Ancient Wonders and Culinary Delights: Cruising Southern Italy and Sicily – with Smithsonian Journeys
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Ancient Wonders and Culinary Delights: Cruising Southern Italy and Sicily – with Smithsonian Journeys

8 nights · Civitavecchia (Rome) → Valletta · Le Lapérouse

Departure
7 Oct 2027
From
$9,720 per person
Traveling solo
on request

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Fares are per person, cruise only. Airfare arranged separately.

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8 nights8 portsCivitavecchia (Rome) → VallettaLe Lapérouse

The Journey

Day by Day

8 nights · 8 ports

Day 1Rome (Civitavecchia)
Day 2Gaeta
Day 3Naples
Day 4Salerno
Day 5Agropoli
Day 6Reggio di Calabria
Day 7Taormina
Day 8Syracuse
Day 9Valletta
Rome (Civitavecchia)
Day 1
Rome (Civitavecchia)

The Eternal City, an hour up the road from its harbor and worth every minute of it.

Embark

Gaeta
Day 2
Gaeta

Ashore

Naples
Day 3
Naples

Loud, glorious Naples: pizza where it was invented and Pompeii twenty minutes away.

Ashore

Salerno
Day 4
Salerno

The quiet door to the Amalfi Coast, without Sorrento’s crowds.

Ashore

Agropoli
Day 5
Agropoli

Ashore

Reggio di Calabria
Day 6
Reggio di Calabria
Taormina
Day 7
Taormina

Sicily’s hilltop stage set, with Etna smoking politely behind the Greek theatre.

Ashore

Syracuse
Day 8
Syracuse

Ashore

Valletta
Day 9
Valletta

A baroque fortress city built by knights, small enough to walk and grand enough to stun.

Disembark

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The Route

Where You Sail

Your Ship

Le Lapérouse

French flair on small ships: French gastronomy, an open cellar, and harbors only yachts reach.

Le Lapérouse
Le Lapérouse
Ponant · 8 Nights · Civitavecchia (Rome) → Valletta

French flair on small ships: French gastronomy, an open cellar, and harbors only yachts reach.

  • Small ships with French gastronomy
  • Open bar and cellar throughout
  • Marina platform and Zodiac outings
  • $100 per person onboard credit on every departure through us

The Ponant Brochure›

Every Stateroom on This Sailing · 7 October 2027

Stateroom Solo Per person
Prestige Stateroom Deck 4$10,330$20,660
Prestige Stateroom Deck 5$10,810$21,620
Prestige Stateroom Deck 6$11,410$22,820
Deluxe Suite Deck 3$15,710$31,420
Deluxe Suite Deck 4 · Waitlist$15,710$31,420
Deluxe Suite Deck 5 · Waitlist$15,710$31,420
Deluxe Suite Deck 6 · Waitlist$15,710$31,420
Prestige Suite Deck 5$21,100$42,200
Prestige Suite Deck 6$22,160$44,320
Privilege Suite Deck 5$23,240$46,480
Privilege Suite Deck 6$23,240$46,480
Grand Deluxe Suite Deck 6$25,490$50,980
Owner's Suite Deck 5$69,870$70,780

Fares are per person, cruise only, for the 7 October 2027 departure. Airfare arranged separately.

Ready When You Are

Sail Ancient Wonders and Culinary Delights: Cruising Southern Italy and Sicily – with Smithsonian Journeys.

From $9,720 per person, and our planning from first question to the flight home.

Fares are per person, cruise only. Airfare additional. Fares are capacity-controlled and may change or be withdrawn without notice. Elevida Luxury Journeys is an independent affiliate of Travel Planners International.