Five Star Intimate Oceania Nautica
Classical Delights Intinerary will include ports of call in Spain, France, Monaco, Italy, Greece and Croatia.

Last year's pilgrimage to see Andrea Bocelli perform in his home town of Lajatico, in Italy's Tuscany region was to say the least, inspiring for Sue and me and our international traveling partners, Sal and Marilyn. Over the years we have flown, cruised, bused, boated, walked and ziplined to destinations domestic and abroad however adding Bocelli's music to this Italian adventure made all others pale in comparison. When we realized that 2010 would be Andrea's final concert in this awe inspiring outdoor venue, we felt we had to share with as many people as possible and decided to put together this once in a lifetime European dream vacation.

First, instead of booking one of the massive ships we've sailed on in the past, we decided to go with something much more intimate and far less intrusive to the ports of call we'll be visiting. We settled on Oceana's Nautica, a 684 passenger five star luxury liner designed to impress even the most discriminating tastes. For detailed information on the Nautica and it's amenities visit Oceania Cruise Lines Nautica.

Now for our itinerary. Our adventure begins in exciting Barcelona, Spain where embarkation aboard the Nautica starts at 1:00 PM and the party literally gets started. We've all day to meet and greet and enjoy the ships amenitites before departing Barcelona at 10:00 PM.  We awake each morning of our fourteen day voyage in a new port with the following schedule:

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Day	Port	Arrive	Depart
July 10	Barcelona, Spain     Embark	1 pm	10 pm
July 11	Palma de Mallorca, Spain	8 am	2 pm
July 12	Provence (Marseille), France	8 am	6 pm
July 13	Monte Carlo, Monaco	8 am	10 pm
July 14	Portofino, Italy	7 am	8 pm
July 15	Florence/Pisa (Livorno), Italy	8 am	8 pm
July 16	Cinque Terre (La Spezia), Italy	8 am	6 pm
July 17	Rome (Civitavecchia), Italy	7 am	8 pm
July 18	Sorrento/Capri, Italy	8 am	11 pm
July 19	Amalfi/Positano, Italy	8 am	6 pm
July 20	Taormina (Sicily), Italy	8 am	4 pm
July 21	Corfu, Greece	10 am	6 pm
July 22	Korcula, Croatia	9 am	4 pm
July 23	Venice, Italy	8 am
July 24	Venice, Italy              Disembark		8 am

We are currently putting together travel arrangements and accomodations for those who wish to continue on with us to Tuscany for the Sunday, July 25th, 2010 Bocelli concert. The current plan is to stay on in Tuscany through July 28th before heading home but of course you can stay longer or leave earlier depnding on your personal plans.

This schedule may seem exhausting but keep in mind, you always have the choice to stay onboard and enjoy the ship's many luxurious amenities including spa treatments, pool, bars and restaurants, or disembark and tour on your own or particpate in a variety of shore excursions. The point being, you have all of the options to do just what you want to do!

You'd expect to pay premium prices for a cruise like this but with our group rate we've negotiated the following deals just for you: 

Stateroom Type	Per Person
Inside	$3,439
Porthole	$3,839
Outside/Obstructed View	$3,739
Deluxe Outside	$4,239
Veranda	$4,939

Plus
As a special bonus we've arranged for all gratuities and a $100 onboard credit per stateroom to be included for a total of $450 per stateroom in perks just for taking part in our once in a lifetime travel opportunity.

Additional Notes:

1. Prices above are for double occupancy cruise only and do not include the concert, transfers or off-ship accomodations in Tuscany.
2. We will be arranging transportation from Venice to Tuscany most likely via first class highspeed rail and will post those costs soon.
3. We are currently researching group accomodations in Tuscany and will post those costs as they become available.
4. The current plan is to spend a couple of days touring in Tuscany following the concert however at this point we have not settled on an official return home date. Return air will most likely be from Florence or Pisa.
5. It is our intent to create an exciting, affordable once in a lifetime vacation by using group purchasing power, however please feel free to book your own transfers and accomodations if you prefer.
6. We usually have a party or two just for our group and we are planning some extras which will be announced at a later date.
7. Chris, Sue, Sal and Marilyn have made several journies to Europe and are relatively comfortable with travel abroad. While serving in the Air Force, Chris spent two years in Germany while Sal was born and raised in Italy and of course speaks fluent Italian as well as Spanish.