Tag: Italy
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Journeys – Savona, Italy After a wonderful day in Marseille, France, we awakened to our next port of call -Savona, Italy. This is actually the Costa Serena’s home port. After a bit of research, it seemed that most of the touristy things to do were in Genoa. Costa offers a tour to Genoa for about 29,00 euros per…
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Journeys • Naples, Italy Day three of our Mediterranean journey dawned beautiful and bright. It was still chilly, somewhat to my disappointment, but the excitement of our next destination overrode any minor issues like a chill in the air. Naples, Italy! The originator of pizza, next door neighbor to Pompeii, home of limoncello and SO much more. Sailing…
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Journeys – Palermo, Italy Our next port of call- Palermo, Sicily! Palermo is an ancient city with a very modern vibe. Since it’s founding in 734 BC by the Phoenicians, who named it Ziz (‘flower’), it’s passed through the hands of the Greeks, the Roman Empire, the Arabs and then the Normans. Following the Norman reconquest, Palermo…
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Journeys – Cagliari, Italy Our last port of call was Cagliari, Italy. Cagliari is an Italian municipality and the capital of the island of Sardinia. This was a surprise stop, since we were originally scheduled to visit Tunisia, in North Africa. Tunisia was one of the first locations to be nominated as a UNESCO World Heritage site, but when Mother…
