Bucket-List Cruise Adventure

12-Night Nice to Athens Cruise Adventure

Silversea · Silver Shadow · from Nice

$8,250 per person · next sails May 16, 2028 Book this cruise@ Cruisebound · same fare
Get there

Fly into Nice (NCE)

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

Open-jaw · fly into NCE, home from ATH · $2,672 for two est.
Before you sail

Bucket-list days near Nice

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.

13 mi from Nice

Confiserie du Vieux Pont (Candied Fruit Masterclass)

A three-generation candy-making house teaching the 150-year-old technique of candying Provençal fruits, stone by stone, layer by layer, creating jewel…

0 mi from Nice

Musée Marc Chagall

Your voyage · 12 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
Nice Embark
Board in the afternoon — fly in at least a day early (your day ashore here is just above).
Day 2
Imperia
⚙ Curating Imperia’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 3
Livorno (Florence/Pisa)port guide →
Private Florence shore excursion · $400 for two with ArtViva — The Original & Best Tours Italyhow to make it yours →
Day 4
Calanques de Piana & Capo Rosso · $119 for two with Croisières Kalliste (Porto, Corsica)how to make it yours → ·
Day 5
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 6
★ Pompeii with a Licensed Archaeologist — how to make it yours →
Day 7
Stromboli by Night · $76 for two with Magmatrek (official Stromboli trekking operator)how to make it yours → ·
Day 8
Taormina Street Food & Wine Tasting · $171 for two with Do Eat Better Experience (Palermo-based official Sicilian food tour operator)how to make it yours → ·
Day 9
Gallipolisport guide →
Tu-Endie-Wei State Park & Ohio River Confluence Walk · $90 for two with Mountain River Tours (local guide arrangement)how to make it yours → ·
Day 10
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 11
Katakolon (Olympia)port guide →
Museum of Ancient Greek Technology · $22 for two with Museum of Ancient Greek Technology (Kostas Kotsanas Museum)how to make it yours → ·
Day 12
Sea Kayak Epidaurus · $140 for two with Sea Kayak Epidavros (official operator)how to make it yours → ·
Day 13
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

Before you sail

Make it longer — by land from Nice

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

104 mi from Nice · fly MRS

Provence by the Senses: Lavender, Truffles, and Roman Stone

Culinary Heritage & Open Road

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151 mi from Nice · fly MXP

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

Alpine Lake Luxury Adventure

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Home

Fly home from Athens (ATH)

What this adventure runs estimated · for two
Your hotel
Flights open-jaw · fly into NCE, home from ATH · 2 travelers $2,672 est.
Hotel before you sail1 night · Nice · Luxury~$500
Cruise fare12 nights · Silversea · 2 guests$16,500
Shore excursions7 bucket-list things, booked direct · for 2 · more as they curate · swap any at its port above ↑~$1,018
Transfersairport ↔ ship, private car~$180
Trip total$20,870
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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