     Tarragona

     Arrive 08:00 · Depart 18:00

     A coastal city in Catalonia, northeast Spain, built on the site of a major Roman provincial capital. Its amphitheatre, forum and aqueduct survive among the old town's medieval lanes, with a long Mediterranean beach below the upper town.

     • Roman amphitheatre
     • Tarragona Cathedral
     • Les Ferreres Aqueduct
3. Day

   3
   At sea
4. Day

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     Civitavecchia

     Arrive 07:00 · Depart 18:00

     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
5. Day

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     Genoa

     Arrive 08:00 · Depart 16:00

     Italy's great maritime city, stacked up the Ligurian hills above one of the Mediterranean's busiest harbours. Its old town is a maze of tall, narrow caruggi, and it claims pesto and focaccia as local inventions; the Aquarium and Renaissance palaces of Via Garibaldi sit close to the port.

     • Old-town caruggi
     • Genoa Aquarium
     • Via Garibaldi palaces
6. Day

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     Naples

     Arrive 13:00 · Depart 20:00

     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
7. Day

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     Messina

     Arrive 09:00 · Depart 18:00

     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
8. Day

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     Valletta

     Arrive 08:00 · Depart 17:00

     Malta's fortified harbour capital, built by the Knights of St. John on a peninsula between two deep ports. Honey-coloured limestone defines St. John's Co-Cathedral, the Grand Master's Palace and the bastions overlooking the Grand Harbour.

     • Grand Harbour
     • St. John's Co-Cathedral
     • Upper Barrakka Gardens
9. Day

   9
   At sea
10. Day

    10
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      Barcelona

      Arrive 09:00 · Depart 18:00

      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
11. Day

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      Marseille

      Arrive 08:00

      France's oldest city and biggest Mediterranean port, set around the old harbour of the Vieux-Port. The hilltop basilica of Notre-Dame de la Garde watches over the bay, with the Calanques inlets and bouillabaisse stalls a short way off.

      • Vieux-Port
      • Notre-Dame de la Garde
      • Calanques

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