The D204 Adonia Western Mediterranean Cruise in May 2012 is a 16 night cruise run by P&O Cruises; the cruise visits 9 ports in 6 countries. One of numerous cruises from Southampton to the Med, the first port of call is the Atlantic port of Lisbon.

Upon entering the Mediterranean Sea, the P&O Cruises Adonia docks in Gibraltar; famous for it’s Rock. The Italian island of Sardinia and the town of Alghero in particular comes next before D204 arrives in Civitavecchia, the port for Rome.

Heading northwards up the Italian coast, the May 2012, D204 Adonia Western Mediterranean Cruise heads to Portofino and then crosses the Mediterranean Sea to the South Western French town of Sete. The magnificent city of Barcelona, famous for its Las Ramblas, Cathedral and football team offers a variety shore excursion options.

From Barcelona, Adonia D204 cruises to Mahon in Menorca before heading into the Atlantic and to Portimao on the Southern tip of Portugal. The cruise arrives back in Southampton on 18 May 2012.

The P&O Cruises D203 Adonia Eastern Mediterranean Cruise departing 9th April 2012 is a cruise from Southampton that visits 11 ports in 6 countries during the 23 nights of the cruise.

From Southampton, the Adonia D203 Eastern Mediterranean Cruise sails to Alicante in Spain before heading across the Med to the Greek island of Rhodes. The next port of call is Limassol in Cyprus before this P&O Cruises cruise heads towards Egypt and the cities of Port Said & Cairo.

The Greek island of Zakinthos (Zante) is reached via tender, so bare this in mind if you are planing to visit anywhere on the island. From Zante the cruise heads to the Sicilian city of Messina, Sicily and then the Northern Italian port of Salerno.

The homeward journey visits Spain and Portugal; Valencia is the first of the three ports shortly followed by Cadiz. For those who like fortified wine, Cadiz is close to Jerez; the home of Sherry.

The final port of call is Lisbon where shore excursions could include a visit to the pilgrimage site of Fatima or sightseeing in and around ancient buildings of Lisbon and the surrounding area.

This April 2012 P&O Cruises D203 Adonia Eastern Mediterranean Cruise is due to disembark on 2nd May in Southampton.

X202 Oriana Cruise Itinerary: Southampton – Malaga – Corfu – Dubrovnik – Venice – Rijeka – Kotor – Gibraltar – Southampton.

The X202 Oriana Central Mediterranean cruise in April 2012 is a 16 night cruise from Southampton on-board P&O Cruises Oriana. This P&O Cruises cruise is the first cruise for Oriana after her return from a World cruise.

After departing Southampton the X202 Oriana Central Mediterranean cruise sails to Malaga on the Spanish mainland before setting towards the Greek island of Corfu. The next stage of the cruise is crisscrossing the Adriatic Sea with visits to Dubrovnik, across to Venice and back again to Rijeka followed by Kotor.

The return journey to Southampton is via Gibraltar; in all, this X202 Oriana Central Mediterranean cruise, departing in April 2012 takes in 7 ports in 6 countries.

D201 Adonia Cruise Itinerary: Naples – Rome (from Civitavecchia) – Palma – Valencia – Almeria – Cadiz – Lisbon – Southampton

The D201 Adonia West Mediterranean Cruise departs on the 3rd January 2012 from Naples for a 10 night cruise to Southampton; Adonia is a child free ship in the P&O Cruises fleet.

This cruise requires flights to the port of Naples however as the disembarkation port is in the UK then no return flights are needed making the cruise cheaper than a standard fly cruise.

Visiting ports in Italy, Spain & Portugal this D201 Adonia West Mediterranean Cruise in January 2012 is an ideal introduction to P&O Cruises.