6 nights, Civitavecchia (Rome) to Barcelona

The itinerary, port by port

7 calls over 6 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 →

1. Embark
   Civitavecchia (Rome)

   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 →

2. 2
   Porto Santo Stefano (Argentario)

   Porto Santo Stefano is a fishing harbor wrapped around the north side of Monte Argentario, a mountainous promontory on the Tuscan coast that the Spanish fortified in the 16th century against pirates. Port guide →

3. 3
   Monte Carlo

   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 →

4. 4
   Cannes

   Cannes is the French Riviera's polished waterfront town, best known for its film festival and the palm-lined Croisette. Port guide →

5. 5
   Valencia

   Spain's third city pairs a dense medieval core, where the Holy Grail sits inside a Gothic cathedral, with Calatrava's white modernist science city built into a drained riverbed. Port guide →

6. 6
   Palma de Mallorca

   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 →

7. Disembark
   Barcelona

   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 →