Hotel Options:

We are pleased to offer two hotel options for this sailing. The post-cruise tours will be picking up and dropping off at each of these hotels, so you are welcome to choose the one that best suits your needs and budget. Please note that the tour providers will be picking up and dropping off at the designated hotels. So, in order to participate in those tours, guests must be booked at one of the two hotels outlined below.

• Hotel 1: The Westin Excelsior, Rome – Located within walking distance from the famous Spanish Steps and the Galleria Borghese, this hotel offers guests the chance to be within walking distance of so many Rome staples. You can see complete details and book this hotel at: https://www.marriott.com/event-reservations/reservation-link.mi?id=1756212774025&key=GRP&app=resvlink
• Hotel 2: Hotel Villa Pamphili Roma – Located a little further from the city center, this more budget-friendly hotel offers a truly authentic Roman experience. Located next to Rome’s largest park, Villa Doria Pamphili, this hotel offers beautiful views. You can see complete details and book this hotel at: https://reservations.hotelvillapamphiliroma.com/113864?groupID=4857804#/guestsandrooms

Tour Options:

Rome is an incredible city and there’s so much to see and do. We know that for many of our cruisers, Rome is somewhere they have visited often, so we’ve tried to create post-cruise tours that may offer something different than what you may have done before. For this sailing, we are offering a tour on disembarkation day, which is detailed below. When booking, you can use code VACATIONSHRX10 to save 10% off of the advertised pricing.

• Disembarkation Day Tour – 5/4/26 – Bracciano Lake and Wine Tasting – For this tour, the tour provider will pick up all booked guests who are participating as well as our luggage, and take us through the Italian countryside to Lake Bracciano. We will have some time to explore a local town overlooking the lake and take in the architecture and local culture. Upon leaving there, we will stop at a local winery to sample some Estruscan wines. We will learn about the wines of the region while getting to sample a few of the varieties. From there, the tour provider will take us back to the two pre-determined hotels (listed above) where guests will be dropped off for an evening at leisure. You can book this tour here: https://www.shoreexcursionsgroup.com/tour/private-bracciano-lake-and-wine-tasting-cus/eucvpvtbra_cus_26vacation

As a part of our Celebrity ambassador and president’s cruises, we’re pleased to partner with Shore Excursions Group to offer exclusive hosted shore excursions in some of the ports of call along our journey. For this sailing, we are offering private tours in Ponta Delgada, Barcelona, and Cartagena. When booking, you can use code VACATIONSHRX10 to save 10% off of the advertised pricing.

• Ponta Delgada (4/28/26): This tour was exceptionally popular when we did it this past April and we are so excited to be bringing it back for even more people to get to enjoy. On this tour, we will see a few sites in Ponta Delgada with stunning views that you won’t want to miss. We will also enjoy an included lunch of “cozido” and local wines and soft drinks. You can see more information on this tour and book it here:https://www.shoreexcursionsgroup.com/tour/full-day-furnas-cus/eudgbeatrac_cus_26vacation
• Cartagena (5/1/26): We have a feeling this will be the most popular tour that we offer and we are expecting the spots to fill up quickly. This tour will include, not only a tour of the remarkable Roman history that downtown Cartagena has to offer, which is fascinating and still being discovered, but we will also be stopping at a few tapas bars where we will get to try tapas at a few different locations and coffee at a specialty coffee shop serving a Cartagena classic, Asiatico coffee. You can find complete information as well as book this tour here: https://www.shoreexcursionsgroup.com/tour/taste-of-tapas-in-cartagena-cus/eucttapas_cus_26vacation

In addition to the tours that we are offering in the three ports listed above, we have worked with Shore Excursions Group as well as two hotels in Rome to create some post-cruise options for you to explore the incredible city of Civitavecchia and Rome with us. Those hotels and post-cruise tours can be found on the "Hotel & Post Cruise Package" tab.

FAQs

Facebook Group

As a part of your Ambassador Cruise experience we provide a private Facebook page where you can meet your fellow cruisers and hosts, give your input on polls and questions, and more. This page is exclusively for guests who are booked with The Vacation Group for this sailing. You can access the Facebook group here ( https://www.facebook.com/share/g/19kG8TRs2Z/ )