Bucket-List Cruise Adventure

28-Night Dubrovnik to Venice Cruise Adventure

Seabourn · Seabourn Ovation · from Dubrovnik

$26,598 per person · next sails Apr 29, 2028 Book this cruise@ Cruisebound · same fare
Get there

Fly into Dubrovnik (DBV)

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

Open-jaw · fly into DBV, home from VCE · $2,460 for two est.
Before you sail

Bucket-list days near Dubrovnik

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.

0 mi from Dubrovnik

Dubrovnik City Walls

0 mi from Dubrovnik

Old Town Dubrovnik

Your voyage · 28 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
Dubrovnik Embark
Board in the afternoon — fly in at least a day early (your day ashore here is just above).
Day 2
Climb the City Walls to San Giovanni Fortress · $18 for two with Kotor City Walls / San Giovanni Fortress (official municipal ticket booths in the Old Town)how to make it yours → ·
Day 3
Alberobello, Locorotondo & Ostuni · $205 for two with Puglialy Local Tourshow to make it yours → ·
Day 4
★ Paleokastritsa Blue Caves & coves by speedboat — how to make it yours →
Day 5
★ Private Oracle Experience — how to make it yours →
Day 6
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 7
Diros Caves · $324 for two with The Travel Insiders (Private Shore Tours)how to make it yours → ·
Day 8
Piraeus (Athens)port guide →
★ The Acropolis & Parthenon, Guided Skip-the-Line — how to make it yours →
Day 9
Monemvasiaport guide →
Private Medieval Monemvasia · $302 for two with The Travel Insiders – Private Monemvasia Tourhow to make it yours → ·
Day 10
Balos Lagoon & Gramvousa Island · $119 for two with Gramvousa-Balos Cruise (Official Ferry Operator)how to make it yours → ·
Day 11
VIOMA organic vineyard · $216 for two with Mykonos Vioma Organic Farmhow to make it yours →
Day 12
Bodrum Vineyard Lunch & Aegean Wine Tasting Experi… · $360 for two with ToursByLocals (Bodrum Private Food & Wine Experts)how to make it yours →
Day 13
Kusadasi (Ephesus)port guide →
The Ephesus Experience Museum · $86 for two with Ephesus Archaeological Site (official, Ministry of Culture and Tourism)how to make it yours → ·
Day 14
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 15
A backstreets food walk across the Grand Bazaar an… · $270 for two with Culinary Backstreets (official)how to make it yours →
Day 16
Private Gallipoli Battlefields · $340 for two with Fez Travel – Private Shore Excursionhow to make it yours → ·
Day 17
Meteora Monasteries · $1,632 for two with Tours by Locals – Volos Local Guidehow to make it yours → ·
Day 18
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 19
Private Half-Day · $162 for two with Patmos Tours (patmostours.com)how to make it yours → ·
Day 20
Private Boat Circumnavigation of Symi with Hidden… · $648 for two with Symi Tours – Private Boat Chartershow to make it yours → ·
Day 21
Santorini (Thira)port guide →
★ Semi-Private Caldera Catamaran with Hot Springs &… — how to make it yours →
Day 22
Piraeus (Athens)port guide →
★ The Acropolis & Parthenon, Guided Skip-the-Line — how to make it yours →
Day 23
Sea Kayak Epidaurus · $140 for two with Sea Kayak Epidavros (official operator)how to make it yours → ·
Day 24
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 25
Climb the City Walls to San Giovanni Fortress · $18 for two with Kotor City Walls / San Giovanni Fortress (official municipal ticket booths in the Old Town)how to make it yours → ·
Day 26
Three-Island Boat Day · $173 for two with Boat Tours Celić (Šibenik)how to make it yours → ·
Day 27
Zadar Old Town Private Walking Tour with Licensed… · $400 for two with Tour Travel & More (Private Zadar Excursions)how to make it yours → ·
1 more days at sea and ashore
Day 29
Fusina (Venice) Disembark
Disembark in the morning — or stay on for the days just below.
After you disembark

Bucket-list days near Venice

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

0 mi from Venice

St. Mark's Basilica

126 mi from Venice

Villa d'Este - Tivoli Fountains & Mannerist Gardens (Day Trip)

Cardinal d'Este's 16th-century villa features hundreds of architectural fountains ingeniously engineered to celebrate water as art, cascading through…

Before you sail

Make it longer — by land from Dubrovnik

The ship is the spine, not the whole trip. These are full land adventures within reach of your port.

10 mi from Dubrovnik · fly DBV

Dubrovnik Beyond the Walls: Stone, Sea, and Slow Mornings

Adriatic Coast Deep Immersion

See the whole plan →
61 mi from Dubrovnik · fly TGD

Kotor's Stone Labyrinth: Medieval Walls, Mountain Smoke, & Bay Light

Adriatic History & Highland Flavors

See the whole plan →
110 mi from Dubrovnik · fly SPU

Split Wide Open: Ruins, Vineyards, and Adriatic Cliffs

Dalmatian Coast Adventure

See the whole plan →
After you disembark

Make it longer — by land from Venice

The ship is the spine, not the whole trip. These are full land adventures within reach of your port.

5 mi from Venice · fly VCE

Palazzo Doors, Lagoon Vineyards: Venice Beyond the Crowd Line

Private Venice, Lagoon Slow

See the whole plan →
125 mi from Venice · fly FLR

Florence to Val d'Orcia: Wine, Frescoes & Thermal Springs

Tuscan Wine & Culture Road Trip

See the whole plan →
Home

Fly home from Venice (VCE)

What this adventure runs estimated · for two
Your hotel
Flights open-jaw · fly into DBV, home from VCE · 2 travelers $2,460 est.
Hotel before you sail1 night · Dubrovnik · Luxury~$1,067
Cruise fare28 nights · Seabourn · 2 guests$53,196
Shore excursions17 bucket-list things, booked direct · for 2 · swap any at its port above ↑~$5,413
Transfersairport ↔ ship, private car~$180
Trip total$62,316
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.
🚢 Book this cruise · $26,598 pp

Book your trip to Dubrovnik

We may earn a commission when you book through these links, at no extra cost to you. Prices and availability are set by each partner.

Choose your line & sailing date

Every cruise line that calls at Dubrovnik — round-trip from here or stopping by — pick the one that’s you, then your date.

Contemporary
Premium
Luxury
Book this cruise — $26,598 pp →

Same fare as booking direct. We earn a small commission — it costs you nothing.

★ Why Fantasize

We tell you the cruise to take — and the excursions to book.

Most cruise sites hand you a search box and leave you to it. We’re the concierge: the verdict, the plan, the trip of your life — at the exact same fare.

11,000 sailings to sift throughOne cruise, chosen for you
Search a catalog of excursions yourselfWe tell you the exact excursions to book
“Do your homework” on every portA free port-by-port plan, in your inbox
Booking fees and a pushy upsell callNo fees, no pressure — the same fare
Find your bucket-list cruise →

⚓ Your bucket-list concierge

Want this whole adventure in your inbox?

We'll email you this exact plan — where to fly in, the days before and after, the single most extraordinary thing to do at every port, and what it all runs.

We send the plan to your account’s own address — never to one typed into a box. Free, and Google works.

← Browse every bucket-list cruise