Cruise Port Guide
The bucket-list things to do — and the private, expert-led way to do each.
Here’s the bucket list for your day ashore: the most extraordinary thing to do at each stop, and the private, small-group, or expert-led way to make it yours — your own pace, real access, none of the crowd.
Ascend GaudÃ's unfinished masterpiece with an expert guide before the crowds arrive, then climb a tower for sweeping Barcelona views.
Step inside GaudÃ's unfinished masterpiece with skip-the-line entry, then climb a tower for rooftop views over Barcelona's rooftops and sea.
Wind along cliffside hairpins from Sorrento to Positano in a vintage Vespa sidecar, stopping at lemon groves and belvederes only locals know.
A private car and driver wind you along the cliffside coastal road to Positano's pastel village and Ravello's clifftop gardens, at your own pace.
Cruise out on a small private vessel to outer reef sites, snorkeling or diving pristine coral away from the day-tripper pontoons.
Soak in mineral-rich, silica-blue geothermal waters against a backdrop of black lava fields — one of the world's most photographed natural spas.
Sit for an intimate, traditional tea ceremony led by a certified tea master inside a centuries-old machiya house in Gion.
Walk the thousand vermilion torii gates of Fushimi Inari before the crowds arrive, then sit for a traditional tea ceremony with a certified tea master.
Fly to a private malaria-free game reserve for an open-vehicle safari tracking lion, elephant, and rhino with an expert ranger.
Sail the volcanic caldera on a private yacht, anchoring at secluded coves for snorkeling and a sunset view over Oia unreachable by land tours.
Sail a traditional wooden catamaran around the volcanic caldera, swimming at hot springs and anchoring for sunset off Oia's cliffs.
Walk the narrow Siq canyon into Petra as the sun rises over the Treasury facade, guided by a Bedouin-trained archaeologist-historian.
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