The Tyrrhenian & Riviera, 19 April 2030

Cruise overview

Depart Venice, the lagoon’s domes fading behind, for Ravenna, where eight UNESCO mosaic monuments blaze in gold and lapis beside Dante’s tomb, then Otranto, Italy’s easternmost point, its cathedral floor a medieval world map in tesserae. Round Sicily’s coast to Taormina, where the ancient Greek theatre frames smouldering Mount Etna, before the pastel villages of the Amalfi Coast cling to cliffs above a jewel-blue sea, limoncello and a striped cathedral awaiting ashore, with Stromboli’s volcanic glow visible on the Aeolian horizon beyond. Capri rewards a lingering call, its Blue Grotto glowing sapphire and the Faraglioni sea-stacks rising beyond SeaDream’s marina, while Civitavecchia opens the road to Rome’s Colosseum, Forum and Sistine ceiling, a UNESCO city of endless layers. Elba’s Napoleonic fortifications, Livorno’s gateway to Michelangelo’s David and Pisa’s leaning tower, and the Cinque Terre views from UNESCO-listed Portovenere follow in turn, before Portofino’s yacht-filled harbour and Castello Brown crown the Ligurian coast. Your voyage concludes in Nice, where the Promenade des Anglais unfurls beneath a cobalt Riviera sky.