W. Med. Mondial cruise for next Wordgame winner

The winner of the Wordgame series starting today will enjoy an eight day, seven night western Mediterranean Mondial cruise visiting Tunis, Barcelona, Monaco, Rome and Naples.

The cruise, which starts and ends in Malta, will be on board the Flamenco.

It arrives first in Tunis where travellers will have the opportunity to take an optional half-day excursion to the colourful Medina with its maze of tiny streets dotted with hundreds of shops, as well as the charming and picturesque village of Sidi Bou Said, with its typical white and blue painted houses.

In colourful and metropolitan Barcelona, Spain's largest city, one would be able to take an optional half-day excursion to the city's main sites, including the Gothic Quarter with its impressive cathedral, the Olympic Village, the panoramic Monjuic Hill and the famous Ramblas Avenue.

There will also be a stop at the Spanish Village, a fascinating complex including various buildings built in the characteristic architecture of all the different regions of Spain.

Once in Nice, one would be able to take an optional half-day excursion to nearby Monte Carlo and Monaco, an independent principality still governed by the Grimaldi family which is one of the oldest ruling families in Europe.

Monaco has a long and interesting history and many picturesque reminders of its heroic past.

The Prince's Palace majestically crowns the Rock of Monaco and overlooks tiny streets of the old town. One would also be able to visit the church where the late Princess Grace, the former American filmstar Grace Kelly, got married and was buried.

The cruise moves on to Cittavecchia, the port of Rome. From here one would be able to take an optional two-hour transfer to Rome with the coach stopping in a designated area, not in the centre, from where one would be able to join the tour leader for a panoramic walk of central Rome.

On arrival in Naples, travellers will be able to take an unforgettable optional half-day excursion to the romantic island of Capri, one of the most visited places in the world. On the last day of the cruise there will a glamorous farewell dinner followed by a grand show.

The winner will also receive a year's membership of the Scrabble Club.

The six, nine-letter words in the series which ended last Saturday are: slingback, mayflower, turnabout, ocularist, circulate and overgrown.