May 8, 2028 – May 22, 2028 · 13 nights · 13 stops · round-trip
Explora's name for it: An Extended Journey through Tranquil Coves, Grand Harbours & Ancient Medinas
The itinerary, port by port
13 calls over 13 nights, round-trip from Barcelona. Open any port for my full day-ashore guide, what to see, when to go, and how the day actually runs.
Getting there: Flights to Barcelona (BCN) open around June 2027, about 11 months before you sail. I track that window for booked clients and flag it the moment it is worth booking. When to book your flights →
Barcelona packs Gaudí's modernisme, a 2,000-year-old Roman and medieval core, and a working Mediterranean waterfront into a single dense, walkable city. Port guide →
Ibiza's reputation is nightlife, but the cruise call is about Dalt Vila, the walled UNESCO old town climbing from the harbor to a 14th-century cathedral. Port guide →
La Goulette is the port town at the mouth of the Lake of Tunis, and it is the gateway to ancient Carthage, the medina of Tunis, and the blue-and-white cliff village of Sidi Bou Said. Port guide →
Valletta is the fortified 16th-century capital the Knights of St John built on a peninsula above Grand Harbour, one of the deepest natural harbors in the Mediterranean. Port guide →
Sorrento sits on a cliff above the Bay of Naples, a walkable old town of lemon groves, ceramic shops, and terraces facing Vesuvius across the water. Port guide →
Civitavecchia is Rome's deepwater port, a working harbor about 80 km northwest of the capital, and for most travelers it is the gateway rather than the destination. Port guide →
Calvi sits in Corsica's Balagne region around a deep bay, with a Genoese citadel on a rocky point above a marina and a long pine-backed white-sand beach curving away from town. Port guide →
Genoa is a dense, layered port city that ran a maritime empire, with a UNESCO-listed core of Renaissance palaces and one of Europe's largest preserved medieval quarters threaded by the caruggi, its tall… Port guide →
Portofino is a small fishing village turned harbor on the Ligurian coast, a horseshoe of pastel houses around a tight yacht-filled bay backed by wooded headland. Port guide →
Monaco is a two-square-kilometer principality stacked up a steep amphitheater of rock above its yacht harbor, and the ship puts you inside the postcard rather than near it. Port guide →
Saint-Tropez is a small Provençal fishing town turned yacht harbor on the Var coast, where the appeal is the waterfront itself: pastel houses, the old fishermen's quarter, and a citadel on the hill behind. Port guide →
Mahon sits at the head of one of the longest natural deep-water harbors in the world, and ships sail several kilometers up that inlet to reach the town, which is the approach itself worth being on deck for. Port guide →
Fares on this departure, decoded
Reading the fare fine print is the job. Here's what this sailing currently carries:
Invitation to Discover More
Explora's discovery fare, available across most of the calendar. Onboard credit where the offer applies.
Founders Fare
A founding-era fare on a selected set of sailings. Onboard credit where the offer applies.
Early Booking Benefit
A fare for booking far enough ahead of departure. Onboard credit where the offer applies.
The ship and your suite
This sailing is aboard EXPLORA II, all-suite,
every suite with a private ocean-front terrace. Suites run from the entry Ocean Terrace to the Owner's
Residence; the right tier depends on how you travel.
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Send me the dates and the suite tier you have in mind and I'll come back with a confirmed live number and my read on the sailing within two hours. Best available price, and I make it worth more.