Aboard MSC Monterey 10 - 17 April 2006 Please click on the links below to view my Photo Albums [15 Photos in each Section] Also:- Ports of Call - Other Cruise Ships - Ferries & Misc. Vessels & Other Information [inc. Sample Daily Programs]

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Exterior Views

Exterior Views of MSC Monterey - as a whole, at Anchor off Cannes. Taken from both tender & ashore at different times of day & light - 11 April 2006 [For more photos see my album here 40 images]	Exterior Views of MSC Monterey - in sections, at Anchor off Cannes. Taken from the tender during different times of day & light - 11 April 2006 [For more photos see my album here 53 images]
Exterior Views of MSC Monterey at Livorno Part I - 12 April 2006 [For more photos see my album here 75 images]	Exterior Views of MSC Monterey at Livorno Part II - 12 April 2006
Exterior Views of MSC Monterey & the Cruise Terminal at Civitavecchia, 35 images - 13 April 2006	Exterior Views of MSC Monterey berthed at Palermo from the Cruise Terminal and Port Area - 15 April 2006 [For more photos see my album here 41 images]

About Deck

About the Decks, off Cannes of MSC Monterey - 11 April 2006 [For more photos see my album here 45 images]	MSC Monterey, night photos aboard, off Cannes - 11 April 2006 [For more photos see my album here 36 images]
About the Decks of MSC Monterey at Livorno, 14 images - 12 April 2006	MSC Monterey, night photos aboard after departing Livorno - 12 April 2006 [For more photos see my album here 27 images]
About the Decks of MSC Monterey at Civitavecchia - 13 April 2006 [For more photos see my album here 42 images]	MSC Monterey, night photos on deck at Palma & a few at Civitavecchia, 40 images - 13 & 16 April 2006
About the Decks of MSC Monterey alongside at Palermo - 15 April 2006 [For more photos see my album here 52 images]	About the Decks of MSC Monterey at sea between La Goulette [Tunis] & Palma de Majorca - 16 April 2006 [For more photos see my album here 50 images]
About the Decks of MSC Monterey whilst approaching & berthing at Barcelona - 17 April 2006. Includes a few photos at sea to La Goulette - 15 April 2006 [For more photos see my album here 46 images]

Interiors

Seven Pearls Lounge, [Show Lounge] Promenade Deck aft - April 2006 [For more photos see my album here 36 images]	Captain Cook's Bar, Library & Card/Internet Room and Boutique/Shop, Promenade Deck midship - April 2006 [For more photos see my album here 41 images]
Disco, Videogames Arcade & Cinema aboard MSC Monterey - April 2006 [For more photos see my album here 31 images]	Casino, Photo Gallery, Dr's Waiting Room & Gym Entrance, Promenade Deck midship, Aloha Deck & Deck 'A' respectively - April 2006 [For more photos see my album here 30 images]
Hallways about MSC Monterey - April 2006 [For more photos see my album here 38 images]	Miscellaneous Photos of other areas [Very Poor Images]. Reception, Lobby, Watertight Door System, Signs, Behind the 'crew only' door, 16 images - April 2006
Part I - Cabin 122 MSC Monterey, Boat Deck Category 12 "Deluxe Outside Stateroom". Roomy, with a dressing area & main sleeping area - April 2006 [For more photos see my album here 58 images]	Part II - Cabin 122 MSC Monterey, Boat Deck Category 12 "Deluxe Outside Stateroom". Roomy, with a dressing area & main sleeping area - April 2006 [For more photos see my album here 58 images]
Dining Room/Restaurant, Aloha Deck aft [Poor photos] - April 2006 [For more photos see my album here 33 images]

Information

Daily Programs aboard Monterey 10 - 17 April 2006	Useful Information Sheets Restaurants, Meals, Voltage, Wheelchairs, Currency, Shops, Gratuities etc Click "Next for subsequent pages
Shore Excursions - Tour Magazine Click "Next for subsequent pages	Port Information Cannes Livorno Civitavecchia [Rome] La Goulette [Tunis] Palermo Palma Click "Next for subsequent pages. Some maps are available within the Port albums

