Bucket-List Cruise Adventure

31-Night Alicante to Durban Cruise Adventure

MSC Cruises · MSC Sinfonia · from Alicante

$2,599 per person · next sails Oct 12, 2027 Book this cruise@ Cruisebound · same fare
Get there

Fly into Alicante (ALC)

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

Open-jaw · fly into ALC, home from CPT · $2,124 for two est.
Before you sail

Bucket-list days near Alicante

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.

103 mi from Alicante

National Museum of Costa Rica

103 mi from Alicante

Gold Museum

Your voyage · 31 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
Alicante Embark
Board in the afternoon — fly in at least a day early (your day ashore here is just above).
Day 2
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 3
Civitavecchia (Rome)
Vatican, Sistine Chapel & Colosseum in One Day · $405 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 4
Genoa
Sail straight to Portofino from the cruise dock · $52 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 5
Marseille
Calanques National Park Boat Cruise from the Old P… · $72 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 6
Olbia
Tavolara Island · $148 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 7
Civitavecchia (Rome)
Vatican, Sistine Chapel & Colosseum in One Day · $405 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 8
Messina
Taormina's Ancient Greek Theatre, framed by Mount… · $11 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 9
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 10
Rhodes
Private Full-Day Rhodes Island Highlights & Lindos · $784 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 11
Limassol
⚙ Curating Limassol’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 12
Alexandria
⚙ Curating Alexandria’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Days 13–14
Suez Canal
⚙ Curating Suez Canal’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 15
Sharm-el-Sheikh
⚙ Curating Sharm-el-Sheikh’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 16
Safaga (Luxor
⚙ Curating Safaga (Luxor’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Days 17–23
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 24
Port Victoria
⚙ Curating Port Victoria’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Days 25–26
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 27
Port Louis
⚙ Curating Port Louis’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 28
La Possession
⚙ Curating La Possession’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Days 29–31
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 32
Durban Disembark
Disembark in the morning.
Home

Fly home from Durban (DUR)

What this adventure runs estimated · for two
Your hotel
Flights open-jaw · fly into ALC, home from CPT · 2 travelers $2,124 est.
Hotel before you sail1 night · Alicante · Contemporary~$123
Cruise fare31 nights · MSC Cruises · 2 guests$5,198
Shore excursions7 bucket-list things, booked direct · for 2 · more as they curate · swap any at its port above ↑~$1,877
Transfersairport ↔ ship, private car~$180
Trip total$9,502
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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