Bucket-List Cruise Adventure

23-Night San Juan to Barcelona Cruise Adventure

Explora Journeys · EXPLORA I · from San Juan

$11,970 per person · next sails Mar 1, 2027 Book this cruise@ Cruisebound · same fare
Get there

Fly into San Juan (SJU)

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

Open-jaw · fly into SJU, home from BCN · $1,440 for two est.
Before you sail

Bucket-list days near San Juan

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.

49 mi from San Juan

Bioluminescent Bay Tour (Vieques)

0 mi from San Juan

Sunken City Scuba Diving Tour

Your voyage · 23 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
San Juan Embark
Board in the afternoon — fly in at least a day early (your day ashore here is just above).
Day 2
St. John'sport guide →
Private Half-Day Island Adventure & Trunk Bay Beach · $300 for two with GetYourGuide (Local St. John Private Tour Operator)how to make it yours → ·
Day 3
Private Island Hopping · $120 for two with Junior's Glass Bottom Boat & Water Sportshow to make it yours → ·
Day 4
Virgin Gordaport guide →
Private BVI Sailing Charter · $1,200 for two with BVI Yacht Charters (official)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
Grand Turkport guide →
Gibbs Cay Private Stingray Swim & Reef Snorkel · $170 for two with Grand Turk Diving (Oasis Divers)how 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
Little Havana Food & Cultural Walking Tour · $138 for two with Miami Culinary Tourshow to make it yours →
Days 9–10
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 11
★ Walk El Morro & Old San Juan's City Walls — how to make it yours →
Day 12
Philipsburgport guide →
★ Random Wind 'Paradise Day Sail' — how to make it yours →
Days 13–18
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 19
★ Pico do Arieiro to Pico Ruivo — how to make it yours →
Day 20
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 21
Cadiz (Seville)port guide →
Plaza de España & Seville's Barrio Santa Cruz · $432 for two with The Magic of Seville – Private Tourshow to make it yours → ·
Day 22
★ Granada & the Alhambra — how to make it yours →
Day 23
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 24
Barcelona Disembark
Disembark in the morning — or stay on for the days just below.
After you disembark

Bucket-list days near Barcelona

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

1 mi from Barcelona

Sagrada Família

7 mi from Barcelona

Colònia Güell Church (Crypt) & Modernist Industrial Site

Gaudí designed the crypt of this worker's church for an industrialist's textile colony; the organic architecture buried underground feels like enterin…

Before you sail

Make it longer — by land from San Juan

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

234 mi from San Juan · fly SDQ

Barahona: The Dominican Coast You Haven't Heard Of Yet

Wild Coast & Mountain Culture

See the whole plan →
After you disembark

Make it longer — by land from Barcelona

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

8 mi from Barcelona · fly BCN

Barcelona Beyond the Crowds: Gaudí, Galician Seafood & Montserrat

Modernist Architecture & Catalan Feasting

See the whole plan →
210 mi from Barcelona · fly MRS

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

Culinary Heritage & Open Road

See the whole plan →
Home

Fly home from Barcelona (BCN)

What this adventure runs estimated · for two
Your hotel
Flights open-jaw · fly into SJU, home from BCN · 2 travelers $1,440 est.
Hotel before you sail1 night · San Juan · Luxury~$484
Cruise fare23 nights · Explora Journeys · 2 guests$23,940
Shore excursions6 bucket-list things, booked direct · for 2 · swap any at its port above ↑~$2,360
Transfersairport ↔ ship, private car~$180
Trip total$28,404
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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