Ports of Call top

Cannes, "Star" of the Riviera. In 1946 Cannes earned the title of “Capital of Cinema” & became the haunt of crowned heads & billionaires - 11 April 2006 [For more photos see my album here 79 images]	Livorno, founded in the late C16 by the Medici. Guarding the Port is the Fortezza Vecchia (Old Fortress), connected by internal waterways to the Fortezza Nuova (New) in the heart of the city, 23 images - 12 April 2006
Porto Di Livorno - In the centre of the Port of Livorno is the Old "Navicello", restored and placed here in 1992 with Old Port Photos, 35 images - 12 April 2006	Wandering the Port & Promenade in Civitavecchia [of little interest], 31 images - 13 April 2006
Sidi Bou Said, Carthage & Tunis; some miscellaneous buildings/views worth noting, and the various shapes [depending on the era built] of the Mosque Minarets in Tunis, 28 images - 14 April 2006	Dar el-Annabi, Sidi Bou Said - Built towards the end of C18, this property has been restored to depict a typical Tunisian home of that time, 47 images - 14 April 2007
Punic Port - Carthage; only a handful of photos of the island , there is little to see, 15 images - 14 April 2006 [For photos of other Carthage sites, Amphitheatre, Museum, Roman Theatre & Thermal Baths of Antonin, see here]	Palermo - A few photos of an early morning arrival [07:00] at the Cruise Terminal & a walk into the City, 37 images - 15 April 2006 [For photos of a previous visit in 2003, see here]
Palma - Photos from aboard only, mainly of mega yachts in port. We did not go ashore as an evening call on Easter Sunday & pouring with rain! 33 images - 16 April 2006 [For photos of a previous visit in 2003, see here]	Barcelona - No time to stay a few days on this visit, just photos from the coach from/to the airport, 35 images - 17 April 2006 [For photos of previous visits in 2005 see albums here & 2003, see here & here]

Other Cruise Ships Seen on the Trip top

Transocean Tours' Astoria, 7am arrival at Civitavecchia & while berthed alongside later in the day - 13 April 2006 [For more photos see my album here 62 images]	Hapag-Lloyd Cruises' c. Columbus, 6:50 am arrival at Civitavecchia & while berthed alongside later in the day - 13 April 2006 [For more photos see my album here 84 images]
Costa Concordia at Fincantier's Palermo Yard - 15 April 2006 [For more photos see my album here 52 images]	Clipper Adventurer berthed at La Goulette - 14 April 2006 [For more photos see my album here 18 images]
Delphin [ex Kazakhstan II, Belorussiya] - Barcelona 10 April 2006 [For more photos see my album here 23 images]	A few poor photos of Iberojet Cruceros' Grand Mistral departing & berthed at Barcelona, 11 images - 10 & 17 April 2006 [For many more good photos see my 2005 album here 44 images]

Island Cruises' Island Star [ex Horizon] arriving/departing & berthed at Livorno - 12 April 2006 [For more photos see my album here 69 images]	MSC Melody [ex Atlantic, Starship Atlantic] berthed at Palma de Majorca, 8 images - 16 April 2006 [For more photos see my album here 15 images]
Holiday Kreuzfahrten's Mona Lisa [ex Kungsholm, Sea Princess, Victoria] 7:50am arrival at Civitavecchia & while berthed alongside later in the day - 13 April 2006 [For more photos see my album here 99 images]	Elysian Cruise Lines' New Flamenco [ex Flamenco, Southern Cross, StarShip Majestic, Sun Princess, Spirit of London], departing Barcelona 10 April 2006 & alongside at Civitavecchia 13 April 2006
P&O Cruises' Oceana while berthed and departing Palma de Majorca - 16 April 2006 [For more photos see my album here 23 images]	Pullmantur Cruises' Oceanic [ex Oceanic, StarShip Oceanic, Big Red Boat I], alongside at Barcelona & departing - 10 April 2006 [For more photos see my album here 40 images]

Pullmantur Cruises' Oceanic [ex Oceanic, StarShip Oceanic, Big Red Boat I], arriving at Civitacecchia [07:10] & alongside later in the day - 13 April 2006 [For more photos see my album here 62 images]	Pullmantur Cruises' Oceanic alongside at Barcelona with Sonia ahead & Silver Wind astern [not too exciting], 20 images - 17 April 2006
Regent Seven Seas Cruises' Seven Seas Voyager while berthed and departing Civitavecchia - 13 April 2006 [For more photos see my album here 52 images]	Silversea Cruises' Silver Wind while berthed at Barcelona - 17 April 2006 [For larger photos see my album here 15 images]

