9-Night Europe Cruise from Civitavecchia

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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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     Siracuse, Sicily

     Arrive 09:00 · Depart 18:00

     A historic city on the southeast coast of Sicily, once among the greatest powers of the ancient Greek world. The island of Ortigia holds its baroque core and a temple-turned-cathedral, beside a vast archaeological park with a Greek theatre.

     • Ortigia island
     • Greek theatre
     • Baroque cathedral
4. Day

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     Katakolon

     Arrive 14:00 · Depart 23:00

     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
5. Day

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     Gythio

     Arrive 10:00 · Depart 18:00

     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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     Mykonos

     Arrive 10:00 · Depart 19:00

     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
7. Day

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     Pátmos

     Arrive 07:00 · Depart 17:00

     A small Greek island in the Dodecanese, long held sacred in Christian tradition. The hilltop Monastery of Saint John crowns the whitewashed Chóra, near the cave where the Book of Revelation is said to have been written above the harbour at Skala.

     • Monastery of St. John
     • Cave of the Apocalypse
     • Chóra hilltop
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     Vólos

     Arrive 09:00 · Depart 19:00

     A coastal city on the Pagasetic Gulf in central Greece, ringed by the wooded slopes of Mount Pelion. A seafront promenade lines the waterfront, and the surrounding mountain villages and beaches are reached by a scenic road up the peninsula.

     • Pelion villages
     • Seafront promenade
     • Tsipouro tavernas
9. Day

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     Çanakkale

     Arrive 09:00 · Depart 17:00

     A Turkish port at the narrowest point of the Dardanelles strait, between the Aegean and the Sea of Marmara. It is the gateway to the ruins of ancient Troy and to the Gallipoli battlefields and war memorials across the water on the peninsula.

     • Ancient Troy
     • Gallipoli battlefields
     • Dardanelles strait
10. Day

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      Istanbul

      Arrive 07:00 · Depart 17:00

      The city straddling Europe and Asia along the Bosphorus, once Byzantium and then Constantinople. Ships dock near the historic peninsula, within reach of the Hagia Sophia, the Blue Mosque and the covered Grand Bazaar's labyrinth of stalls.

      • Hagia Sophia
      • Blue Mosque
      • Grand Bazaar

• 29 Mar 2027

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