8 nights, Civitavecchia (Rome) to Monte Carlo

The itinerary, port by port

9 calls over 8 nights, Civitavecchia (Rome) to Monte Carlo. 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 →

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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 →

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   Genoa

   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 →

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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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   Cannes

   Cannes is the French Riviera's polished waterfront town, best known for its film festival and the palm-lined Croisette. 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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   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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   Cagliari (Sardinia)

   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 →

9. Disembark
   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 →