14-Night Europe Cruise from Civitavecchia

1. Day

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     Civitavecchia

     Arrive 07:00 · Depart 17:00

     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
2. Day

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     Salerno

     Arrive 07:00 · Depart 17:00

     An Italian port at the head of its own gulf, just south of the Amalfi Coast. Its long seafront and walkable medieval centre make it a quieter base for reaching Pompeii, Paestum's Greek temples and the cliffside towns of Amalfi and Positano.

     • Amalfi Coast gateway
     • Paestum temples
     • Seafront promenade
3. Day

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     Catania

     Arrive 07:00 · Depart 17:00

     A port city on the east coast of Sicily, built in dark volcanic stone beneath Mount Etna, Europe's most active volcano. Its baroque centre, rebuilt after earthquakes, is known for the elephant fountain, a fish market, and Etna excursions inland.

     • Mount Etna
     • Baroque centre
     • Fish market
4. Day

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     Valletta

     Arrive 07:00 · Depart 14:00

     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
5. Day

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     Katakolon

     Arrive 12:00 · 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
6. Day

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     Heraklion (Iraklion), Crete

     Arrive 11:00 · Depart 20:00

     The largest city on Crete and the island's main port, in Greece. A Venetian harbour and fortress front the town, while the Bronze Age palace of Knossos and the Heraklion Archaeological Museum's Minoan treasures lie close by.

     • Palace of Knossos
     • Venetian harbour
     • Archaeological Museum
7. Day

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     Páros

     Arrive 07:00 · Depart 17:00

     A Cycladic island in the Aegean Sea, known for its white marble and laid-back harbour villages. The old port of Parikia and the fishing village of Naoussa anchor a landscape of whitewashed lanes, Byzantine churches and a string of sandy bays.

     • Naoussa village
     • Panagia Ekatontapiliani
     • Cycladic beaches
8. Day

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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
9. Day

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     Mykonos

     Arrive 07:00 · Depart 15:00

     A Cycladic island in the Aegean known for whitewashed houses and a lively summer scene. Ships anchor off the main town, where windmills overlook the sea, the Little Venice quarter meets the waves and sandy beaches stretch along the south coast.

     • Windmills
     • Little Venice
     • Chora town
10. Day

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      Argostoli

      Arrive 11:00 · Depart 21:00

      The capital of Kefalonia, the largest of Greece's Ionian Islands. Rebuilt after a 1953 earthquake, the waterfront town curves around a sheltered lagoon and serves as a base for the island's pale-pebble beaches, caves and the white sand of Myrtos.

      • Myrtos Beach
      • Melissani Cave
      • Koutavos lagoon
11. Day

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      Corfu

      Arrive 07:00 · Depart 16:00

      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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      Bar

      Arrive 07:00 · Depart 17:00

13. Day

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      Split

      Arrive 07:00 · Depart 17:00

      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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      Zadar

      Arrive 10:00 · Depart 19:00

      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
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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

• 7 Aug 2027

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