Bucket-List Cruise Adventure

15-Night Athens to Lisbon Cruise Adventure

Seabourn · Seabourn Ovation · from Athens

$12,098 per person · next sails Oct 30, 2027 Book this cruise@ Cruisebound · same fare
Get there

Fly into Athens (ATH)

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

Open-jaw · fly into ATH, home from LIS · $2,676 for two est.
Before you sail

Bucket-list days near Athens

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.

1 mi from Athens

Acropolis Museum

Your voyage · 15 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
Piraeus (Athens) Embark
Board in the afternoon — fly in at least a day early (your day ashore here is just above).
Day 2
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 3
★ St John's Co-Cathedral & the Caravaggio masterpieces — how to make it yours →
Day 4
Day 5
Argiolas winery at Serdiana · $205 for two with Cantine Argiolas — Visit Argiolas (official)how to make it yours →
Day 6
Leda d'Ittiri Boutique Winery · $76 for two with Azienda Agricola Leda d'Ittiri (official estate)how to make it yours → ·
Day 7
★ Private Catamaran Sail — how to make it yours →
Day 8
Park Guell · $39 for two with Park Guell (official, Barcelona City Council)how to make it yours → ·
Day 9
★ Oceanografic — how to make it yours →
Day 10
Modernista old-town walk and a luxury tapas circui… · $97 for two with Local licensed gastronomy operator (e.g. the Cartagena guided tapas & modernista walk) - book the official tour directhow to make it yours →
Day 11
Alhambra & Nasrid Palaces · $192 for two with Spain Day Tourshow to make it yours → ·
Day 12
Melilla la Vieja · $32 for two with Tu Guía en Melilla (Official Local Guide Service)how to make it yours → ·
Day 13
Cadiz (Seville)port guide →
Plaza de España & Seville's Barrio Santa Cruz · $432 for two with The Magic of Seville – Private Tourshow 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
Leixoes (Oporto)port guide →
Private Porto Highlights & Port Wine Tasting Tour · $360 for two with Oporto Shore Tourshow to make it yours → ·
Day 16
Lisbon Disembark
Disembark in the morning — or stay on for the days just below.
After you disembark

Bucket-list days near Lisbon

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

14 mi from Lisbon

Sintra Day Trip - Pena Palace

13 mi from Lisbon

Convent of the Capuchos Cork Lining & Underground Network

A 16th-century Franciscan monastery carved into living rock with corridors and chambers lined in cork for insulation—a radically austere labyrinth ref…

Before you sail

Make it longer — by land from Athens

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

12 mi from Athens · fly ATH

Athens Unpacked: Ancient Marble, Rooftop Cinema & Seaside Stars

Mediterranean Culture & Cuisine

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146 mi from Athens · fly JTR

Santorini's Volcanic Soul: Craters, Wine Caves & Caldera Light

Volcanic Wine & Adventure

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After you disembark

Make it longer — by land from Lisbon

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

4 mi from Lisbon · fly LIS

Sintra's Forests, Palaces & Coast: A Portuguese Masterpiece

Coastal Palace Adventure

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Home

Fly home from Lisbon (LIS)

What this adventure runs estimated · for two
Your hotel
Flights open-jaw · fly into ATH, home from LIS · 2 travelers $2,676 est.
Hotel before you sail1 night · Athens · Luxury~$609
Cruise fare15 nights · Seabourn · 2 guests$24,196
Shore excursions8 bucket-list things, booked direct · for 2 · swap any at its port above ↑~$1,433
Transfersairport ↔ ship, private car~$180
Trip total$29,094
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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