Med Cruise - Barcelona to Civitavecchia - Your Favorite Excursions

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Just as title says :) We are going in May and looking at excursions right now. What were your favs and anything that was not worth doing?

Any other tips would be appreciated!

Have a great Disney day!!!!
 
not sure what your ports are.....DD was on the magic two years ago - she LOVED her cinque terra excursion....it was a very long all day excursion but they both really enjoyed it...

that's the only organized excursion she did...

she didn't get off the ship in naples or rome - for them, the ship was really their destination, not the ports....we live on the european side of the atlantic, so not really very interested in most european ports....

they did however get off the ship on their own in villefranche....just to walk around in the area and had a spectacular fish lunch not far from the ship (it's a tender port)..
she said villefranche is really beautiful and worth a couple hours on your own just walking nearby.....
 
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Oh god, there were too many to count.... although we booked everything on our own and just took the train everywhere at each port.

In Barcelona itself, I highly recommend some of these:

* Montserrat (take the train there and then the arial tram).
* Sagrada Familia
* The cable cars to Castell de Montjuic

In Naples...

* Take the train from Naples to Pompei. You can easily spend a half day there. Make sure to see the old spa / sauna building and all the other interior buildings that you can.
* Pizza in Naples at L' Antica Pizzeria Da Michele for a four euro pizza that is huge. Just bring cash - no credit cards accepted.

In Rome....
* See the vatican. Highly recommend the Vatican Scavi tour. Only 250 people are allowed through each day. Do NOT book this through Disney. They charge HUNDREDS of dollars when they do offer it, and if you request it through the Vatican itself it is just 13 Euros per person! See http://www.scavi.va/content/scavi/en/ufficio-scavi.html for much more information. On this tour, you will be with no more than 15 people below the Basilica, and afterwards the tour ends inside St. Peter's Basilica and you've bypassed the huge security lines to get in! You actually go through a private security line with the Swiss Guard before entering the Scavi tour.
* For the Colosseum, make sure to do an underground tour and get advance reservations online. Again, this is one to do without Disney on your own.

In Florence....

* Get a ticket WELL IN ADVANCE for the Leaning Tower of Pisa and go all the way to the top.
* We were very impressed with the Cathedral of Florence (Santa Maria del Fiore)

On the Ship...

* Make sure to go to the Snuggly Duckling if it still happens! :)

SO much more to see in each port ... let me know if you'd like more ideas!
 
in barcelona, if you're a soccer fan, DD and her husband LOVED their tour of the soccer stadium...
it's called the camp nou experience...
my daughter isn't even a soccer fan and she loved it..
https://www.fcbarcelona.com/tour/buy-tickets

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DD agrees with the Snuggly Duckling recommendation and of course seeing all the theater entertainment. especially Tangled - which is her favorite DCL production (saying a lot since she LOVES them all)...
 

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