The ship docks right in Monaco at the harbour. Very beautiful place to visit. We didn't take a shore excursion and decided to see it all by foot. The distance form one side of Monaco to the other is about 1km. But as the city is built along a cliff side, the walking tracks are quite steep so wear comfortable shoes. 
We visited Princess Grace & Prince Rainier's burial plots; very scenic walks overlooking amazing harbours and scenery. 
We then walked all the way to the other side of the city to the Hotel de Paris and the Casino Monte Carlo. the inside of the Casino foyer is beautiful; - they were charging 10EURO to go into the gaming room but we didn't go in. 
We had a coffee at the cafe outside the Casino and enjoyed the view. 


Monaco (Monte Carlo)

We visited the old city and the Jewish quarter. Our tour guide was very informative and spoke very good english. 
We ate lunch in the old city at one of the restaurants that served the biggest platters of seafood for a very reasonable price. Staff here also speak english. 


Dubrovnik

As we were visiting Florence then Pisa the tour was quick and we didn't get time to shop in Florence at the market. We visited an outdoor museum, where we believe one of our fellow tourers had her purse stolen. 
We ate a traditional, 5 course, Italian lunch then headed to Pisa. Very dirty city, Pisa, but once you get to where the monuments are, it is clean and beautiful. Too many souvenir shops all selling the same rubbish. We climbed Pisa. Very interesting how you really feel the pull of gravity on one side of the building as you climb up a very narrow staircase to the top. Lovely view from the top (but too high for me)! 


Florence (Livorno)

Lovely way to enter the city of Venice - by ship down the great canal. All other boats are whizzing by whilst a pilot boat leads us along the canal to the docking area. A water taxi then took us to St Mark's Square where we disembarked and started our tour of Venice. We visited St Marks Square and the Doges Palace. Also visited Ca Rezzonico. We stayed in Venice for 2 days. On day 2 we visited the Jewish Ghetto. 


Venice

Beautiful city. We did the highlights of Rome tour and visited the Vatican Museum & Basilica. 
Vatican is incredibly huge and beautiful. Sistine chapel very lovely but hot and stuffy in there with all the tourists. They say no cameras but everyone was taking photos. Just ensure you don't get seen by the guards as we saw one tourist get dragged out by the camera. 
Another one of our fellow tourists had their purse stolen from her backpack sometime during the Rome tour. Take care of your personal belongings. 


Rome (Civitavecchia)

We visited Positano, Sorrento & Pompeii. Must see places! Positano is picturesque - had a coffee and cake overlooking the houses on the cliff side & ocean. Close your eyes whilst in the tour bus as you won't believe how daring other drivers and mostly vespa riders are along the windy, narrow roads. Just take a deep breath and enjoy the views not the road! 
Sorrento, lovely bustling little place with lots of shops and cafes. We had lunch here with the tour. 
Pompeii is huge. Didn't realise how big it actually was until we set foot inside. It blew us away. We were very aware of the fact that many lives were lost in this place, it is a very well preserved burial ground. Tourists should respect this and not litter (we did see some cigarette butts and bottles). You can see Mt Vesuvius very clearly and can only imagine the terror they people of Pompeii felt watching the lava flowing down towards them. Incredible - must see. 


Naples

We docked at the port of Messina. Took the tour first to Taormina. We had only 20 minutes to look around the main street. It is very pretty and we could have spent longer looking around. We did manage to have a coffee and cannoli in that short time!

We next went to the Greek Theatre(Teatro Greco), which is so picturesque and lovely. The view from the top of the theatre ruins is breathtaking and you can see Mt Etna in the distance.

After lunch, we travelled 90 minutes to Mt Etna. A very long way up some windy roads. The drive would have been more pleasant if our tour guide would have taken a break from speaking. She managed to describe every rock, crack, building and whatever else she could talk about. She did not stop - I had to ask her nicely to allow us to take in the scenery rather than listen to too much information. The whole way back she didn't say a word. Mt Etna was interesting. Very cold where we stopped. There is a souvenir shop where you can buy gifts and food. There is a chair list if you wish to go up the mountain a bit higher. The craters are huge. We couldn't believe how many people wanted to get ever so close to the edge of an enormous crater to take a photo - thank goodness they didn't slip in. We took some volcanic rocks away with us as souvenirs.

Taormina (Messina)

Cabin 1312 - Category 6M - Deluxe Ocean View
Located midship - minimal movement felt whilst sailing. Quiet cabin. Great size cabin with 2 bathrooms.

We chose the lower deck so that we would have to walk up many levels to reach the food and pool decks (no lift for us).So clean and the food, once you find the good restaurants, are delicious!

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