Day 1 – Istanbul – Rome - Civitavecchia
After meeting at Istanbul New Airport 4 hours before the flight, we complete our check-in procedures and take our flight to Rome. After landing in Rome, we are transferred to Civitavecchia port for our check-in on the 5* Costa Toscana.
Day 2 – Genoa | Portofino Tour
After breakfast, guests who wish may join the Portofino tour organized as an extra by the ship. We will take the PORTOFINO tour, a dreamlike village for which songs have been written. Our bus departing from Genoa will first go to the town of Santa Maria Liguria. From there, we will take local transportation to Portofino. We will have the opportunity to get to know this beautiful town more closely. On this excursion, which will last approximately 5 hours, we will see unforgettable places. At the end of our tour, we return to the ship. Dinner and overnight on board.
Day 3 – Marseille | Aix-En Provence & Marseille City Tour
After breakfast on the ship, guests who wish may join our Aix-En Provence & Marseille Tour, organized as an extra by the ship. We start our tour with a 10-minute walk from Marseille port. After approximately 40 minutes of travel by bus, we will go to AIX-EN PROVENCE, one of the chicest cities in Southern France, which has inspired many writers such as Paul Cezzanne and Emile Zola. In this region, famous for its lavender fields, we will tour a city full of beautiful buildings, flowered balconies, fountains that are each a work of art, and history at every turn. After Aix En Province, we return to Marseille and begin our city tour there. During the tour, passing through the old port, we visit Notre Dame De La Garde Church, located on a high hill, one of the city's most popular historical sites. Palais Longchamp is the second stop of our tour. During our visit to this building, which serves as a Fine Arts Museum, we visit its garden and fountains from the outside and take a photo break. At the end of our tour, we return to our ship. Dinner and overnight on board.
Day 4 – Barcelona | Barcelona City Tour
After breakfast, guests who wish may join the Barcelona city tour organized as an extra by our guide. Our city tour in Barcelona, one of Europe’s most beautiful metropolises, will begin with our private bus waiting for us at the port. La Rambla Street, the Christopher Columbus Monument, Maremagnum artificial harbor, Barceloneta Beach, the Olympic area and port, Catalunya Square, Paseo de Gracia Street, which Gaudi’s houses have turned into an open-air museum, and his most important masterpiece, Sagrada Familia, are among the places we will see. During the tour, we will go up Montjuic Hill and take panoramic photos. After free time on La Rambla for shopping, we return to our ship. Dinner and overnight on board.
Day 5 – Sailing at Sea
The whole day will be spent sailing at sea. A perfect opportunity to enjoy this magnificent ship. You can have your breakfast, lunch, and dinner at the buffet restaurant, which offers a variety of dishes prepared fresh by expert chefs to suit every taste, or at your reserved seat in the A La Carte restaurant. During the day, in addition to yoga and fitness classes, you can use the state-of-the-art Technogym-equipped gym, as well as outdoor tennis, volleyball, and basketball courts or bodybuilding equipment. After dinner, if you wish, you can spend time in the ship’s colorful and entertaining bars and cafés and listen to live music, attend theater shows featuring Broadway-style musicals, or try your luck at the casino. Dinner and overnight on our ship.
Day 6 – Cagliari | Cagliari City Tour & Dolianova Vineyards
After breakfast, guests who wish may join the Cagliari city tour & Dolianova Vineyards tour organized as an extra by the ship. With our private vehicle at the port, we set off toward Danilova, where Sardinia’s famous wines are produced. Along the way, we will visit San Pantaleo Church, which dates back to the 13th century. Later, we will visit a local wine cellar in the region and learn detailed information about the wine-making process. Guests who wish may taste the wines. At the end of our tour, we return to our ship. Dinner and overnight on board.
Day 7 – Naples | Pompei & Naples City Tour
After breakfast on the ship, guests who wish may join the Pompei & Naples City Tour organized as an extra by the ship. Naples, the famous port of the Campania Region, is one of the few European cities of antiquity that has never completely disappeared. Founded by the Greeks and developed and expanded by the Romans, the city has been the most valuable treasure for foreign invaders over the centuries. The continuation of such a past into the present is a noisy, somewhat dirty, somewhat complicated metropolis with a high crime rate, but worth seeing. On this tour, while exploring the remains of people and houses in Pompeii, buried under the ashes of Mount Vesuvius, you will experience the incredible destruction nature can create and its power. Later, we stop in Naples and, after a panoramic bus tour, we will see the Royal Square. At the end of our tour, we return to our ship. Dinner and overnight on board.
Day 8 – Civitavecchia – Rome - Istanbul
After breakfast on the ship, we complete our check-out procedures. Guests who wish may join the Rome city tour organized as an extra by our guide.