Wind Star, ex Rome Return

7 Night Cruise sailing from Rome roundtrip aboard Wind Star.

Unfurling in just two minutes, some 21,000-plus square feet of sails reach into the skies at the push of a button. Sails are the first thing most notice about Windstar's ships, but a unique knack for delivering gourmet cuisine, fine wines, and personal service in a friendly unpretentious style, is what guests remember fondly when they return.

Highlights of this itinerary:

Rome
2,500 years of history are woven into the fabric of modern Rome. You can feel it in the glory of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican. Or as you wander sidestreets that open onto piazzas, fountains, Bernini sculpture, and elegant courtyards. Famous treasures are legion in Rome: the Colosseum...the Forum...St. Peter's Cathedral...the Trevi Fountain...the Spanish Steps. Take time out between sights to do as the Romans do: enjoy a three-hour lunch, shop, people-watch, or savor the best gelati in the world.

Sorrento
This Mediterranean land has been depicted, described and immortalized in song by artists, poets and travelers from every period of history. Along the coast, rugged and inaccessible cliffs soar upwards between beautiful beaches, hidden caves, enchanting bays and sheltered coves. Whereas inland, the high plains, rolling hills and lofty mountains are seared by deep valleys to create a truly unique landscape in which man has also left a clear sign of his remarkable work: the more impervious areas have been modeled into the now-famous terraces, those huge steps descending into the sea on which man has planted vineyards and groves of orange, lemon and olive trees. There are the gardens of delight which exude an inebriating perfume of blossom in spring. The mild climate and predominantly fine weather all year round make the Sorrentine Penisula an ideal destination in any season. The first town in the Peninsula is Vico Equense with its Giusso Castle on the coast and the austere Mont Faito (1400 metres high) which allows you to pass from the sea to the mountain in just a few minutes. Next we find Meta di Sorrento , a town hidden in a maze of alleyways whose small hamlets and sun-drenched beaches are a must for visitors. Piano di Sorrento is a bustling town which harmoniously blends its sea-faring vocation with its rural identity and its role as a major shopping centre. The hill rising up behind the town is traversed by narrow roads flanked by high walls that enclose centuries-old orange and lemon groves.

Porto Cervo
The most well-known village in Costa Smeralda, Porto Cervo is a modern purpose-built resort started in 1962. Its collection of traditional-style Mediterranean low-rise buildings in peach, cream and white stucco with terracotta-tiled roofs are designed to attract those seeking a taste - or more - of the sun-kissed luxury resort experience. Porto Cervo comprises an attractive pedestrian-centric center known as the Piazzetta, along with a web of narrow hilly roads behind a sizeable harbor. The marina accommodates up to 650 fast and flashy craft boats, a yacht club and mall, as well as its own shipyard. No wonder, then, that Porto Cervo is a favored destination among the international jet set and yachting experts.

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