Bucket-List Cruise Adventure

52-Night Sydney to Marseille Cruise Adventure

MSC Cruises · MSC Magnifica · from Sydney

$8,259 per person · next sails Mar 16, 2027 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 NCE · $4,400 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 sailing · day by day

The route, in order

Exactly where the ship takes you — the day you board, every port it calls, any days at sea, and the day you step off.

  1. Day 1 Sydney Embark
  2. Days 2–3 At sea
  3. Day 4 Noumea
  4. Day 5 At sea
  5. Day 6 Luganville
  6. Days 7–9 At sea
  7. Day 10 Pago Pago
  8. Day 10 Apia
  9. Days 11–15 At sea
  10. Day 16 Honolulu
  11. Day 17 Hilo
  12. Days 18–22 At sea
  13. Day 23 Los Angeles
  14. Days 24–25 At sea
  15. Day 26 Cabo San Lucas
  16. Days 27–29 At sea
  17. Day 30 Puntarenas
  18. Day 31 At sea
  19. Day 32 Balboa
  20. Day 33 Cruising Panama Canal
  21. Days 34–35 At sea
  22. Day 36 La Romana
  23. Day 37 Road Town
  24. Day 38 Philipsburg
  25. Days 39–44 At sea
  26. Day 45 Las Palmas
  27. Days 46–47 At sea
  28. Day 48 Ibiza
  29. Day 49 At sea
  30. Day 50 Naples
  31. Day 51 Civitavecchia (Rome)
  32. Day 52 Genoa
  33. Day 53 Marseille Disembark
The voyage · 52 nights

The unforgettable thing at every port

We’ve found the single bucket-list experience at 14 of your 19 ports — the private, expert-led way, not the ship’s coach. The rest are being curated now — check back shortly.

Noumea
Amédée Island Day Trip · $200 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Luganville
⚙ Curating Luganville’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Pago Pago
⚙ Curating Pago Pago’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Apia
To Sua Ocean Trench, Waterfalls & Piula Cave Pool · $260 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Honolulu
Pearl Harbor · $118 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Hilo
Private Big Island Volcanoes & Lava Fields Tour fr… · $1,226 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Los Angeles
Warner Bros. Studio Tour Hollywood · $150 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Cabo San Lucas
El Arco & Lover's Beach · $240 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Puntarenas
⚙ Curating Puntarenas’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Balboa
⚙ Curating Balboa’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Cruising Panama Canal
⚙ Curating Cruising Panama Canal’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
La Romana
Saona Island Private Speedboat & Natural Pool Day · $220 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Road Town
Norman Island · $240 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Philipsburg
Random Wind 'Paradise Day Sail' · $258 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Las Palmas
Roque Nublo & Tejeda · $421 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Ibiza
Formentera Day Trip & Ses Illetes, the 'Spanish Ca… · $54 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Naples
Pompeii with a Licensed Archaeologist · $32 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Civitavecchia (Rome)
Vatican, Sistine Chapel & Colosseum in One Day · $405 for twohow to make it yours → ·
+ 1 more ports on this voyage
After you disembark

Bucket-list days near Marseille

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

16 mi from Marseille

Atelier de Cézanne

99 mi from Marseille

Musée Marc Chagall

Home

Fly home from Marseille (NCE)

What this adventure runs estimated · for two
Your hotel
Flights open-jaw · fly into SYD, home from NCE · 2 travelers $4,400 est.
Hotel before you sail1 night · Sydney · Contemporary~$79
Cruise fare52 nights · MSC Cruises · 2 guests$16,518
Shore excursions14 bucket-list things, booked direct · for 2 · more as they curate · swap any at its port above ↑~$3,876
Transfersairport ↔ ship, private car~$180
Trip total$25,053
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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