7-Night Mediterranean Cruise from $699 (Barcelona Roundtrip)

Thinking of a European vacation soon? Want to make it even more spectacular? Why not incorporate a Mediterranean cruise? That way you get to see a few different cities, eat wonderfully, relax when you want, and even save some money on hotel bills (with the dollar/euro where they are, that's not such a bad consideration). Travelocity has an offer on the Norwegian Gem, sailing roundtrip from Barcelona, with rates as low as $699 a person.

The itinerary includes Valetta, Malta; Naples, Italy; Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy; Livorno (Florence), Italy; Villefranche (Nice), France; and back to Barcelona.

The $699 price is for the June 22nd sailing, inside cabin. You may want to do an outside cabin, which is also available at a very special price of $849. An $849 rate for an outside cabin is also available on the June 15th sailing.

They have other nice prices throughout the year, including some low-cost oceanview upgrades -- July 20th outside is $1019, just $10 higher than the inside cabin $1009 and August 3rd has just a $30 difference of $1199 compared to $1169.

There's an onboard savings booklet included, although I can't find details on what it includes. But the real savings are already there on the price of the cruise.

So if you'd like to check out whether making your European vacation a cruise event is for you, click here.

Europe and a cruise... what a nice combination!