Mediterranean Gems – Marseille & Valletta

About this cruise

This one leaves Barcelona on May 24, 2026 and spends 7 nights visiting Marseille, Livorno (Florence/Pisa), Cagliari, Palermo and Valletta at a pace where every day has something going on but there's always time to just sit and watch the water too. 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. The route threads through 3 countries along the Western Mediterranean coast: France, Italy and Malta. Most ports give you about 8 hours, so you can do more than just tick off the main sights. As for the ship itself, MSC Splendida has 6 restaurants on board, which means you could eat somewhere different nearly every night. A spring departure helps too: decent weather and a calmer feel at each port. 7 nights of not thinking about anything except where to eat next. That's the pitch.