This was actually the second port, I couldn't find Malaga on the drop down tab. 
Barcelona a fair distance from port to town so unless you are fit and not bothered about maximising your time there then use the shuttle bus. Hop on hop off good if you just want to ride round and receive a commentary on headphones supplied but if you are using this to visit various attractions don't set your target of what you want to visit too high as you might be disappointed as you can be either on the bus a long time or waiting to get a seat back on the bus a long time particularly round popular sites. 


Barcelona

Originally should have been Monte Carlo but was changed due to the F1 practice runs. 
Cannes, easy enough to get round. The little train is an experience with all the traffic and same as the hop on off buses you can get a commentary on headphones. If you don't want to use this then town if you berth in Port is just a short walk away. 


Cannes

Rome, can be expensive particularly for eating round the main tourist attractions. 
We bought voucher/tickets off the coach operator for the Vatican Museums in order to see the Sistine Chapel. These tickets were 36 Euros each and was supposed to give us a line jumping timed entrance and Audio Guide. Well what an experience this was the only thing I can say is it kept us out of the rain. 
We arrived into Rome by 9.30 but was told to meet the lady off the bus at 10.30 she took us across the courtyard to the ticket office where we exchanged our vouchers for a sticker then had to wait till 11.00 for a little lady to raise a flag that you could hardly see and take by now a big crowd of us round the outside walls passing the ordinary lines which took us 20 mins to join another line to come n at another door whilst I do accept that we were in a shorter line we were still in one when we were told that by buying these tickets we would jump this. 
When we did get in the door the little lady was mobbed by the crowd to get the tickets to actually get in the museum with very little help after that from her. We eventually got in after having to ask somebody else how you get in and should have had an audio guide but there was too big a crowd round the desk and you had to surrender some photo ID to get one. 
We didn't take the guide as we couldn't get near the desk and time was really knocking on now considering we had got into Rome at 9.30. 
It was absolutely packed in like sardines and it ended up not being an enjoyable experience at all. Whether it would have been different if it hadn't been raining and we could have got in when we first arrived I don't know or is it a case it is always like this? 


Rome (Civitavecchia)

Can't comment as we encountered rough seas and the Pilot wouldn't come out to guide us into port so we didn't stay. 


Naples

Surprised by this call, a very nice place compact and easy to get round. You can walk round and see the points of interest which all within easy reach. 
Plenty of eating places and shopping if that rocks your boat. 
Nice harbour full of boats the far end of the road under resurfacing. 


Corsica (Ajaccio)

A little bit of Britain on the edge of Spain. 
Cable car to the top will cover the Apes and some very good views from there you can visit ST Michael's Caves which even hosts concerts. 
If you want the shops you see in Britain then this is your place wouldn't really say it was cheaper for clothes and electrical items but for Booze and Cigs it was evident that it was. 


Gibraltar

Caribe 602. Surprised how quiet this was. Extended balcony to ones on other decks which maximised the sun opportunities for a port side but still allowing some cover from other balconies if you wanted it.

People we were talking to said that 400 went down with it on the previous cruise and some were saying that the Virus had been on the ship since January.I heard a lot of people complaining and trying to compare with other cruise lines and it did make me think why they had come on this cruise if these other lines were so much better and I am not talking about the virus or the problem with the machines here.

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