Bucket-List Cruise Adventure

18-Night Venice to Barcelona Cruise Adventure

Azamara · Azamara Onward · from Venice

$5,179 per person · next sails May 16, 2027 Book this cruise@ Cruisebound · same fare
Get there

Fly into Venice (VCE)

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

Open-jaw · fly into VCE, home from BCN · $2,562 for two est.
Before you sail

Bucket-list days near Venice

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.

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St. Mark's Basilica

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Gondola Ride

Your voyage · 18 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
Fusina (Venice) Embark
Board in the afternoon — fly in at least a day early (your day ashore here is just above).
Day 2
Ravenna
Private Ravenna UNESCO Mosaics Walk with a Local E… · $605 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 3
Ancona
⚙ Curating Ancona’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 4
Kotor
Climb the City Walls to San Giovanni Fortress · $18 for twohow 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
Taranto
⚙ Curating Taranto’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 7
Crotone
⚙ Curating Crotone’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 8
Syracuse
⚙ Curating Syracuse’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 9
Trapani
⚙ Curating Trapani’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 10
Amalfi
⚙ Curating Amalfi’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 11
Sorrento
⚙ Curating Sorrento’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 12
Civitavecchia (Rome)
Vatican, Sistine Chapel & Colosseum in One Day · $405 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 13
Portoferraio (Elba)
⚙ Curating Portoferraio (Elba)’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Days 14–15
Florence
Uffizi Gallery · $205 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 16
Portovenere
⚙ Curating Portovenere’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 17
Nice
⚙ Curating Nice’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 18
Marseille
Calanques National Park Boat Cruise from the Old P… · $72 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 19
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…

Home

Fly home from Barcelona (BCN)

What this adventure runs estimated · for two
Your hotel
Flights open-jaw · fly into VCE, home from BCN · 2 travelers $2,562 est.
Hotel before you sail1 night · Venice · Luxury~$1,100
Cruise fare18 nights · Azamara · 2 guests$10,358
Shore excursions5 bucket-list things, booked direct · for 2 · more as they curate · swap any at its port above ↑~$1,305
Transfersairport ↔ ship, private car~$180
Trip total$15,505
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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