19 nights, Civitavecchia (Rome) to Barcelona
Explora's name for it: An Extended Journey Between Continents & Coastlines
Nineteen nights, fourteen stops, one direction: Rome to Barcelona, with no day repeated. The route reads as a slow southern loop, Italy down through Sicily and Malta, a reach across to Tunisia and Morocco, then up the Spanish coast. The pace is generous. Most calls drop you near the old town on foot. In Siracusa you dock right on Ortigia, a short walk from Piazza Duomo, with the ancient Neapolis park and its hillside Greek theatre across on the mainland. Valletta rises straight from Grand Harbour, the Barrakka Lift carrying you up the bastion wall in under a minute to Caravaggio's largest painting in the cathedral. Amalfi is a tender call into a ravine town where the cathedral steps and stepped lanes start a one-minute walk from the pier. Palermo, Cagliari, Málaga, and Tangier all put their fortresses and markets inside a walkable radius of the berth.
This sailing rewards a traveler who wants depth across the western Mediterranean and the patience for nineteen nights of it. The character shifts hard, from Baroque Sicily to a Moroccan medina to the Costa del Sol, so the variety is the point. Skip it if you want a tight, single-country trip, or if gateway ports test you: Rome and Barcelona sit well outside their harbors and cost you transfer time on both ends.
Explora II is all-suite, all-oceanfront.
The itinerary, port by port
14 calls over 19 nights, Civitavecchia (Rome) to 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 Civitavecchia (Rome) (FCO) are already bookable for these dates. I watch the fare for booked clients so you book at the right moment. When to book your flights →
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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.
- Air-Inclusive Fare
- A fare that folds airfare into the voyage price on a smaller set of sailings.
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. Compare suites → · What's included →