Bucket-List Cruise Adventure

23-Night Abu Dhabi to Rome Cruise Adventure

Regent · Seven Seas Splendor · from Abu Dhabi

$18,499 per person · next sails Apr 25, 2027 Book this cruise@ Cruisebound · same fare
Get there

Fly into Abu Dhabi (AUH)

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

Open-jaw · fly into AUH, home from FCO · $2,904 for two est.
Before you sail

Bucket-list days near Abu Dhabi

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.

6 mi from Abu Dhabi

Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque

7 mi from Abu Dhabi

Louvre Abu Dhabi

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, the private, expert-led way, not the ship’s coach — any days at sea, and the day you step off.

Day 1
Abu Dhabi Embark
Board in the afternoon — fly in at least a day early (your day ashore here is just above).
Days 2–3
Willis Island
Zodiac Circumnavigation of Willis Island · $257 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 4
Salalah
⚙ Curating Salalah’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Days 5–7
Willis Island
Zodiac Circumnavigation of Willis Island · $257 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 8
Jeddah
⚙ Curating Jeddah’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 9
Willis Island
Zodiac Circumnavigation of Willis Island · $257 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Days 10–11
Luxor/Karnak (Safaga)
⚙ Curating Luxor/Karnak (Safaga)’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Days 12–13
Aqaba
⚙ Curating Aqaba’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Days 14–15
Suez Canal
⚙ Curating Suez Canal’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Days 16–17
Haifa
⚙ Curating Haifa’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 18
Limassol
⚙ Curating Limassol’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 19
Rhodes
Private Full-Day Rhodes Island Highlights & Lindos · $784 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 20
Kusadasi (Ephesus)
Ephesus + the Terrace Houses with a licensed archa… · $32 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 21
Piraeus (Athens)
The Acropolis & Parthenon, Guided Skip-the-Line · $65 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 22
Willis Island
Zodiac Circumnavigation of Willis Island · $257 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 23
Sorrento
⚙ Curating Sorrento’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 24
Civitavecchia (Rome) Disembark
Disembark in the morning — or stay on for the days just below.
After you disembark

Bucket-list days near Rome

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

15 mi from Rome

Villa d'Este Archaeological Excavations (Hadrian's Villa)

Sprawling 2nd-century villa with 30+ hectares of imperial ruins, Greek sculptures, and recreated Greek structures; scale and ambition dwarf anything i…

1 mi from Rome

Colosseum

Home

Fly home from Rome (FCO)

What this adventure runs estimated · for two
Your hotel
Flights open-jaw · fly into AUH, home from FCO · 2 travelers $2,904 est.
Hotel before you sail1 night · Abu Dhabi · Luxury~$350
Cruise fare23 nights · Regent · 2 guests$36,998
Shore excursions7 bucket-list things, booked direct · for 2 · more as they curate · swap any at its port above ↑~$1,909
Transfersairport ↔ ship, private car~$180
Trip total$42,341
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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