Life in Barcelona seems undeniably easy. Its incredible climate and lively beach culture makes you want to live your life in the sun. Barcelona is the commercial heart of Spain, but has its own unique culture and heritage. For visitors, there’s plenty of things to explore. With Gaudi’s eclectic architecture spiraling around buildings like vines on a tree, the city feels like it’s in a constant state of movement. Spend time on Las Ramblas where artists, vendors, and dancers compete for your attention. For some extra adventure, head to the Gothic Quarter where you'll find fascinating alleys and bohemian cafés from days gone by. Or tune in to the relaxed vibe, where young and old party the night away.

BOARDING: 12:00pm

Terminal Name:

Muelle Adossat - Terminal A, B or C

Address:

Puerto de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Local Representative:

INTERCRUISES -BCN

Phone:

+34 609532434

End of driver & guide services

Pick up place:

Pier Quai Fournel. Toulon

Coach:

RTD 13, 6 rue Ernest Prados – CS 70374,

13097 Aix-en-Provence Cedex 2

+33 4 42 93 59 00

Guide:

Mathieu +33 6 30 01 80 22

Santons Fouque:

65, cours Gambetta,

13100 Aix-en-Provence

+33 4 42 38 61 26

Atelier Cézanne:

9 Avenue Paul Cézanne,

13100 Aix-en-Provence

+33 4 42 21 06 53

End of driver & guide services

Pick up place:

Cannes. Pier Vieux Port de Cannes.

Coach:

Flash Azur voyages, ZI des Trois Moulions,

511 rue Henri Laugier 06600 Antibes

+33 4 93 93 29 59

End of driver & guide services

Pick up place:

Cannes. Pier Vieux Port de Cannes.

Coach:

Flash Azur voyages, ZI des Trois Moulions,

511 rue Henri Laugier 06600 Antibes

+33 4 93 93 29 59

8:30am - On your arrival at Livorno Port (ship Oceania Riviera), please take the ship’s shuttle to the bus parking are where you will meet your driver who will have a sign saying BETTSACK.

Important: Prior to departure day - Please ask the ship concierge to confirm that you can disembark in time to meet your driver at the appointment time above mentioned. Today’s tour takes you to Siena with its striking campanile and striped cathedral...then to the wonderful outlet stores of ‘The Mall’ to Shop Until You Drop.

Leaving Livorno portside, your journey takes you south through the heart of the Tuscan hills, rightly lauded as some of the world’s most beautiful countryside. Before heading to the Mall, you will enjoy a tour of Siena. Once in Siena, join your expert local guide to discover Siena’s striking campanile, striped cathedral and massive square where the storied Palio races take place... Stunning Siena is perhaps most well-known for its annual Palio races, where the city’s 17 contrade, or parishes, act out ancient rivalries on horseback and in flag-throwing ceremonies. As you explore the city’s many sights, keep your eye out for the different parish’s bright colors and animal symbols featured on plaques and carvings. Visit the vast Piazza del Campo, climb the Torre del Mangia for the panoramic views, discover the striking striped 13th-century cathedral and browse the quaint cobbled streets with shops selling local delicacies and artisanal wares. Before heading back to port, stop at the very famous and excellent shopping outlets centre known as ‘The Mall’ – the perfect place to pick up those extra special bargains on those famous Italian names such as Prada, Gucci, La Perla, Tods, Hogan’s, Ferragamo, Loro Piano to mention a few.

(Tour duration: 10 hours – 2 guides in Siena at disposal: 3 hours - Stop at the Mall: 2 hours Entrances to Duomo of Siena not included and to be paid locally) 1 minibus at disposal for this tour.

8.30 am - On your arrival at Civitavecchia Port (ship Oceania Riviera) meet your drivers in the arrivals area and enjoy a wonderful day in Rome.

When you disembark from the ship, pass customs and make your way into the arrivalshall where the drivers will await you with a sign saying BETTSACK.

Important: Prior to departure day - Please ask the ship concierge to confirm that you can disembark in time to meet your driver at the appointment time above mentioned. Today’s experience takes you to the Imperial city of Rome, to discover and enjoy the Spanish steps, some shopping and the must-see sights of the world’s smallest country...

