Bucket-List Cruise Adventure

19-Night Abu Dhabi to Barcelona Cruise Adventure

MSC Cruises · MSC World Europa · from Abu Dhabi

$1,569 per person · next sails Apr 3, 2028 Book this cruise@ Cruisebound · same fare
Get there

Fly into Abu Dhabi (AUH)

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

Open-jaw · fly into AUH, home from BCN · $2,718 for two est.
Before you sail

Bucket-list days near Abu Dhabi

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.

6 mi from Abu Dhabi

Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque

7 mi from Abu Dhabi

Louvre Abu Dhabi

Your voyage · 19 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
Abu Dhabi Embark
Board in the afternoon — fly in at least a day early (your day ashore here is just above).
Day 2
Sir Bani Yas Island
⚙ Curating Sir Bani Yas Island’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
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
Muscat
⚙ Curating Muscat’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Days 5–9
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 10
Safaga (Luxor
⚙ Curating Safaga (Luxor’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Days 11–12
Suez Canal
⚙ Curating Suez Canal’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Days 13–14
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 15
Valletta
St John's Co-Cathedral & the Caravaggio masterpieces · $26 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 16
Naples
Pompeii with a Licensed Archaeologist · $32 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 17
Civitavecchia (Rome)
Vatican, Sistine Chapel & Colosseum in One Day · $405 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 18
Genoa
Sail straight to Portofino from the cruise dock · $52 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 19
Marseille
Calanques National Park Boat Cruise from the Old P… · $72 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 20
Barcelona Disembark
Disembark in the morning — or stay on for the days just below.
After you disembark

Bucket-list days near Barcelona

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

1 mi from Barcelona

Sagrada Família

7 mi from Barcelona

Colònia Güell Church (Crypt) & Modernist Industrial Site

Gaudí designed the crypt of this worker's church for an industrialist's textile colony; the organic architecture buried underground feels like enterin…

Home

Fly home from Barcelona (BCN)

What this adventure runs estimated · for two
Your hotel
Flights open-jaw · fly into AUH, home from BCN · 2 travelers $2,718 est.
Hotel before you sail1 night · Abu Dhabi · Contemporary~$123
Cruise fare19 nights · MSC Cruises · 2 guests$3,138
Shore excursions5 bucket-list things, booked direct · for 2 · more as they curate · swap any at its port above ↑~$587
Transfersairport ↔ ship, private car~$180
Trip total$6,746
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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