Mediterranean Grandeur – Tunis, Malta & Rome

About this cruise

You board in Barcelona on June 9, 2027 for 10 nights visiting La Goulette (Tunis), Valletta, Naples, Civitavecchia (Rome), Livorno (Florence/Pisa) and Marseille, and you come back from this kind of trip wondering why you don't do it more often. A few ports come in quick succession, which is great for sightseeing but means you'll appreciate the sea days when they arrive. The route threads through 4 countries along the Western Mediterranean coast: Tunisia, Malta, Italy and France. If one port sticks with you, it'll probably be Naples, Chaos, pizza, and passion beneath Vesuvius. Around 11 hours per port on average, which is generous enough to go beyond the obvious. There are 15 restaurants on Carnival Sunshine, so you'd need to double up a few evenings to try them all in 10 nights. There are enough performances, events, and social mixers on a cruise this length that you couldn't do them all if you tried. And that's a good problem. Barcelona itself is worth spending some time in. Don't just treat it as a departure point. The timing works well too: warm evenings on deck, late sunsets, and a lively atmosphere. It's the kind of trip you actually remember afterwards.