Bucket-List Cruise Adventure

22-Night Rio de Janeiro to Marseille Cruise Adventure

MSC Cruises · MSC Virtuosa · from Rio de Janeiro

$1,930 per person · next sails Apr 4, 2027 Book this cruise@ Cruisebound · same fare
Get there

Fly into Rio de Janeiro (GIG)

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

Open-jaw · fly into GIG, home from NCE · $3,022 for two est.
Before you sail

Bucket-list days near Rio de Janeiro

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.

4 mi from Rio de Janeiro

Sugar Loaf Mountain (Pão de Açúcar)

5 mi from Rio de Janeiro

Christ the Redeemer

Your voyage · 22 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
Rio de Janeiro Embark
Board in the afternoon — fly in at least a day early (your day ashore here is just above).
Day 2
Buzios
⚙ Curating Buzios’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 3
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 4
Bahia de Salvador
⚙ Curating Bahia de Salvador’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
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
Maceio
⚙ Curating Maceio’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Days 7–12
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 13
Santa Cruz de Tenerife
★ Teide National Park · $22 for two — how to make it yours → ·
Day 14
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 15
Tangier
★ Tangier Kasbah, Medina & American Legation Private… · $240 for two — how to make it yours → ·
Day 16
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 17
Barcelona
★ Sagrada Familia · $56 for two — how to make it yours → ·
Day 18
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 19
La Goulette
★ Private Full-Day Carthage, Sidi Bou Said & Bardo M… · $142 for two — how to make it yours → ·
Day 20
Palermo
★ Cappella Palatina & the Norman Palace · $33 for two — how to make it yours → ·
Day 21
Naples
★ Pompeii with a Licensed Archaeologist · $32 for two — how to make it yours → ·
Day 22
Livorno (Florence/Pisa)
★ Climb the Leaning Tower of Pisa · $43 for two — how to make it yours → ·
Day 23
Marseille Disembark
Disembark in the morning — or stay on for the days just below.
After you disembark

Bucket-list days near Marseille

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

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

Home

Fly home from Marseille (NCE)

What this adventure runs estimated · for two
Your hotel
Flights open-jaw · fly into GIG, home from NCE · 2 travelers $3,022 est.
Hotel before you sail1 night · Rio de Janeiro · Contemporary~$123
Cruise fare22 nights · MSC Cruises · 2 guests$3,860
Shore excursions7 bucket-list things, booked direct · for 2 · more as they curate · swap any at its port above ↑~$568
Transfersairport ↔ ship, private car~$180
Trip total$7,753
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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