Bucket-List Cruise Adventure

24-Night Athens to Rome Cruise Adventure

Seabourn · Seabourn Ovation · from Athens

$22,358 per person · next sails Jun 5, 2027 Book this cruise@ Cruisebound · same fare
Get there

Fly into Athens (ATH)

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

Open-jaw · fly into ATH, home from FCO · $2,618 for two est.
Before you sail

Bucket-list days near Athens

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.

1 mi from Athens

Acropolis Museum

Your voyage · 24 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
Piraeus (Athens) Embark
Board in the afternoon — fly in at least a day early (your day ashore here is just above).
Day 2
Nafplion
⚙ Curating Nafplion’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
Kotor
Climb the City Walls to San Giovanni Fortress · $18 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 5
Korcula
⚙ Curating Korcula’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 6
Hvar
⚙ Curating Hvar’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 7
Sibenik
⚙ Curating Sibenik’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 8
Piran
⚙ Curating Piran’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 9
Fusina (Venice)
Private Gondola Ride · $194 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 10
Rovinj
⚙ Curating Rovinj’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 11
Vis
⚙ Curating Vis’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 12
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 13
Valletta
St John's Co-Cathedral & the Caravaggio masterpieces · $26 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 14
Giardini Naxos
⚙ Curating Giardini Naxos’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 15
Lipari
⚙ Curating Lipari’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 16
Sorrento
⚙ Curating Sorrento’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 17
Civitavecchia (Rome)
★ Vatican, Sistine Chapel & Colosseum in One Day — how to make it yours →
Day 18
Bastia
⚙ Curating Bastia’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 19
Calvi
⚙ Curating Calvi’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 20
Olbia
Tavolara Island · $148 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 21
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 22
La Goulette
Private Full-Day Carthage, Sidi Bou Said & Bardo M… · $142 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 23
Palermo
Cappella Palatina & the Norman Palace · $33 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 24
Amalfi
⚙ Curating Amalfi’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 25
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 ATH, home from FCO · 2 travelers $2,618 est.
Hotel before you sail1 night · Athens · Luxury~$350
Cruise fare24 nights · Seabourn · 2 guests$44,716
Shore excursions6 bucket-list things, booked direct · for 2 · more as they curate · swap any at its port above ↑~$561
Transfersairport ↔ ship, private car~$180
Trip total$48,425
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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