We are on a summer QV cruise embarking/disembarking Civitavecchia for 28 nights (can't wait !!). A few ports we haven't visited before so just wondering if any advice on these please ? Unsure how far away the ship will berth but would hope the sights would be in walkable distance, say 30 mins stroll. Or if best to book an excursion at any of them ? The ports I'm interested in are Cephalonia and Kotor (both tender), Corfu (have visited but over 40 yrs ago), Trieste itself (as seen Venice), Split, Zadar and Valletta (again visited but probably 30 yrs ago). We are Cunard fare so if there is a shuttle into town we are ok for that. Valletta I'd like to see the Barrakka gardens and do a harbour tour but Cunard only offer the harbour tour as one trip and a separate one for seeing the city/Barrakka and they are both running at the same time so would have to be one or the other - so just wondering if we would be able to do a DIY job and sort out doing both ourselves ?
Any help appreciated - thank you