Enjoy a leisurely drive from Civitavecchia Port to Rome, where you’ll meet your local expert guides to enjoy a walking tour of the Spanish steps, which provide a perfect people-watching perch. The 135 steps rise from Piazza di Spagna to the Landmark Chiesa della Trinità dei Monti. Piazza di Spagna was named after the Spanish Embassy to the Holy See, although the staircase, designed by the Italian Francesco de Sanctis, was built in 1725 with money bequeathed by a French diplomat.

After the introduction to the Spanish Steps with your guide, take the chance to enjoy shopping in Rome... we have some special suggestions for you!

Via Condotti: Easy to find because it begins at the base of the Spanish Steps, this is Rome's poshest and most prominent shopping street -- the Madison Avenue of Rome. Even the recent incursion of some less elegant stores hasn't diminished the allure of window-shopping and people-watching on the Via Condotti.

Via Del Corso: Not attempting the stratospheric image or prices of Via Condotti or Via Borgognona, Via del Corso boasts styles aimed at younger consumers. There are some gems scattered amid the shops selling jeans and sporting equipment. The most interesting stores are nearest the fashionable cafes of Piazza del Popolo.

Via Vittorio Veneto: Via Veneto is filled with expensive hotels and cafes and relatively expensive stores selling shoes, gloves, and leather goods.

Galleria Alberto Sordi: This elegant stained-glass arcade appeared in Alberto Sordi’s 1973 classic, Polvere di Stelle, and has since been renamed for Rome’s favorite actor, who died in 2003. It’s a serene place to browse stores such as Zara and Feltrinelli, and there’s an airy cafe ideal for a quick coffee break.

11.15 am – With your Spanish speaking guide and drivers, head off to the Vatican and prepare to be moved by Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel, staggered by St. Peter’s and totally taken with the Museum’s treasures...

As you explore the city-state’s most beloved masterpieces and little-known treasures, enjoy your guide’s tales of intrigue, tragedy and power from the Holy See’s turbulent history. Originally built as papal palaces for the Renaissance pontiffs, the Vatican Museums have an unparalleled collection of classical statuary, ancient treasures like Egyptian mummies and Etruscan bronzes, a hallway lined with 16th-century topographical maps of Italy and paintings by Old Masters from Giotto and da Vinci to Titian and Raphael. Continue with a wander through the Sistine Chapel, gazing up at Michelangelo’s masterful ceiling, and a stroll down the cavernous nave of St. Peter’s Basilica with its majestic dome and bronze canopy. The tour ends on the square of the same name, a sacred and monumental site where throngs of the faithful gather to receive the pontiff’s blessing. As you bid farewell to your guide, make sure you get some insider insight on the best restaurants, shopping areas and lesser-known sights to make the most of the rest of your time at leisure in Rome.

(Total tour duration: 9 hours – Time with guides in Rome: 6 hours – 10 Entrances to the Vatican included) 4 minivans and 2 guides at disposal for this tour.

Bags, backpacks, umbrellas:

The cloakroom staff will accept the visitors bags and personal belongings (irrespective of the form, material or dimension of the object), with the exception of clothing items, hats, portable umbrellas.

It is obligatory to deposit in the cloakroom suitcases, backpacks and containers with dimensions larger than cm 40 x 35 x 15.

It is obligatory to deposit in the cloakroom bags and backpacks which are cumbersome, except those small-sized, that carried on shoulder, don't jut out by 15 cm from the body's shape in its highest point.

It is obligatory to deposit in the cloakroom umbrellas with a spike tip, umbrellas of medium and large size, walking sticks (except those required by disabled visitors to facilitate their movement), tripods for cameras and video cameras, signage of any kind. (except signs used by official guides for their identification).

It is obligatory to deposit in the cloakroom knives, scissors, any tools that could be harmful to other persons or a damage works of art in the Museums. It is not possible to deposit in the cloakroom, firearms of any kind or other dangerous objects. It is strictly forbidden to enter the Museums with any kind of weapon.

Access to the Museums by armed visitors is not permitted. Non exception to this rule is made for visitors holding a firearm permit, or if the weapon forms part of a uniform (police, military or others).

8.00 am - On your arrival at Amalfi Port (ship Oceania Riviera) meet your drivers in the arrivals area and enjoy a wonderful day on the Amalfi Coast.

When you disembark from the ship, pass customs and make your way into the arrivals hall where the drivers will await you with a sign saying BETTSACK.

