Name: Mediterranean from Barcelona Cruise
Brand: Costa Cruises
Availability: InStock

Highlights

Barcelona: Dine on delicious tapas and soak up the vibrant atmoshere over a jug of sangria in one of the cities many side street cafes and restaurants.

Marseille: Go to the opulent Basilique Notre Dame de la Garde, a 19th-century Romano-Byzantine basilica which occupies Marseille’s highest point, the hilltop gives 360-degree views of the city.

Itinerary
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Day 1 - Barcelona

Arrive: Mon 03 January 2022 / Depart: Mon 03 January 2022 at 19:00

Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain with three million inhabitants, a dominating port in northern Mediterranean with one of the most renowned and important universities in the world. The city is a very rich commercial centre, where industrial operations crucial to the Spanish economy take place. In fact, Catalans have always considered their region unique compared with the other Spanish regions and we can find its roots in the power exercised by Barcelona for four hundred years at least on Spanish monarchy and on European commercial events.

Day 2 - Palma de Majorca

Arrive: Tue 04 January 2022 at 08:00 / Depart: Tue 04 January 2022 at 18:00

Day 3 - At sea

Day 4 - Palermo

Arrive: Thu 06 January 2022 at 07:00 / Depart: Thu 06 January 2022 at 16:00

Day 5 - Rome

Arrive: Fri 07 January 2022 at 08:00 / Depart: Fri 07 January 2022 at 19:00

The first evidence of settlement in the area of Civitavecchia relates to the ancient town of Centocelle, once the port for Ethruria and a rich market centre. Pliny the Younger refers in his writings to Centocelle as the venue of a peace council held by the emperor Trajan. Centocelle takes its name from the style of village houses, which resembled hives with small cells, and the tiny bays along the coast that enabled ships to come and go. Due to its sheltered surroundings and easy access to the sea, Trajan built his most extravagant villa in the vicinity, mentioned by Pliny. The basic structure of the port first developed by Trajan still remains.

Day 6 - Savona

Arrive: Sat 08 January 2022 at 08:00 / Depart: Sat 08 January 2022 at 18:00

One of the most celebrated former inhabitants of Savona was the navigator Christopher Columbus, who farmed land in the area while chronicling his journeys. 'Columbus's house', a cottage situated in the Savona hills, lay between vegetable crops and fruit trees. It is just one of many residences in Liguria associated with Columbus. Several cities as well as Savona claim his birth and residency, such as Genoa and Terrarossa di Moconesi. Savona is the most important city on the west coast of Italy, within reach of the seaside resorts of Alassio, Loano and Varazze.

Day 7 - Marseille

Arrive: Sun 09 January 2022 at 08:30 / Depart: Sun 09 January 2022 at 17:00

Day 8 - Barcelona

Arrive: Mon 10 January 2022 at 08:00 / Depart: Mon 10 January 2022

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