Mediterranean Cruise

Istanbul (SAW) – Rome - Civitavecchia After meeting at Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen Airport four hours before the flight, we complete our check-in procedures and take our flight to Rome. Upon landing in Rome, we are transferred to Civitavecchia Port to check in to the 5* Costa Toscana.

Genoa | Portofino Tour After breakfast, our guests who wish to do so may join the Portofino tour organized as an extra by the ship. We will take the PORTOFINO tour, a dreamy village with songs written about it. Our bus departing from Genoa will first go to the town of Santa Maria Liguria. From here, we will transfer to Portofino by local vehicles. We will have the chance to get to know this beautiful town more closely. On this tour, which will last approximately 5 hours, we will see unforgettable places. At the end of our tour, we return to the ship. Dinner and overnight stay are on the ship.

Marseille | Aix-En Provence & Marseille City Tour After breakfast on board, guests who wish to do so may join our Aix-En Provence & Marseille Tour, organized as an optional extra by the ship. Our tour begins with a 10-minute walk from the port of Marseille. After approximately 40 minutes by coach, we head to the AIX-EN PROVENCE region, one of the most elegant cities in southern France and a source of inspiration for many writers such as Paul Cezanne and Emile Zola. We will explore the city, famous for its lavender fields, with its beautiful buildings, flower-decked balconies, fountains that are works of art in their own right, and a historical atmosphere all around. After Aix-En Provence, we head back to Marseille and begin our city tour. During the tour, we pass through the old port and visit Notre Dame De La Garde Church, one of the city's most popular historical landmarks, situated on a high hill. Palais Longchamp forms the second stop of our tour. During our visit to this building, which serves as the Museum of Fine Arts, we see its gardens and fountains from the outside and take a photo break. At the end of the tour, we return to our ship. Dinner and overnight stay on board.

Barcelona | Barcelona City Tour After breakfast, guests who wish to do so may join the Barcelona city tour, organized as an optional/extra excursion by our guide. Our city tour of Barcelona, one of the most beautiful metropolises of Europe, will begin with our private coach waiting for us at the port. Among the places we will see are La Rambla Street, the Christopher Columbus Monument, Maremagnum Marina, Barceloneta Beach, the Olympic area and port, Catalunya Square, Passeig de Gracia — the street that Gaudi turned his houses into an open-air museum — and his most iconic work, the Sagrada Familia. During our tour we will ascend Montjuic hill to take photos of the view. After free time for shopping on La Rambla, we will return to our ship. Dinner and overnight stay on board.

We will spend the entire day cruising at sea. You will have plenty of time throughout the day to enjoy the ship’s facilities. You can have breakfast, lunch and dinner at the buffet restaurant, offering freshly prepared options from specialist chefs to suit different tastes, or at your reserved place in the à la carte restaurant. During the day, you can join yoga and fitness classes or use the outdoor tennis, volleyball and basketball courts or the gym, which features bodybuilding equipment and state-of-the-art Technogym facilities. After dinner, you can spend time in the ship’s colorful bars and cafés while listening to live music, attend theatrical performances featuring Broadway-style musicals, or try your luck at the casino. Dinner and overnight stay on board our ship.

Cagliari | Cagliari City Tour & Dolianova Vineyards After breakfast, our guests who wish to do so may join the Cagliari City Tour & Dolianova Vineyards excursion, which will be organized as an extra by the ship. We set off by our private vehicle from the port towards Dolianova, where the famous wines of Sardinia are produced. On the way, we will visit the San Pantaleo Church, whose history dates back to the 13th century. Afterwards, we will visit a local wine cellar and receive detailed information about the winemaking process. Guests who wish to do so may take part in a wine tasting. At the end of the tour, we return to our ship. Dinner and overnight stay on board.

Naples | Pompeii & Naples City Tour After breakfast we will have on board, our guests who wish may join the Pompeii & Naples City Tour organized as extra by the ship. Naples, the famous port of the Campania Region, is one of the few European cities where the ancient era has never fully disappeared. Founded by the Greeks and developed and expanded by the Romans, the city has been the most precious treasure for foreign invaders over the past centuries. The extension of such a past into the present is a noisy, high-crime, somewhat untidy, somewhat chaotic but worth-seeing metropolis. On this tour, while visiting the human and house remains in Pompeii, buried under the ashes of Mount Vesuvius, you will experience the incredible destruction that nature can create upon us and the power of nature. Afterwards, we will stop by Naples and, following a panoramic bus tour, we will see the Royal Square (Piazza del Plebiscito). At the end of our tour, we return to our ship. Dinner and overnight stay on board.

Civitavecchia – Rome - Istanbul (SAW) After breakfast on board, we complete the disembarkation procedures. Guests who wish to do so may join the Rome city tour, which our guide will organize as an optional extra.