Cagliari docks below the old citadel on Sardinia's south coast, and the climb up into Castello is the short version of the day. Poetto beach runs for kilometres just east of the city and is the reason to bring a towel.
Depart 19:00
Ways to spend your day
Marina district streets
Choose selected public streets in the Marina district, historically home to port workers and warehouses.
Orto Botanico
Choose selected available visitor paths in Cagliari’s university botanical garden.
Saint Remy exterior
Choose public exterior viewpoints at Piazza Costituzione for Saint Remy’s limestone facade and monumental arch.
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Palermo docks close to the centre of a city that rewards walking more than touring: Arab-Norman churches, three street markets and a baroque core that has not been polished for visitors. Monreale and its cathedral mosaics are twenty minutes uphill and are the one thing worth leaving town for.
Arrive 09:00 · Depart 17:008 hours in port
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Ways to spend your day
Quattro Canti streets
Choose selected public spaces at Quattro Canti, where Via Maqueda meets Via Vittorio Emanuele.
Salinas Archaeological Museum
Choose selected available archaeological galleries at the Antonino Salinas Museum in Piazza Olivella.
La Cala waterfront
Choose selected public waterfront spaces beside Palermo’s old harbor at La Cala.
Harbour gardens, ancient objects, waterfront warehouses.
Valletta berths in the Grand Harbour beneath the bastions, and a lift from the Waterfront takes you straight up into the city, which is one of the most convenient arrivals in the Mediterranean. Valletta is small and dense: the co-cathedral, the Upper Barrakka Gardens and the harbour views fill a day without a bus.
Arrive 09:00 · Depart 17:008 hours in port
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Ways to spend your day
Upper Barrakka gardens
Choose selected public garden spaces at Upper Barrakka for views across the Grand Harbour.
National Museum of Archaeology
Choose available galleries at the National Museum of Archaeology in Auberge de Provence on Republic Street.
Valletta Waterfront
Choose selected public promenade spaces on Valletta Waterfront for historic warehouse exteriors and harbour views.
Port Vell waterfront, maritime history, Gothic Quarter streets.
Barcelona is the busiest cruise port in the Mediterranean and one of the few where the city genuinely rewards arriving early. The terminals are at Moll Adossat, out along the breakwater past the old harbour, close to the bottom of La Rambla but not walkable from it with luggage.
Arrive 08:00
Ways to spend your day
Port Vell waterfront
Choose selected public waterfront spaces along Moll de la Fusta.
Museu Marítim de Barcelona
Choose selected available galleries in Barcelona’s maritime museum.
Gothic Quarter streets
Choose selected public streets and squares around Plaça de Sant Jaume.
The second Fantasia-class ship and, with fewer cabins than its sisters on the same hull, the roomiest MSC ship in the catalog. Two main dining rooms, two buffets, a steakhouse, fifteen bars and five pools.
