Eternal Elegance – Riviera & Rome

About this cruise

You sail from Marseille on August 13, 2026 and spend 7 nights visiting Tarragona, Valencia, Livorno (Florence/Pisa), Civitavecchia (Rome) and Genoa. It's a well-tested route and there's a reason people keep booking it. There's a stretch of back-to-back port days, so those days are busy, but the sea days around them give you time to recharge. Warm plazas, gelato by the harbour, and old things everywhere you look. Most ports give you about 11 hours, so you can do more than just tick off the main sights. As for the ship itself, MSC Orchestra has 5 restaurants on board, which means you could eat somewhere different nearly every night. It's peak season, so the weather is at its best and the ship will be full. That's part of the fun. 7 nights of not thinking about anything except where to eat next. That's the pitch.