Bucket-List Cruise Adventure

28-Night Rome to Athens Cruise Adventure

Seabourn · Seabourn Ovation · from Rome

$21,869 per person · next sails Apr 22, 2028 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 ATH · $2,720 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 · 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, the private, expert-led way, not the ship’s coach — 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
Salerno
Amalfi Coast Private Boat · $184 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 3
Giardini Naxos
⚙ Curating Giardini Naxos’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 4
Mgarr (Victoria)
⚙ Curating Mgarr (Victoria)’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 5
Valletta
St John's Co-Cathedral & the Caravaggio masterpieces · $26 for twohow 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
Kotor
Climb the City Walls to San Giovanni Fortress · $18 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 8
Dubrovnik
Walk Dubrovnik's Ancient City Walls · $76 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 9
Kotor
Climb the City Walls to San Giovanni Fortress · $18 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 10
Brindisi
Alberobello, Locorotondo & Ostuni · $205 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 11
Corfu
Paleokastritsa Blue Caves & coves by speedboat · $54 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 12
Delphi
⚙ Curating Delphi’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 13
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 14
Gythion
⚙ Curating Gythion’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 15
Piraeus (Athens)
★ The Acropolis & Parthenon, Guided Skip-the-Line — how to make it yours →
Day 16
Monemvasia
⚙ Curating Monemvasia’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 17
Crete
⚙ Curating Crete’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 18
Mykonos
Delos · $43 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 19
Bodrum
⚙ Curating Bodrum’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 20
Kusadasi (Ephesus)
Ephesus + the Terrace Houses with a licensed archa… · $32 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 21
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 22
Istanbul
Hagia Sophia + the upper gallery mosaics with a li… · $54 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 23
Canakkale
⚙ Curating Canakkale’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 24
Volos
⚙ Curating Volos’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 25
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 26
Patmos
⚙ Curating Patmos’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 27
Symi
⚙ Curating Symi’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
1 more days at sea and ashore
Day 29
Piraeus (Athens) Disembark
Disembark in the morning — or stay on for the days just below.
After you disembark

Bucket-list days near Athens

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

1 mi from Athens

Acropolis Museum

Home

Fly home from Athens (ATH)

What this adventure runs estimated · for two
Your hotel
Flights open-jaw · fly into FCO, home from ATH · 2 travelers $2,720 est.
Hotel before you sail1 night · Rome · Luxury~$1,200
Cruise fare28 nights · Seabourn · 2 guests$43,738
Shore excursions11 bucket-list things, booked direct · for 2 · more as they curate · swap any at its port above ↑~$926
Transfersairport ↔ ship, private car~$180
Trip total$48,764
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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