Bucket-List Cruise Adventure

65-Night Genoa to Sydney Cruise Adventure

Costa · Costa Deliziosa · from Genoa

$9,781 per person · next sails Nov 25, 2026 Book this cruise@ Cruisebound · same fare
Get there

Fly into Genoa (MXP)

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

Open-jaw · fly into MXP, home from SYD · $3,524 for two est.
Before you sail

Bucket-list days near Genoa

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.

74 mi from Genoa

Duomo di Milano

Your voyage · 65 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
Savona (Genoa) Embark
Board in the afternoon — fly in at least a day early (your day ashore here is just above).
Day 2
Notre-Dame de la Garde + 360 City Panorama by Tour… · $22 for two with Le Petit Train de Marseillehow to make it yours → ·
Day 3
Park Guell · $39 for two with Park Guell (official, Barcelona City Council)how to make it yours → ·
Day 4
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 5
Days 6–7
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 8
Ponta Delgadaport guide →
Sete Cidades Twin Lakes · $274 for two with Azores Private Tours (official)how to make it yours → ·
Day 9
Praia da Vitoriaport guide →
Angra do Heroísmo UNESCO City · $456 for two with Explore Terceira Islandhow to make it yours →
Days 10–14
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Days 15–16
★ Manhattan Helicopter Tour — how to make it yours →
Days 17–18
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Days 19–20
Fort Lauderdale (Port Everglades)port guide →
Jungle Queen Riverboat -- the Exact Boat the Ship… · $62 for two with Jungle Queen Riverboathow to make it yours →
Day 21
Half Moon Cay (Little San Salvador Island)port guide →
Horseback Riding by Land & Sea · $240 for two with Pegasus Ranch (cruise-line contractor; sold only through the Carnival / Holland America shore-excursion desk)how to make it yours → ·
Days 22–24
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Days 25–26
Panama Canal Partial Transit by Private Yacht · $330 for two with Canal & Bay Tours Panamahow to make it yours → ·
Day 27
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 28
Puntarenasport guide →
Monteverde Canopy Zip-Line · $110 for two with Extremo Monteverde Park (official)how to make it yours →
Day 29
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 30
Puerto Quetzalport guide →
Private Antigua Colonial City & Jade Factory Full-… · $265 for two with Tours by Locals — Guatemala Private Guideshow to make it yours → ·
Days 31–32
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 33
Puerto Vallartaport guide →
Hidden Beach at Marietas Islands · $111 for two with Vallarta Adventureshow to make it yours → ·
Day 34
Cabo San Lucasport guide →
El Arco & Lover's Beach · $240 for two with High Tide Los Caboshow to make it yours → ·
Day 35
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 36
★ San Diego Zoo — how to make it yours →
Days 37–38
Los Angelesport guide →
Warner Bros. Studio Tour Hollywood · $150 for two with Warner Bros. Studio Tour Hollywood (official)how to make it yours → ·
Day 39
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Days 40–41
San Franciscoport guide →
San Francisco Gourmet Food & Neighbourhood Walking… · $218 for two with A Taste of SF Tourshow to make it yours → ·
11 more days at sea and ashore
Day 66
Sydney Disembark
Disembark in the morning — or stay on for the days just below.
After you disembark

Bucket-list days near Sydney

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

1 mi from Sydney

Sydney Harbour Bridge Climb

8 mi from Sydney

Sydney Opera House

Before you sail

Make it longer — by land from Genoa

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

85 mi from Genoa · fly MXP

Lake Como: Silk, Stone, and Summit — A Four-Day Master Plan

Alpine Lake Luxury Adventure

See the whole plan →
100 mi from Genoa · fly NCE

Cézanne's Backyard: Wine, Art & Thermal Springs in Provence

Art and Wine in Provence

See the whole plan →
119 mi from Genoa · fly FLR

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

Tuscan Wine & Culture Road Trip

See the whole plan →
Home

Fly home from Sydney (SYD)

What this adventure runs estimated · for two
Your hotel
Flights open-jaw · fly into MXP, home from SYD · 2 travelers $3,524 est.
Hotel before you sail1 night · Genoa · Contemporary~$103
Cruise fare65 nights · Costa · 2 guests$19,562
Shore excursions19 bucket-list things, booked direct · for 2 · swap any at its port above ↑~$6,297
Transfersairport ↔ ship, private car~$180
Trip total$29,666
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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