Bucket-List Cruise Adventure

29-Night Southampton to Trieste Cruise Adventure

Cunard · Queen Elizabeth · from Southampton

$5,319 per person · next sails May 18, 2028 Book this cruise@ Cruisebound · same fare
Get there

Fly into Southampton (LHR)

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 VCE · $2,638 for two est.
Before you sail

Bucket-list days near Southampton

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.

87 mi from Southampton

Sissinghurst Castle Garden: Room-by-Room Garden Design Masterclass

Literary gardens (1.5 hours) designed by Vita Sackville-West, arranged as 'rooms' of color and plant combinations; the white garden, rose garden, and…

67 mi from Southampton

Natural History Museum

Your voyage · 29 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
Southampton Embark
Board in the afternoon — fly in at least a day early (your day ashore here is just above).
Days 2–3
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 4
Authentic Seville Tapas & Sherry · $214 for two with Devour Seville Food Tourshow to make it yours →
Day 5
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 6
Modernista old-town walk and a luxury tapas circui… · $97 for two with Local licensed gastronomy operator (e.g. the Cartagena guided tapas & modernista walk) - book the official tour directhow to make it yours →
Day 7
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 8
Sanguinaires Islands & Calanques · $103 for two with Ajaccio Vision (Visit Corsica Official Operator)how to make it yours → ·
Day 9
Civitavecchia (Rome)port guide →
★ Vatican, Sistine Chapel & Colosseum in One Day — how to make it yours →
Day 10
★ Taormina's Ancient Greek Theatre, framed by Mount… — how to make it yours →
Day 11
Katakolon (Olympia)port guide →
Museum of Ancient Greek Technology · $22 for two with Museum of Ancient Greek Technology (Kostas Kotsanas Museum)how to make it yours → ·
Day 12
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 13
Private Full-Day Rhodes Island Highlights & Lindos · $784 for two with Rhodes Islander (Licensed Private Guides)how to make it yours → ·
Day 14
Dardanellesport guide →
Private Gallipoli Battlefield Immersion with Exper… · $640 for two with ToursByLocals – Private Gallipoli Historian Guidehow to make it yours → ·
Days 15–16
A backstreets food walk across the Grand Bazaar an… · $270 for two with Culinary Backstreets (official)how to make it yours →
Day 17
Dardanellesport guide →
Private Gallipoli Battlefield Immersion with Exper… · $640 for two with ToursByLocals – Private Gallipoli Historian Guidehow to make it yours → ·
Day 18
★ Private Ephesus Tour with Expert Local Guide & On-… — how to make it yours →
Day 19
VIOMA organic vineyard · $216 for two with Mykonos Vioma Organic Farmhow to make it yours →
Day 20
Piraeus (Athens)port guide →
★ The Acropolis & Parthenon, Guided Skip-the-Line — how to make it yours →
Day 21
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 22
★ Pompeii with a Licensed Archaeologist — how to make it yours →
Day 23
Civitavecchia (Rome)port guide →
★ Vatican, Sistine Chapel & Colosseum in One Day — how to make it yours →
Day 24
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 25
★ St John's Co-Cathedral & the Caravaggio masterpieces — how to make it yours →
Day 26
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 27
Climb the City Walls to San Giovanni Fortress · $18 for two with Kotor City Walls / San Giovanni Fortress (official municipal ticket booths in the Old Town)how to make it yours → ·
Day 28
Diocletian's Palace · $76 for two with Split Walking Tours (official)how to make it yours → ·
Day 29
Zadar Old Town Private Walking Tour with Licensed… · $400 for two with Tour Travel & More (Private Zadar Excursions)how to make it yours → ·
Day 30
Trieste Disembark
Disembark in the morning — or stay on for the days just below.
After you disembark

Bucket-list days near Trieste

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

71 mi from Trieste

St. Mark's Basilica

71 mi from Trieste

Doge's Palace

Before you sail

Make it longer — by land from Southampton

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

57 mi from Southampton · fly LHR

Churchill's Kent, Glyndebourne at Dusk & London's Secret Side

English Country Culture & City Grit

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57 mi from Southampton · fly LHR

Cornwall's Wild Coast: Tin Mines, Tidal Castles & Beach Bars

Rugged Coastal Heritage Adventure

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66 mi from Southampton · fly BRS

Georgian Bath, Wild Somerset: Limestone, Lions and Lock Flights

Georgian Bath Country Escape

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After you disembark

Make it longer — by land from Trieste

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

70 mi from Trieste · fly VCE

Palazzo Doors, Lagoon Vineyards: Venice Beyond the Crowd Line

Private Venice, Lagoon Slow

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153 mi from Trieste · fly SZG

Salt, Stone and Grüner Veltliner: Salzburg Beyond Mozart

Alpine Baroque Road Trip

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Home

Fly home from Trieste (VCE)

What this adventure runs estimated · for two
Your hotel
Flights open-jaw · fly into LHR, home from VCE · 2 travelers $2,638 est.
Hotel before you sail1 night · London · Premium~$203
Cruise fare29 nights · Cunard · 2 guests$10,638
Shore excursions12 bucket-list things, booked direct · for 2 · swap any at its port above ↑~$3,480
Transfersairport ↔ ship, private car~$180
Trip total$17,139
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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