Bucket-List Cruise Adventure

40-Night Portsmouth to Athens Cruise Adventure

Azamara · Azamara Journey · from Portsmouth

$13,509 per person · next sails Sep 9, 2027 Book this cruise@ Cruisebound · same fare
Get there

Fly into Portsmouth (PTP)

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

Open-jaw · fly into LHR, home from ATH · $2,930 for two est.
Your voyage · 40 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
Portsmouth Embark
Board in the afternoon — fly in at least a day early.
Day 2
Honfleur
⚙ Curating Honfleur’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 3
Saint Malo
⚙ Curating Saint Malo’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 4
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Days 5–7
Bordeaux
Saint-Émilion Private Wine Estate Tour & Grand Cru… · $324 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 8
Bilbao
⚙ Curating Bilbao’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 9
Gijon
⚙ Curating Gijon’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 10
Vigo
⚙ Curating Vigo’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 11
Leixoes (Oporto)
⚙ Curating Leixoes (Oporto)’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 12
Lisbon
Sintra · $175 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 13
Portimao
⚙ Curating Portimao’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Days 14–15
Seville
⚙ Curating Seville’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 16
Gibraltar
Upper Rock Nature Reserve · $140 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 17
Malaga
Granada & the Alhambra · $50 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 18
Motril
⚙ Curating Motril’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 19
Cartagena
The Roman Theatre of Cartagena with the Rafael Mon… · $13 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 20
Valencia
Oceanografic · $78 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 21
Barcelona
Sagrada Familia · $56 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 22
Marseille
Calanques National Park Boat Cruise from the Old P… · $72 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 23
Monte Carlo
Casino de Monte-Carlo · $37 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Days 24–25
Florence
Uffizi Gallery · $205 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 26
Civitavecchia (Rome)
Vatican, Sistine Chapel & Colosseum in One Day · $405 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 27
Sorrento
⚙ Curating Sorrento’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 28
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 29
Kotor
Climb the City Walls to San Giovanni Fortress · $18 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 30
Dubrovnik
Walk Dubrovnik's Ancient City Walls · $76 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 31
Zadar
Kornati National Park & Telašćica · $92 for twohow to make it yours → ·
9 more days at sea and ashore
Day 41
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 LHR, home from ATH · 2 travelers $2,930 est.
Hotel before you sail1 night · Portsmouth · Luxury~$350
Cruise fare40 nights · Azamara · 2 guests$27,018
Shore excursions19 bucket-list things, booked direct · for 2 · swap any at its port above ↑~$2,197
Transfersairport ↔ ship, private car~$180
Trip total$32,675
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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