We docked in Tangier, Morocco but the 2 of us had to stay on board as we didn't have a visa. We were disappointed to learn that we had passed Gibraltar during the night.
After the less than exciting day in Alicante, through no fault of our own, we sailed southwards overnight to the port of Almeria.
From Barcelona we sailed south to the city of Alicante where, sadly, we had our most disappointing excursion.
We left France and travelled on to the beautiful city of Barcelona, Spain. The last country we would visit on this trip, with stops in 4 cities and Tangier in Morocco.
We sailed out of Monaco at 21:00 to our second and final stop in France, Marseilles in Provence.
Our first stop in France was the City-State of Monaco.
Our excursion for this day sounded quite exotic, a cruise on the Italian Riviera or Riviera di Levante.
From Giardini-Naxos in Sicily we sailed across to the mainland of Italy to visit the town of Sorrento which overlooks the Bay of Naples.
Our next port of call was Giardini-Naxos in Sicily where the ship had to anchor outside of the harbour, so we had to go to the town by Tender.
Travelling from Crete to Malta, 525 nautical miles, took 40 hours which meant spending a day at sea.