Bucket-List Cruise Adventure

9-Night Etna Skyline to Marseille Cruise Adventure

Costa · Costa Serena · from Etna Skyline

$1,085 per person · next sails Sep 11, 2027 Book this cruise@ Cruisebound · same fare
Your voyage · 9 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
Etna Skyline Embark
Board in the afternoon — fly in at least a day early.
Day 1
Mount Etna Private Jeep Summit Tour from Catania P… · $205 for two with Go-Etna (Official Etna Excursions)how to make it yours → ·
Day 2
Alberobello Trulli & Itria Valley · $724 for two with Tours by Locals — Taranto Private Guideshow to make it yours → ·
Day 3
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 4
★ St John's Co-Cathedral & the Caravaggio masterpieces — how to make it yours →
Day 5
Mount Etna Private Jeep Summit Tour from Catania P… · $205 for two with Go-Etna (Official Etna Excursions)how to make it yours → ·
Day 6
★ Pompeii with a Licensed Archaeologist — how to make it yours →
Day 7
Civitavecchia (Rome)port guide →
★ Vatican, Sistine Chapel & Colosseum in One Day — how to make it yours →
Day 8
Sanguinaires Islands & Calanques · $103 for two with Ajaccio Vision (Visit Corsica Official Operator)how to make it yours → ·
Day 9
Savona (Genoa)port guide →
★ Portofino & San Fruttuoso Abbey by the local ferry — how to make it yours →
Day 10
Marseille Disembark
Disembark in the morning — or stay on for the days just below.
After you disembark

Bucket-list days near Marseille

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

86 mi from Marseille

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…

16 mi from Marseille

Atelier de Cézanne

After you disembark

Make it longer — by land from Marseille

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

13 mi from Marseille · fly MRS

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

Culinary Heritage & Open Road

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95 mi from Marseille · fly NCE

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

Art and Wine in Provence

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Home

Fly home from Marseille (NCE)

What this adventure runs estimated · for two
Your hotel
Flights open-jaw · fly into , home from NCE · 2 travelers $1,276 est.
Hotel before you sail1 night · Etna Skyline · Contemporary~$98
Cruise fare9 nights · Costa · 2 guests$2,170
Shore excursions4 bucket-list things, booked direct · for 2 · swap any at its port above ↑~$1,237
Transfersairport ↔ ship, private car~$180
Trip total$4,961
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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