Day 1 – Genoa (for Cinque Terre), Italy

Departs 05:00 pm.

Genoa is the capital of the Province of Genoa and of the region of Liguria. Many regard Genoa as having the largest historic city center in Europe as a result of having been, for centuries, a powerful commercial center seaport and city-state. It was the birthplace of Christopher Columbus and its maritime roots have fostered a dialect that has, absorbed elements of Neapolitan, Calabrese and Portuguese over the centuries. Genoa’s harbor is a bustling swarm of activity, which makes it a great launching point for the sprawling metropolis of Milan.

Day 2 – St Tropez, France

Arrives 08:00 am, departs 06:00 pm.

Day 3 – Port-Vendres, France

Arrives 08:00 am, departs 06:00 pm.

Day 4 – Mahon, Menorca, Spain

Arrives 08:00 am, departs 06:00 pm.

Day 5 – At Sea

Day 6 – Motril (Granada), Spain

Arrives 08:00 am, departs 06:00 pm.

Day 7 – Tangier, Morocco

Arrives 07:00 am, departs 05:00 pm.

Tangier – the very name conjures up an air of mystery and adventure, a place where Berber tribesmen, Europeans and assorted adventurers meet and mingle in the narrow streets of the Kasbah. The city’s history and culture does little to dispel that sense of mystery. Founded by Carthaginians in the 5th century B.C., the city has seen great powers and would-be conquerors come and go; the city always abides. There is also the Tangier of the mind. Since the 19th century, European and American painters, poets and writers have been drawn to the narrow streets of old city. Delacroix first immortalized Tangier’s landscaped and publicized its charms, giving Europe a taste for the exotic. And American writers like Paul Bowles, William Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg made the city a veritable suburb of modern American literature.

Day 8 – Seville, Spain

Arrives 12:00 pm.

Day 9 – Seville, Spain

Departs 11:30 am.

Day 10 – Portimao, Portugal

Arrives 08:00 am, departs 05:00 pm.

Day 11 – Lisbon, Portugal

Arrives 07:00 am.

Draped across seven hills, Lisbon was once the center of a vast maritime empire that stretched from the west coast of Africa to the Spice Islands of the East Indies. Then, on November 1, 1755, a violent earthquake destroyed two-thirds of the city in the space of 10 minutes. Only the Alfama, the old Moorish quarter, survived. Today, Lisbon is a stately city of Neoclassical buildings and wide plazas.