Transatlantic Sea & Stay Packages

Rome (Civitavecchia), Italy

Uncovering authentic local finds and having experiences that make you feel like you’ve really connected with a place are important elements in ensuring an extraordinary vacation. We’re taking advantage of our partnership with Travel + Leisure to get their editors’ recommendations and insider tips on the places you will want to visit. Here are their picks for just one of the 150 destinations they covered.

Must-Sees from the Editors of
Travel + Leisure

Colosseum
Though there may no longer be gladiators and staged naval battles at Rome’s iconic Colosseum, it’s still a great hive of activity in central Rome. Built by Emperor Vespasian in 72 A.D. on the site of Nero’s palace, the Colosseum entertained Romans with spectacles and contests until the fall of the empire. Since then, it’s served as a cemetery, castle, convent, and quarry.

MAXXI
The National Museum of Twenty-First Century Arts, which opened in the summer of 2010, has a resolutely contemporary agenda: solo shows from first-rate artists such as South African William Kentridge and Arte Povera movement founder Michelangelo Pistoletto share gallery space in the soaring, vibrantly elastic Zaha Hadid–designed building. The lovely alfresco café and an excellent bookshop are housed in the facing building—one Hadid preserved from the original plan of the square.

Pantheon
Dedicated to all the gods by Marcus Agrippa in 27 B.C., the iconic Pantheon in Rome’s centro storico has twice burned and been rebuilt before assuming its current appearance under the reign of Hadrian. Conversion to a church in 609 A.D. saved the building from the fate suffered by most other “pagan” buildings. Ever since, its architecture has impressed visitors including Michelangelo, who declared it “angelic and not human design.”

Be sure to visit our Shore Excursions page or speak with our onboard Destination Concierge for arrangements to any of these must-sees.

To learn more about this exciting port, please refer to our Port Explorer and "The Sights of Rome" guide.

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Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Uncovering authentic local finds and having experiences that make you feel like you’ve really connected with a place are important elements in ensuring an extraordinary vacation. We’re taking advantage of our partnership with Travel + Leisure to get their editors’ recommendations and insider tips on the places you will want to visit. Here are their picks for just one of the 150 destinations they covered.

Must-Sees from the Editors of
Travel + Leisure

Sawgrass Mills
Shoppers, take note: more than 400 stores make up Florida’s biggest designer outlet mall. Bargain hunters will love browsing the racks of standout brands such as Theory, Coach, David Yurman, and Kate Spade. Nordstrom Rack and Off Fifth cater to budget-minded department store loyalists.

Stranahan House
Built in 1901, the Stranahan House is the historic crown jewel of Fort Lauderdale’s arts district. Back then it was the home of businessman Frank Stranahan and his schoolteacher wife, Ivy. Today, it has a spot on the National Register of Historic Places and houses noteworthy period furniture.

Bonnet House Museum & Gardens
Wild Brazilian squirrel monkeys are often spotted swinging in the trees that grow on this 35-acre property. Once the studio of artists Frederic and Evelyn Bartlett, the 1920’s Caribbean-style plantation—also on the National Register of Historic Places—houses the pair’s inspired murals.

Be sure to visit our Shore Excursions page or speak with our onboard Destination Concierge for arrangements to any of these must-sees.

To learn more about this exciting port, please refer to our Port Explorer guide.