10-Night Europe Cruise from Alicante

1. Day

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     Alicante

     Depart 18:00

     A sun-warmed port on Spain's Costa Blanca, set below the Santa Bárbara castle on its rocky headland. The palm-lined Explanada promenade leads to a long city beach, with the old Barrio Santa Cruz climbing the hill in white houses.

     • Santa Bárbara Castle
     • Explanada promenade
     • Postiguet Beach
2. Day

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     Mahón, Menorca

     Arrive 09:30 · Depart 16:00

     The harbour capital of Menorca in Spain's Balearic Islands, set at the head of one of the Mediterranean's deepest natural inlets. Georgian touches from a British period linger in the old town, while quiet coves and prehistoric stone sites lie across the island.

     • Port of Maó
     • Fortalesa de la Mola
     • Gin Xoriguer
3. Day

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     Olbia

     Arrive 10:00 · Depart 19:00

     A port town on the northeast coast of Sardinia, set on a sheltered gulf and serving as the gateway to the Costa Smeralda. The surrounding coast is known for granite headlands and turquoise coves, while the old centre keeps Roman and medieval roots.

     • Costa Smeralda
     • San Simplicio basilica
     • Granite coves
4. Day

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     Genoa

     Arrive 09:00 · Depart 18:00

     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
5. Day

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     Marseille

     Arrive 09:00 · Depart 17:00

     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
6. Day

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   At sea
7. Day

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     Málaga

     Arrive 08:00 · Depart 15:00

     A port city on Spain's Costa del Sol and the birthplace of Picasso. Cruise ships berth near the centre, where a hilltop Moorish fortress, the cathedral and the Picasso Museum sit close to broad city beaches and fried-fish chiringuitos.

     • Alcazaba fortress
     • Picasso Museum
     • Costa del Sol beaches
8. Day

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     Casablanca

     Arrive 07:00 · Depart 20:00

     Morocco's largest city and main port on the Atlantic coast, a mix of art-deco boulevards and Moorish design. The vast Hassan II Mosque rises beside the ocean, and the imperial city of Marrakech lies inland by road or rail.

     • Hassan II Mosque
     • Old Medina
     • Gateway to Marrakech
9. Day

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     Cádiz

     Arrive 09:00 · Depart 20:00

     One of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in Western Europe, set on a narrow spit almost surrounded by the Atlantic in Spain's Andalusia. A gold-domed cathedral rises over the old town's tight lanes, sea walls and the long sands of La Caleta.

     • Cádiz Cathedral
     • La Caleta beach
     • Old town lanes
10. Day

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      Gibraltar

      Arrive 07:00 · Depart 14:00

      A British territory at the southern tip of Spain, dominated by its towering limestone Rock. Cable cars climb to the summit, home to Europe's only wild monkeys, with sweeping views across the strait toward the coast of Africa.

      • The Rock
      • Barbary macaques
      • St. Michael's Cave
11. Day

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      Alicante

      Arrive 10:00

      A sun-warmed port on Spain's Costa Blanca, set below the Santa Bárbara castle on its rocky headland. The palm-lined Explanada promenade leads to a long city beach, with the old Barrio Santa Cruz climbing the hill in white houses.

      • Santa Bárbara Castle
      • Explanada promenade
      • Postiguet Beach

• 2 Oct 2027

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