Venice cruise 5th sept

Hi everyone

Going on the Serenade of the Seas soon -:)

Looking for some advise re where to find info about the following ports - I've found AP tours for Amalfi coast but does anyone know of any other private tours in the areas below?

We are going to Venice for the first time and obviously there is so much to see - where do we start?? There are so many ship tours I don't know what to plump for. Thank you in advance.....

Rome arrival.

Amalfi Coast (Salerno) Italy 0700 - 1800

7th Sept Sciliy (Messina) Italy 1000 - 1900

8th Sept Cruising

9th Sept Split Croatia 0700 - 1600

10th Sept Koper, Slovenia 0700- 1900

11th Sept Venice 0700

12th Sept Venice 1400

13th Dubrovnik, Croatia 1000-1900

14th Kotor, Montenegro 0700-1600

15th Corfu, Greece 0900-1800

16th Cruising

17th Rome (Civitavecchia) Italy 0500

I would recommend Rick Steve's Med book, covers lots of ports. Also be sure and check the individual port of call forums here on CC, lots of info.

You should also check the Roll Call for your cruise.

You can also discuss private excursions on your Roll Call at this link:

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1864380

I second getting a copy of Rick Steves' Mediterranean Cruise Ports. He tells you what there is to see in each port, and how much of it you can do in the time you have. He does not cover Sicily or Kotor, but recommends Lonely Planet for those areas. Kotor is easy to do on your own on foot. On Rick Steves' website, he has free audio tours with maps to download to ipod/mp3. Lots of spots in Rome, Pompeii, Venice...EM