Important: Prior to departure day - Please ask the ship concierge to confirm that you can disembark in time to meet your driver at the appointment time above mentioned. Venture down the Amalfi Coast with your expert drivers to explore the ruins of Herculaneum and get to know the artistic treasures and rich history of Italy’s ‘City of Contrasts’, Napoli…

You start the day in Herculaneum, where you will meet your Spanish speaking guides. Once a peaceful, upmarket Roman town with an advanced public water system, ornately decorated homes and elaborate bath houses. That all came to a screeching halt on that fateful day in the year 79 AD, when nearby Mt Vesuvius erupted and buried the town in 80 feet of volcanic mud. Unlike its rival Pompeii, what destroyed Herculaneum ended up essentially fossilizing it as well, encasing the walls and roofs with a protective cover rather than toppling them. Furniture, fabrics and even food survived the eruption intact, as did vibrant glass mosaics and rich stucco and fresco decoration, giving you a one-of-a-kind glimpse into everyday life for Ancient Romans. The tour continues in Naples, which is spread out along the crescent shape of the Gulf of the same name. Often decried as a gritty, sometimes chaotic metropolis, the magnificent art and architecture take on deeper meaning as your guide – and proud Napolitana – shares tales of its tumultuous history and proud citizenry. Explore its churches, artisan workshops and underground catacombs, get to know the bustling port, baroque palaces and Greco-Roman relics, and see how the world’s great civilizations have made their mark on the city for centuries. And when hunger strikes, your guide knows just the perfect spot to sample the city’s best pizza, famous street food and legendary lemon granita!

(Tour duration: 8 hours – 2 guides in Herculaneum and Naples at disposal: 6 hours - 26 Entrances to Herculaneum included) 2 minibuses at disposal for this tour.

8.00 am - On your arrival at Taormina Port (ship Oceania Riviera) meet your driver and Spanish speaking guides in the arrivals area and enjoy a wonderful day in Taormina.

When you disembark from the ship, pass customs and make your way into the arrivals hall where the English speaking driver will await you with a sign saying BETTSACK.

Important: Prior to departure day - Please ask the ship concierge to confirm that you can disembark in time to meet your driver at the appointment time above mentioned.

Jews flourished on the island of Sicily from Greek and Roman times until they were expelled by the Inquisition in 1493. Join your guide to explore the places that provide moving testimony to the island’s Jewish past...

Today’s tour takes you to two of northeastern Sicily’s most fascinating cities for a closer look at the island’s rich Jewish history. Your first stop is Messina, the ‘Door to Sicily’, which came to prominence as a Greek port and a stopover for knights on their way to the Crusades in the Holy Land. Messina was also one of the roughly 50 towns in Sicily with a Giudecca, or Jewish district, where Jews flourished as doctors, philosophers, money lenders and writers. You’ll stroll the ancient lanes of the Jewish district and visit the Norman Cathedral with its moving monument “to the faithless Jews”. On your tour of both the lovely Palazzo Penso, in the hands of its prominent Jewish owners for centuries, and the Regional Archaeological Museum, witness countless artistic treasures and Hebrew-inscribed relics. After a quick trip along the stunning coastline to Taormina, it’s time to tour the famous Jewish sights of this hilltop gem. See evidence of the presence of the Jews during Greek rule at the Antiquarium of the Greek Theater, wander the narrow lanes of the ancient Jewish quarter and learn how the convent of San Domenico and its neighboring synagogue were able to get along in the Middle Ages.

(Tour duration: 8 hours – 26 Entrances included) 1 minibus and 2 guides at disposal for this tour.

10.00 am - The city of Corfu stands on the broad part of a peninsula, whose termination in the Venetian citadel is cut off from it by an artificial fosse formed in a natural gully, with a seawater moat at the bottom, that now serves as a marina and is called the Contrafossa. The old town, having grown within fortifications, where every metre of ground was precious, is a labyrinth of narrow streets paved with cobblestones, sometimes tortuous but colourful and clean. These streets are known as kantoúnia, and the older amongst them sometimes follow the gentle irregularities of the ground; while many are too narrow for vehicular traffic. A promenade rises by the seashore towards the bay of Garitsa, together with an esplanade between the city and the citadel known as Spianada with the Liston (it) arcade to its west side, where restaurants and bistros abound.

