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.
Depart 19:00
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.
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Day 2At sea.A full day at sea aboard MSC Virtuosa. Sailing from Barcelona toward La Goulette (Tunis).
Bardo mosaics, a Carthage site, or Sidi Bou Saïd streets.
La Goulette is the port of Tunis, Tunisia's capital. The ruins of ancient Carthage, the clifftop village of Sidi Bou Said and the Bardo Museum's mosaics are the usual excursions.
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 08:00 · Depart 18:0010 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.
Naples docks at the Stazione Marittima in the middle of the city, which is unusually convenient and makes the day a choice rather than a transfer. Pompeii is half an hour by train, Capri is a ferry, and Naples itself is the best street food in Italy if you would rather stay put.
Arrive 06:00 · Depart 17:0011 hours in port
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Ways to spend your day
Spaccanapoli streets
Choose selected public streets along Via Benedetto Croce and Spaccanapoli.
National Archaeological Museum
Choose selected open archaeological galleries at Naples’ National Archaeological Museum.
Castel Nuovo exterior
Choose selected public spaces around Piazza Municipio for views of Castel Nuovo.
Livorno is a working Tuscan port and almost nobody stays in it: this is the call for Florence, about ninety minutes away, and Pisa, about thirty. That is the decision, and it is a real one, because Florence in a single shore day is a rushed and expensive pleasure.
Arrive 09:00
Ways to spend your day
Terrazza Mascagni
Choose selected public spaces on the Mascagni Terrace.
Central Market halls
Choose selected available ground-floor public halls in Livorno’s covered market.
Venezia Nuova streets
Choose selected public canal-side streets in Venezia Nuova.
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