Best Time to Cruise

Cruises are available year-round, the main season being from March to October. The cruise season is warm to hot and the days are long and generally sunny. Most rain in the region falls in the winter months.

Eastern Caribbean: this area covers Italy, Greece, Turkey and the Adriatic.

Western Caribbean: this area covers the west coast of Italy, France, Spain including the Atlantic coast of Morocco and the Canary Islands

• Wander the boulevards of Cannes in France with their famous designer boutiques and markets.
• Touch the crumbling walls of Rome’s Colosseum.
• View the famous square outside the casino in Monte Carlo.
• Try a unique and exhilarating basket-sled ride down a volcanic mountain in Funchal.
• Marvel at locations you recognize from history books and movies.
• Take a romantic gondola ride along the canals of Venice.
• Visit the Picasso Museum in Barcelona.
• Enjoy a tour of Savona and visit Columbus’s House, a former residence of Christopher Columbus.
• Visit Bellver Castle, the castle of the ‘beautiful views’ in Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
• Visit Lisbon’s Mosteiro dos Jeronimos, commissioned in 1501 in honor of Vasco da Gama.
• Visit the Acropolis hill, or the “Sacred Rock” of Athens, one of the most recognizable monuments in the world.
• Visit Akrotiri, the Greek ‘Pompeii’ in Santorini and some of the most fabulous views of the Mediterranean from Fira, the capital.
• Windsurf or relax on the beautiful, golden beaches of Mykonos, Greece.
• Explore the oldest walled medieval city and pamper yourself at the Turkish Baths in Rhodes, Greece.
• Discover magnificent Greek ruins almost everywhere.
• Tour the Virgin Mary’s home in Kusadasi, Turkey.
• Visit the museums and shop the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul, Turkey.

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