Bucket-List Cruise Adventure

38-Night Dubai to Rome Cruise Adventure

Oceania · Oceania Vista · from Dubai

$18,049 per person · next sails Mar 2, 2028 Book this cruise@ Cruisebound · same fare
Get there

Fly into Dubai (DXB)

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

Open-jaw · fly into DXB, home from FCO · $3,722 for two est.
Before you sail

Bucket-list days near Dubai

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.

66 mi from Dubai

Louvre Abu Dhabi

70 mi from Dubai

Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque

Your voyage · 38 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
Dubai Embark
Board in the afternoon — fly in at least a day early (your day ashore here is just above).
Day 2
Abu Dhabi
⚙ Curating Abu Dhabi’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Days 3–4
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 5
Salalah
⚙ Curating Salalah’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 6
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Days 7–8
Suez Canal
⚙ Curating Suez Canal’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 9
Jeddah
⚙ Curating Jeddah’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
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
Aqaba
⚙ Curating Aqaba’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 12
Luxor/Karnak (Safaga)
⚙ Curating Luxor/Karnak (Safaga)’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Days 13–14
Suez Canal
⚙ Curating Suez Canal’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Days 15–16
Alexandria
⚙ Curating Alexandria’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 17
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 18
Kusadasi (Ephesus)
Ephesus + the Terrace Houses with a licensed archa… · $32 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Days 19–20
Istanbul
Hagia Sophia + the upper gallery mosaics with a li… · $54 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 21
Canakkale
⚙ Curating Canakkale’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 22
Kavala
⚙ Curating Kavala’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 23
Thessaloniki
⚙ Curating Thessaloniki’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 24
Mytilene
⚙ Curating Mytilene’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 25
Izmir
Private Ephesus & House of the Virgin Mary · $218 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 26
Bodrum
⚙ Curating Bodrum’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 27
Heraklion
Palace of Knossos · $32 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 28
Santorini (Thira)
Semi-Private Caldera Catamaran with Hot Springs &… · $216 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 29
Mykonos
Delos · $43 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 30
Piraeus (Athens)
The Acropolis & Parthenon, Guided Skip-the-Line · $65 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 31
Gythion
⚙ Curating Gythion’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 32
Igoumenitsa
⚙ Curating Igoumenitsa’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
6 more days at sea and ashore
Day 39
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

Home

Fly home from Rome (FCO)

What this adventure runs estimated · for two
Your hotel
Flights open-jaw · fly into DXB, home from FCO · 2 travelers $3,722 est.
Hotel before you sail1 night · Dubai · Luxury~$350
Cruise fare38 nights · Oceania · 2 guests$36,098
Shore excursions12 bucket-list things, booked direct · for 2 · more as they curate · swap any at its port above ↑~$975
Transfersairport ↔ ship, private car~$180
Trip total$41,325
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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