6 nights, Barcelona to Civitavecchia (Rome)

The itinerary, port by port

7 calls over 6 nights, Barcelona to Civitavecchia (Rome). 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) 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
   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 →

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   Porto Cervo (Sardinia)

   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 →

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   Ajaccio (Corsica)

   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 →

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   Saint-Tropez

   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 →

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   Portofino

   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 →

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   Livorno (Florence)

   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 →

7. Disembark
   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 →