Western Mediterranean ports
keyIN THE PORT: In or near the port of call.
BEYOND THE PORT: Requires half- or full-day tour.
Italy shore excursions for popular port cities
Agrigento
BEST IN THE PORT: Agrigento ruins.
Alghero
BEST IN THE PORT: Neptune's Grotto.
Amalfi - Capri - Naples - Positano - Sorrento
BEST IN AND BEYOND THE PORTS: Pompeii. Herculaneum. Amalfi Coast. Capri. Mt Vesuvius Summit.
Catania - Messina - Taormina
BEST IN AND BEYOND THE PORTS: Taormina. Mt Etna. Siracusa.
Civitavecchia
BEST BEYOND THE PORTS: Rome. 0stia Antiqua. Villa d'Este.
Genoa - La Spezia - Portofino
BEST BEYOND THE PORTS: Florence. Pisa. Siena. San Gimignano. Lucca.
Livorno
BEST BEYOND THE PORTS: Florence. Pisa. Siena. San Gimignano. Lucca.
Olbia
BEST BEYOND THE PORTS: Sardinia's Costa Smeralda.
Venice and Trieste are in the Eastern (not Western) Mediterranean. For their shore excursions, click Adriatic Italy.