Enjoy the spring warmth, roaming the Tyrrhenian Sea from Nice onboard Le Levant. The Livorno call is gateway to the gentle Tuscan countryside : travel to Pisa with its famous monuments, or to Florence, city of art and history, and the cradle of Italian Renaissance art. The following day, from Civitavecchia, the gates of Rome, the eternal city, are flung wide for your visit, historic monuments, ancient remains and baroque fountains are all on the programme. On the fourth day, your view is revitalised Naples, where Vesuvius looms at the end of the bay, with Pompeii nestling as its feet. This extraordinary preserved site is still under excavation. Sail on to the island of Giglio, in the Tuscan archipelago, its natural beauty untouched, with vines descending in terraces towards the port, Porto Giglio, dominated by a medieval fortress. Crossing to Corsica, the next call is Bonifacio, towering on limestone cliffs. A final call before the return to Nice - the island of Elba where you call at pretty Portoferraio, at the foot of a bay protected by two ancient fortresses. An unusual and intimate itinerary.