The pleasure of visiting Italy by sea makes it unique among all the best vacation destinations in the world.
Italy’s coastal views from the water are gorgeous. Italy’s famous art cities Rome, Florence, and Venice are all accessible by cruise ship.
Rome’s cruise port Civitavecchia, Ravenna, and Venice are among the largest cruise ports in the Mediterranean. From these ports are several cruises with itienrary that sail around Italy visiting Italy’s ports.
Italy’s coastline includes four seas:
- Tyrrhenian Sea: Located to the west of mainland Italy, bordered by the islands of Sardinia and Corsica to the west and the Italian peninsula to the east. It includes areas around cities like Rome and Naples.
- Ligurian Sea: Found to the northwest, between the Italian Riviera (around Genoa) and the island of Corsica. It’s part of the northern Tyrrhenian Sea and includes the Gulf of Genoa.
- Ionian Sea: Situated to the southeast, along the southern coast of Italy (particularly Puglia, Calabria, and eastern Sicily). It connects to the Adriatic Sea and extends toward Greece.
- Adriatic Sea: Lies to the east, between the eastern coast of Italy (from Venice to Puglia) and the Balkan Peninsula (Croatia, Montenegro, and Albania). It includes the Gulf of Venice and the Po River delta.
These seas are all sub-regions of the broader Mediterranean Sea, which envelops Italy’s southern, western, and eastern coasts.
Below are our picks for the top rated cruises around Italy.
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Cruises around Italy
Cruises Around Italy
Rome to Venice & Venice to Rome
One-way voyages that trace the length of Italy — sailing between Rome (Civitavecchia) and the Venice-area ports, each calling at three or more Italian ports along the way. Currently showing 224 sailings across 11 of the world’s finest cruise lines.
What Makes a “Cruise Around Italy”?
These are the one-way itineraries that let you experience Italy end to end — embarking in Rome at the port of Civitavecchia and disembarking in the Venice region (Venice, Trieste or Ravenna), or sailing the same route in reverse from the Adriatic back down to Rome. Every sailing on this page calls at three or more Italian ports, so you spend your voyage immersed in Italy rather than simply passing through it.
Along the way you can expect the greatest hits of the Italian coastline — the Amalfi Coast, Naples and Pompeii, the ports of Sicily, the beaches of Puglia and the Adriatic — often paired with a taste of Croatia, Malta or Montenegro. With departures from 2026 through 2028 across 11 cruise lines, ItalianTourism.us offers the most comprehensive selection of Rome-to-Venice and Venice-to-Rome cruises at the lowest guaranteed prices.
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Book any Rome-to-Venice or Venice-to-Rome cruise through ItalianTourism.us and we guarantee the lowest price available. Our Italy cruise specialists have 15+ years of experience arranging Mediterranean voyages.
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