Travellingbeaver

Thanks everyone for your feedback. As we have been to Rome before, we have decided not do so this time around and instead will do a tour of Tarquinia & Tuscania. Thanks @Grandma Cruising for the tip! I found a very relevant small group excursion tour at www.ItalyTours.EU and we have registered for this. It is called Best of Tarquinia & Tuscania and will be a really good day trip exploring the Etruscan museum and necropolis as well as the ancient city of Tuscania. It is quite close to Civitavecchia which is convenient given the early ship departure (5pm). @BTO - this might be appealing to you as well. Regards

Thank you for your advice. This is great. We have been to Rome before and spent a few days there. So maybe this time, we will look around Tarquinia, Ceri, Tuscania. I remember seeing the Etruscan tombs as a kid some 50 years ago. Would be great to revisit. I think my next visit to Rome will be for a few weeks. There is so much to see and experience……

Thank you for your comments. Yes I did check and there was no existing roll call for that particular cruise (either the incoming cruise or the outgoing!). I will probably do as you suggest and take the train if there are no excursion options. Just a little worried about making it back to port on time for the sailing which is at 5pm.

We are doing a b2b departing Lisbon 19 Sept, through civitavecchia and on to Choggia disembarking 7 Oct. wondering if anyone else is doing the same and if so, how you might be planning to spend the day in Civitavecchia. We would love to spend the day in Rome but because it is a changeover port, there doesn’t seem to be any excursion plans for people doing b2b cruise through here.