Swimming at Glyfada beach & Corfu Town One of the most popular and beautiful beaches of the island, Glyfada is west of Corfu Town with “Pazuzu” beach club http://www.pazuzu.gr/. The large surface of fine sand is surrounded by tree-covered cliffs.

Duration: 6 hours

05.00 pm “All onboard”

9.30 am Jewels of Montenegro’s Coast - Private tour of Kotor & Perast (6 hrs)

Meet your local guide and driver at the port for a private tour of Boka Bay and its pearls.

Drive along the cost towards the sleepy town of Perast, where the strong navy tradition formed a charming baroque entity. The town’s most graceful buildings date from the 17th and 18th century when the captains were building their beautiful villas. Take a boat ride to the artificial island of Our Lady of the Rock, one of two picturesque islets in the bay. Listen to the local legends about its creating and admire the views around you.

Then you will return to Kotor – home-town of the famous sailors and traders of Boka Bay. Kotor’s architecture, a post-modern mix of the various epochs and its position at the bottom of the sharp cliffs of the Lovcen Mountain, makes it different from any other Mediterranean town. The Old City is a well preserved urbanization typical of the Middle Ages, built between the 12th and 14th century.

After the tour your guide and driver will take you back to the pier.

05.30 pm “All onboard”

Program Responsible Person

Martina Bubalo, Senior Trip Designer

Phone (office):

+385 21 49 49 49

Fax (office):

+385 21 49 49 44

Cell phone:

+385 91 33 44 136

E-mail:

martina@calvadosclub.com

FREE DAY

Dubrovnik, The Pearl of the Adriatic

Regardless of whether you are visiting Dubrovnik for the first time or the hundredth, the sense of awe never fails to descend when you set eyes on the beauty of the old town. Indeed it’s hard to imagine anyone becoming jaded by the city’s limestone streets, baroque buildings and the endless shimmer of the Adriatic, or failing to be inspired by a walk along the ancient city walls that protected the capital of a sophisticated republic for centuries.

Although the shelling of Dubrovnik in 1991 horrified the world, the city has bounced back with vigour to enchant visitors again. Marvel at the interplay of light on the old stone buildings; trace the peaks and troughs of Dubrovnik's past in museums replete with art and artefacts; take the cable car up to Mt Srđ; exhaust yourself climbing up and down narrow lanes – then plunge into the azure sea.

The cult-like grip of HBO’s blood-and-lust fantasy series has drawn veritable Dothraki hordes of fans to the Croatian sites where large chunks of seasons two through six were filmed. The Dalmatian coast's walled towns and fortresses provide the perfect backdrop for flights of fancy, whether your passion is for the actual bloodthirsty events of history or the dragon-augmented version offered by Game of Thrones.

3.00 pm “All onboard”

In the Veneto Region, in the waters of the Adriatic, is one of the most romantic and evocative places in the world, a priceless treasure: the Venetian Lagoon.

At the heart of this legendary Province is the Serenissima or Most Serene Republic, with its characteristic bridges spanning the canals navigated by gondolas, its monuments, piazzas, narrow lanes and silent waters.

Venice is actually a group of fascinating small islands, where art and history combine with old trades and the beauty of the sea.

Venice is elegant, precious, inimitable, entertaining, and romantic. It is a jewel in the Italian touristic landscape, where churches, buildings, old bridges, monuments and piazzas are the evidence of the artistic and cultural vivacity that marks the history of this city.

The heart of Venice is the wonderful Piazza San Marco - the most elegant in Europe - surrounded by outstanding buildings: the impressive bell tower and the Cathedral - with its five portals of marble and mosaic decorations (foreshadowing the luxury of the interiors); the Ducal Palace, a symbol of the golden age of the Serenissima; Torre dei Mori (the clock tower), the engineering masterpiece that has been telling Venice the time for centuries; and the Napoleonic Wing, site of the Correr Museum.

Venice is the best of outdoor museums, and it can be toured by boat or by gondola, most teasily along the Canal Grande, the main Venetian thoroughfare. The Canal begins at Punta della Dogana, the old harbor of the Most Serene Republic, with its peculiar triangular shape that is now, like Palazzo Grassi, a Contemporary Arts Center.

8.00 am August 13 “All off-board”