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Adriatic Italy
shore excursions

Trieste

San Giusto Cathedral and Castle. Miramare Castle. Museums (many).

Venice

St Mark's Cathedral, Bell Tower, and Square, Doge's Palace, gondola ride.  Verona.

Shore excursions
in other Eastern
Mediterranean nations

Alexandria   Egypt

 Great Pyramids of Egypt. Cairo Museum.

Haifa   Israel

 Jerusalem Old City.

Kotor   Montenegro

Old town. St John Fortress. St Triphon's Cathedral.

Limassol   Cyrpus

  Kourion ruins (just outside of Limassol).

Tripoli   Libya

Medina  Leptis Magna.

Greece
Croatia /Turkey

 

Italy
France + Monaco + Malta
Spain + Gibraltar + Tunisia

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Top 10 Mediterranean Ports of Call

1   Civitavecchia  Gateway to Rome

2   Piraeus  Gateway to Athen

3   Venice  Italy

4   Livorno  Gateway to Florence

5   Istanbul

6   Dubrovnik  Croatia

7   Naples  Gateway to Pompeii + more

8   Marseille  Gateway to Provence

9   Nice  Gateway to French Riviera

10 Malaga  Spain

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