Star Clippers and Monaco F1 – 11 days

Feel the wind in your hair and the salty breeze in your face as you sail aboard what feels like your own private yacht on Star Clipper. Experience sailing of old but with modern comfort and luxury.

This itinerary takes you on a voyage sailing into some of Europe’s most famous ports and favourites for the world’s “jet-set” population. Ports such as Cannes, Bonifacio and Porto Cervo, gateway to Sardinia’s Costa Smeralda. In amidst this voyage, you will be sailing into Monaco in time for the Sunday Monaco Grand Prix F1 final. The cost of the holiday includes Grandstand tickets for the finals on 29^th May 2022.

At the end of your 7 night voyage you will be staying 3 nights in Rome.

Itinerary

Day 1 – Cannes

Fly from UK to Nice and transfer to Cannes to embark the Royal Clipper. Glittering Cannes is the archetypal Mediterranean resort city discovered by wealthy English nobles who came to the sunny south of France to escape their drafty old castles during the dreary British winters. Cannes' high flying lifestyle has attracted notables and the notorious ever since.

Day 2 – Monaco and F1 finals

Monaco is the fabled domain of princes and movie stars. The magnificent Palais du Prince and opulent casinos remind you of an elegant, pre-war era. You will find the city is set up for the most famous of F1 tracks and Grandstand tickets are waiting for you.

Day 3 – Lerici Italy

It was in the Villa Magni near Lerici that Percy Bysshe Shelley spent his last happy days before sailing his small boat on its stormy fatal voyage on July 8, 1822. Lord Byron, another Lerici literary resident, once swam across what is now called the 'Golfo dei Poeti.' The small fishing villages of San Terenzo, Tellaro and Fiascherino and Montemarcello are similar to the more famous Cinque Terre.

Day 4 – Elba

From his villa in Portoferraio, Napoleon, the exiled Emperor of France, looked out over the waiting ships in the harbour and dreamed of returning to glory. Enjoy a local vineyard tour, and near Portoferraio, discover the remains of an ancient Etruscan civilisation.

Day 5 – Corsica

In the morning visit one of the many beautiful beaches found in Corsica that are never crowded. In the afternoon we will visit Bastia Old Town. It's amazing in this day and age to find a Mediterranean city that looks like it stepped right out of the travel diary of a 19th century Grand Tour.

Day 6 – Bonifacio

Bonifacio's almost land-locked harbour is one of the most dramatic, totally protected harbours. It is a bustling port with excellent seafood restaurants, and a modern marina. The ancient citadel town is perched high atop a seemingly impenetrable cliff.

Day 7 – Porto Cervo

Porto Cervo in the heart of Costa Smeralda is a luxury destination that plays host to many celebrities and VIPs throughout the peak summer season. There are plenty of fine restaurants and luxury boutiques and the village has been described as utopian with architectural influences from Greece, North Africa, Spain and Italy. All surrounded by spectacular coastal scenery.

Day 8 to 10 – Rome 

Disembark at the port of Civitavecchia and transferred to your hotel in Rome for 3 nights stay. St. Peter's, with its breath-taking Sistine Chapel, newly restored to its former glory; the Spanish Steps, where all Rome passes by; the Colosseum, where gladiators fought to the death, and the Pantheon, considered to be the most perfect architectural statement of the ages.

Day 11

After breakfast time to do that last minute shopping and then transfer to the airport for your return trip home.