Ferries & Other Vessels top

SNAV Campania berthed at Palermo, 9 images - 15 April 2006	Tunisia Ferries' Carthage berthed at La Goulette - 14 April 2006 [For more photos of Carthage see my album here 35 images]
Corsica & Sardinia Ferries' Mega Express & Corsica Marina Seconda [ex Stena Nautica, Marine Nautica, Corsica Marina II] at Livorno - 12 April 2006 [For more photos see my album here 61 images]	D&P Cruises' Baia Sardinia in drydock undergoing refit from Corsica & Sardinia Ferries' Sardinia Nova [ex Tor Anglia, Espresso Olbia, Robin Hood II, Sardinia Nova] at Palermo, 32 images - 15 April 2006
CP Challenger, Kent Timber & Maersk Naha at Livorno, 42 images - 12 April 2006	Siremar's Filippo Lippi berthed at & departing Palermo, 37 images - 15 April 2006
Lloyd Sardegna's Isola Delle Perle [ex Bohemund] & Siremar's Giovanni Bellini at Livorno, 22 images - 12 April 2006	Moby Aki alongside at Livorno - 12 April 2006 [For more photos see my album here 62 images]

Moby Aki departing Civitavecchia - 13 April 2006 [For more photos see my album here 60 images]	Moby Vincent [ex Stena Normandica, St Brendan, Wasa Sun] departing & arriving back at Livorno [Some photos with her sister Corsica Marina Seconda] - 12 April 2006 [For more photos see my album here 76 images]
Tirrenia's Nomentana arriving at Civitavecchia - 13 April 2006 [For more photos see my album here 42 images]	Tirrenia's Raffaele Rubattino & Toscana berthed at Palermo, 44 images - 15 April 2006
Baleària's Sonia - Barcelona 17 April 2006 & HSC Ramon Llull - Barcelona 10 April 2006 [For more photos of Sonia see my album here 25 images]	Grimaldi Lines' Victory arriving [13:15] at Civitavecchia - 13 April 2006 [For more photos of Victory see my album here 32 images]
Bluvia's Villa arriving [08:00] & Logudoro departing [16:30] Civitavecchia - 13 April 2006 [For more photos of Villa & Logudoro see my album here 50 images]	Acciona Trasmediterranea's Milenium Dos, Murillo & [Stena Forwarder under charter] at Palma de Majorca - 16 April 2006 [For more photos see my albums here 56 images]
Gimi, LNG Tanker berthed at Barcelona Sealand New York, Container Ship at anchor off Barcelona awaiting a berth, 35 images - 17 April 2006

Miscellaneous Vessels at Barcelona - Las Golondrinas, Belomorskiy, Changuinola Bay, Frida, CMA-CGM Hispaniola, Zim Mediterranean, Serenade V.B. Veronica, 55 images - 10 April 2006	Other Vessels & 'Hidden' Cruise Ships at Livorno, 21 images - 12 April 2006
Busy Day In Civitavecchia - ships & ferries together:- Oceanic, c.Columbus, Astoria, New Flamenco, SSV, Mona Lisa, bits of Monterey, Nomentana, Logudoro, Clodia, Nuraghes, Moby Aki, Victory.. 71 images	Miscellaneous Vessels at Civitavecchia - USS Austin LPD-4, Tugs & Sterns of loading ferries through the Port Shuttle Bus window, Clodia, Nuraghes, Victory.. along with a handful of 'junk' photos, 44 images - 13 April 2006
Misc Vessels at La Goulette - Ziemia Lodzka bulk carrier & Ibn Rochid tug [with some misc photos of Monterey's Gangway] at La Goulette, 10 images - 14 April 2006	Other Ferries & Vessels at Palermo - Espresso Durazzo, Palladio, Kolguyev, Med Breeze, Naxos, Audace A., Rosanna A, Jeranto, Maersk Vlaardingen with a handful of 'junk' photos, 44 images - 15 April 2006
Misc Ferries & Vessels at Palma de Majorca - USS Nassau LHA-4, Murillo, Cemenmar Tres with a handful of 'junk' photos of Federico Garcia Lorca & HSC Almudaina, 32 images - 16 April 2006	Miscellaneous Vessels at Barcelona upon our return - Belomorskiy, Frida, Boa Rhino, Happy Day, Yuriy Dolgorukiy, Arroyofrio Dos & Misc Port Photos, 47 images - 17 April 2006

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