Palermo, Italy

Cruising to Palermo, Italy

Palermo, Sicily tourist information. Palermo is the capital of the Italian island of Sicily, one of those cities with its own very distinct, almost tangible atmosphere, a place of mystery where reality often outperforms the traveller’s imagination and preconceived stereotypes.[…]

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Salerno, Italy

Cruising to Salerno, Italy

Salerno tourist information. The capital of the province of Salerno, in Campania, is the small city of Salerno. Located on the Gulf of Salerno on the Tyrrhenian Sea, the city is within an easy distance of the dazzling Amalfi Coast.[…]

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Portoferraio, Italy

Cruising to Portoferraio, Italy

Portoferraio, Elba Island tourist information. Thanks to Napoleon’s stay, as he was exiled in Elba in 1814 after his defeats in Europe and his forced abdication, Portoferraio and the entire island enjoyed an age of glory. Portoferraio is a town and[…]

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La Spezia, Italy

Cruising to La Spezia, Italy

La Spezia tourist information. La Spezia is the port where you make excursions to places like Florence, Pisa, Lucca or Cinque Terre. After Livorno it’s an important gateway to Tuscany. La Spezia has a large and busy natural harbor. In[…]

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Trieste, Italy

Cruising to Trieste, Italy

Trieste tourist information. Trieste is the capital city of the Friuli Venezia Giulia region in northeast Italy. Founded by the Ancient Romans, it stands on the Adriatic coast below the Karst Plateau, a few kilometers from the border with Slovenia. Historic[…]

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Madonnina del Porto statue Messina

Cruising to Messina Strait, Italy

Messina Strait tourist information. Messina is the capital of the Italian province of Messina. It is the 3rd largest city on the island of Sicily, and the 13th largest city in Italy, with a population of more than 252,000 inhabitants. It[…]

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Naples, Italy

Cruising to Naples, Italy

Naples tourist information. Naples, Napoli a big city in southern Italy, sits on the Bay of Naples near Mt. Vesuvius. Dating to the 2nd millennium B.C.E., it has centuries of important art and architecture. Its landmarks include Naples Cathedral, whose Chapel[…]

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Genoa (Genova), Italy

Cruising to Genoa (Genova), Italy

Genoa tourist information. Genoa (Genova) is a port city and capital of the Liguria region in northwest Italy. It’s known for its central role in maritime trade over many centuries. The city of Genoa is one of the world’s best kept[…]

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Livorno (Florence/Pisa), Italy

Cruising to Livorno (Florence/Pisa), Italy

Livorno Cruise Port tourist information. The Port of Livorno is considered a major Italian port and one of the largest seaports in the Mediterranean Sea. The port mainly serves Tuscany, Emilia-Romagna, Umbria and Marche regions of Italy. Livorno is a major[…]

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Civitavecchia

Cruising to Civitavecchia Port of Rome, Italy

Civitavecchia tourist information. Civitavecchia is a town and comune of the province of Rome in the central Italian region of Lazio. A sea port on the Tyrrhenian Sea, it is located 70 kilometres west-north-west of Rome, across the Mignone river. The[…]

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Venice, Italy

Cruising to Venice, Italy

Venice tourist information. Known as the City of Bridges, Venice is as famous for the structures that link the two banks of the Grand Canal as it is for the way in which it seems to bridge the gap between the[…]

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