Bucket-List Cruise Adventure

27-Night Marseille to Durban Cruise Adventure

MSC Cruises · MSC Sinfonia · from Marseille

$2,279 per person · next sails Oct 16, 2027 Book this cruise@ Cruisebound · same fare
Get there

Fly into Marseille (NCE)

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

Open-jaw · fly into NCE, home from CPT · $3,700 for two est.
Before you sail

Bucket-list days near Marseille

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.

86 mi from Marseille

Confiserie du Vieux Pont (Candied Fruit Masterclass)

A three-generation candy-making house teaching the 150-year-old technique of candying Provençal fruits, stone by stone, layer by layer, creating jewel…

16 mi from Marseille

Atelier de Cézanne

Your voyage · 27 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
Marseille Embark
Board in the afternoon — fly in at least a day early (your day ashore here is just above).
Day 2
Olbia Old Town, Basilica di San Simplicio & Sacred… · $120 for two with GoWithGuide — Olbia Private Guideshow to make it yours → ·
Day 3
Civitavecchia (Rome)port guide →
★ Vatican, Sistine Chapel & Colosseum in One Day — how to make it yours →
Day 4
★ Taormina's Ancient Greek Theatre, framed by Mount… — how 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
Private Full-Day Rhodes Island Highlights & Lindos · $784 for two with Rhodes Islander (Licensed Private Guides)how to make it yours → ·
Day 7
Ancient Kourion & Apollo Sanctuary · $200 for two with Tours by Locals – Cyprus Private Guideshow to make it yours → ·
Day 8
Alexandriaport guide →
★ Private Full-Day Cairo — how to make it yours →
Days 9–10
Suez Canalport guide →
Private Giza Pyramids, Sphinx & Valley Temple Day… · $170 for two with Happy Egypt Shore Excursionshow to make it yours → ·
Day 11
Sharm-el-Sheikhport guide →
Tiran Island · $130 for two with Marsa Alam Tours – Sharm el-Sheikh Shore Excursionshow to make it yours → ·
Day 12
Safaga (Luxorport guide →
Two-Day Private Luxor, Dendera & Abydos Tour from… · $400 for two with Bastet Travelhow to make it yours → ·
Days 13–19
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 20
Port Victoriaport guide →
Victoria Spice Market & Creole Cooking Masterclass · $260 for two with Seychelles Cooking School & Culinary Tourshow to make it yours → ·
Days 21–22
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 23
Port Louisport guide →
Corail Helicopter · $350 for two with Corail Helicoptershow to make it yours → ·
Day 24
La Possessionport guide →
Private Helicopter Grand Tour · $691 for two with Helilagon (Réunion's leading helicopter tour operator)how to make it yours → ·
Days 25–27
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 28
Durban Disembark
Disembark in the morning.
Before you sail

Make it longer — by land from Marseille

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

13 mi from Marseille · fly MRS

Provence by the Senses: Lavender, Truffles, and Roman Stone

Culinary Heritage & Open Road

See the whole plan →
95 mi from Marseille · fly NCE

Cézanne's Backyard: Wine, Art & Thermal Springs in Provence

Art and Wine in Provence

See the whole plan →
168 mi from Marseille · fly LYS

Alpine Wildlife, Glacier Treks & Savoyard Spirits in Chamonix

Alpine Adventure & Gastronomy

See the whole plan →
Home

Fly home from Durban (DUR)

What this adventure runs estimated · for two
Your hotel
Flights open-jaw · fly into NCE, home from CPT · 2 travelers $3,700 est.
Hotel before you sail1 night · Marseille · Contemporary~$163
Cruise fare27 nights · MSC Cruises · 2 guests$4,558
Shore excursions9 bucket-list things, booked direct · for 2 · swap any at its port above ↑~$3,105
Transfersairport ↔ ship, private car~$180
Trip total$11,706
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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