May 24, 2027 – June 14, 2027 · 20 nights · 14 stops
Explora's name for it: An Extended Journey from Mediterranean Radiance to the Thrill of Monaco Race Weekend
The itinerary, port by port
14 calls over 20 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 →
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 →
Livorno is a working Tuscan port, and for most travelers it is the gateway rather than the destination: about 80 km and 90 minutes inland lies Florence, the birthplace of the Renaissance, with Pisa roughly… 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 →
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 →
Porto Cervo is the constructed heart of the Costa Smeralda, a yacht harbor and village laid out in the 1960s on Sardinia's northeast coast in a deliberately low-rise Mediterranean style. Port guide →
Cagliari is the capital of Sardinia, a layered Italian port city where a medieval hilltop citadel, the Castello, looks down over the harbor and the arcaded Via Roma runs right along the waterfront. 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 →
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 →
Ajaccio is Corsica's capital and Napoleon's birthplace, a working Mediterranean port town wrapped around a palm-lined bay with a compact old quarter you can cross in fifteen minutes. 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 →
Palma is the capital of Mallorca and the largest city in the Balearics, built in warm honey-colored sandstone around a sandstone Gothic cathedral that rises straight off the seafront. Port guide →
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 →
The ship and your suite
This sailing is aboard EXPLORA I, 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.