Star Clipper

The Star Clipper

The Star Clipper combines the experience of sailing aboard a sailing ship with the multi-day itineraries of a cruise ship. Completed in 1992, this four-masted barquentine cruise ship is listed by Star Clippers among its fleet of large sailing ships. Its summer 2026 programme included voyages between Italian and Adriatic ports; more information about Mediterranean cruises helps put the region into context. The operator’s itinerary overview for summer 2026 shows how varied these voyages were: alongside short round trips, there were longer routes with different embarkation and disembarkation ports.

Between the Adriatic and the Mediterranean

One example was a seven-night round trip from Venice, titled “Croatia & Montenegro.” Departures listed for summer 2026 called at Pesaro on Italy’s Adriatic coast, as well as Šibenik and Dubrovnik in Croatia, before reaching Kotor in Montenegro. The route then included Vis (Komiza) and Rovinj, before the ship returned to Venice. The voyage thus connected Italian and Croatian ports with a stop on the Montenegrin coast, without changing the port of departure during the week. The choice of ports made the contrast between a major lagoon city, smaller coastal towns and island destinations the journey’s central theme.

For guests who preferred a longer voyage, the same preview listed an eleven-night trip from Venice to Rome. The route called at Rovinj, Šibenik, Dubrovnik and Kotor, then continued via Monopoli in Italy and a day at sea. With Syracuse in Sicily, Lipari, Sorrento and the Pontine Islands, the ship approached its destination, Civitavecchia near Rome. The sequence illustrates a different way of travelling from the round trip: the ports lead from the northern Adriatic along Italy’s southern coast to Sicily, while disembarkation takes place somewhere other than the embarkation port.

Shorter voyages too

The programme also included a five-night round trip from Rome. The preview listed Civitavecchia, a day at sea, Amalfi, Sorrento and Ponza, before the ship returned to its starting point. This compact route focused on destinations along the Tyrrhenian coast and the Pontine Islands. The same schedule therefore featured a short round trip, a week-long Adriatic voyage and an eleven-night passage between two cities. These examples are specifically from the summer 2026 programme. For the Star Clipper, they illustrate a profile shaped above all by the sailing-ship experience and the variety of Mediterranean routes.