Friends,

I am taking my 18 year old niece on the Athens -Monte Carlo cruise in early August (high school graduation present). We land in Athens at 7:00 AM and will leave for theship from the RSSC hotel around 2:00. Does anyone have any recommendations for a brief but nice tour we could ask a cab driver to conduct? If you think we should do something other thn a taxi tour, (given our inevitable jet lag), please let us know.

Also, one of our ports is Civitavecchia. My niece wants to see the Vatican and the major sites but not a ten hour tour. Again, my instinct says, "Hire a cab." Do you agree? Or have a better alternative?

Thanks,
Colleen