Bucket-List Cruise Adventure

18-Night Rome to Sao Paulo Cruise Adventure

MSC Cruises · MSC Divina · from Rome

$1,587 per person · next sails Oct 29, 2027 Book this cruise@ Cruisebound · same fare
Get there

Fly into Rome (FCO)

Your gateway to the voyage. Arrive a day or two early — the best of the trip starts before you board.

Open-jaw · fly into FCO, home from GRU · $2,486 for two est.
Before you sail

Bucket-list days near Rome

Fly in at least a day early — every seasoned cruiser does, so a delay never costs you the ship. Here’s what’s worth that day, within reach of your port — not just the city you fly into.

15 mi from Rome

Villa d'Este Archaeological Excavations (Hadrian's Villa)

Sprawling 2nd-century villa with 30+ hectares of imperial ruins, Greek sculptures, and recreated Greek structures; scale and ambition dwarf anything i…

1 mi from Rome

Colosseum

Your voyage · 18 nights, day by day

Day by day — the unforgettable thing at every port

Your whole sailing in order: the day you board, every port it calls — each with the single bucket-list experience there and the operator who runs it — any days at sea, and the day you step off.

Day 1
Civitavecchia (Rome) Embark
Board in the afternoon — fly in at least a day early (your day ashore here is just above).
Day 2
★ Sail straight to Portofino from the cruise dock — how to make it yours →
Day 3
Notre-Dame de la Garde + 360 City Panorama by Tour… · $22 for two with Le Petit Train de Marseillehow to make it yours → ·
Day 4
Park Guell · $39 for two with Park Guell (official, Barcelona City Council)how to make it yours → ·
Days 5–6
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 7
Las Palmasport guide →
Roque Nublo & Tejeda · $421 for two with Shore Emotion (Private 4×4 Tour)how to make it yours → ·
Days 8–13
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 14
Bahia de Salvadorport guide →
Private Full-Day Tour · $260 for two with ToursByLocals – Sayuri K. Private Salvador Guidehow to make it yours →
Day 15
Ilheus(Bahia)port guide →
★ Private Cacao Fazenda Tour — how to make it yours →
Day 16
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 17
Ilha Grandeport guide →
Lopes Mendes Beach · $360 for two with Ilha Grande Hiking (official local operator)how to make it yours → ·
Day 18
Rio de Janeiroport guide →
Private Full-Day Rio Highlights · $350 for two with Rio Cultural Secretshow to make it yours → ·
Day 19
Santos (Sao Paulo) Disembark
Disembark in the morning — or stay on for the days just below.
After you disembark

Bucket-list days near Sao Paulo

You end in a different port — stay on, and add what’s within reach before you fly home.

2 mi from Sao Paulo

Ibirapuera Park

133 mi from Sao Paulo

Museu da Língua Portuguesa

Home

Fly home from Sao Paulo (GRU)

What this adventure runs estimated · for two
Your hotel
Flights open-jaw · fly into FCO, home from GRU · 2 travelers $2,486 est.
Hotel before you sail1 night · Rome · Contemporary~$420
Cruise fare18 nights · MSC Cruises · 2 guests$3,174
Shore excursions6 bucket-list things, booked direct · for 2 · swap any at its port above ↑~$1,452
Transfersairport ↔ ship, private car~$180
Trip total$7,712
Flights are estimated from our best gateways (refine from your own airport above) — an open-jaw trip: out to the embark port, home from where you disembark; the cruise fare is this sailing’s lead-in price for two; the hotel scales with the style you pick above; shore excursions are real book-direct operator prices, added as each port is curated; transfers are an estimate. We always build in at least one night ashore before you sail.
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