Bucket-List Cruise Adventure

54-Night Sydney to Rome Cruise Adventure

Princess · Coral Princess · from Sydney

$8,884 per person · next sails Feb 14, 2028 Book this cruise@ Cruisebound · same fare
Get there

Fly into Sydney (SYD)

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

Open-jaw · fly into SYD, home from FCO · $3,658 for two est.
Before you sail

Bucket-list days near Sydney

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 Sydney

Sydney Harbour Bridge Climb

8 mi from Sydney

Sydney Opera House

Your voyage · 54 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
Sydney 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
Great Ocean Road & 12 Apostles · $389 for two with Melbourne Private Tourshow 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
Barossa Valley · $165 for two with Bos Tours Adelaide Shore Excursionshow to make it yours → ·
Days 6–8
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 9
Rottnest Island Tandem Skydive · $527 for two with Skydive Geronimo Rottnesthow to make it yours → ·
Days 10–16
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 17
Port Louisport guide →
Corail Helicopter · $350 for two with Corail Helicoptershow to make it yours → ·
Day 18
Pointe des Galetsport guide →
Piton de la Fournaise · $378 for two with ToursByLocals – Réunion Private Guideshow to make it yours → ·
Days 19–22
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 23
Port Elizabethport guide →
Schotia Private Game Reserve · $320 for two with Schotia Safarishow to make it yours → ·
Day 24
Mossel Bayport guide →
White Shark Africa · $240 for two with White Shark Africahow to make it yours → ·
Days 25–26
★ Table Mountain — how 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
Walvis Bayport guide →
Sandwich Harbour 4x4 · $204 for two with Alter Action Sandwich Harbour Tourshow to make it yours → ·
Days 29–35
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 36
Private Full-Day São Vicente Island Discovery Tour · $224 for two with Green Line Tours Cabo Verdehow to make it yours → ·
Days 37–38
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 39
Santa Cruz de Tenerifeport guide →
Anaga Rural Park · $389 for two with ToursByLocals — John R. (Santa Cruz de Tenerife private guide)how to make it yours → ·
Day 40
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 41
Upper Rock Nature Reserve · $140 for two with Tours of Gibraltar (official licensed operators)how to make it yours → ·
Days 42–43
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 44
Sicilian Food & Market Tour · $205 for two with Letizia Tour Guide Syracuse (gastronomic specialist tours)how to make it yours →
Day 45
★ Paleokastritsa Blue Caves & coves by speedboat — how to make it yours →
Day 46
Walk Dubrovnik's Ancient City Walls · $76 for two with Walls of Dubrovnik (official ticket office)how to make it yours → ·
Day 47
Diocletian's Palace · $76 for two with Split Walking Tours (official)how to make it yours → ·
7 more days at sea and ashore
Day 55
Civitavecchia (Rome) Disembark
Disembark in the morning — or stay on for the days just below.
After you disembark

Bucket-list days near Rome

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

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

After you disembark

Make it longer — by land from Rome

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

115 mi from Rome · fly NAP

Positano by Sea Cave and Cliff Path: A Luxury Amalfi Coast Immersion

Coastal Italian Luxury Adventure

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Home

Fly home from Rome (FCO)

What this adventure runs estimated · for two
Your hotel
Flights open-jaw · fly into SYD, home from FCO · 2 travelers $3,658 est.
Hotel before you sail1 night · Sydney · Premium~$131
Cruise fare54 nights · Princess · 2 guests$17,768
Shore excursions18 bucket-list things, booked direct · for 2 · swap any at its port above ↑~$4,444
Transfersairport ↔ ship, private car~$180
Trip total$26,181
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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