Bucket-List Cruise Adventure

20-Night Rome to Lisbon Cruise Adventure

Oceania · Oceania Nautica · from Rome

Get there

Fly into Rome (FCO)

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

Open-jaw · fly into FCO, home from LIS · $2,458 for two est.
Before you sail

Bucket-list days near Rome

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.

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

Your voyage · 20 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
Civitavecchia (Rome) Embark
Board in the afternoon — fly in at least a day early (your day ashore here is just above).
Day 2
Castello di Arechi & Salerno Old Town · $279 for two with GetYourGuide – Salerno Private Custom Tour with a Local Guidehow to make it yours →
Day 3
★ Cappella Palatina & the Norman Palace — how to make it yours →
Day 4
Golfo Arranciport guide →
Costa Smeralda & Porto Cervo Private Drive · $605 for two with ToursByLocals – Sardinia Private Guideshow to make it yours → ·
Days 5–6
Uffizi Gallery · $205 for two with Avventure Bellissime (Tours Italy)how to make it yours → ·
Day 7
Sanguinaires Islands & Calanques · $103 for two with Ajaccio Vision (Visit Corsica Official Operator)how to make it yours → ·
Day 8
St. Tropezport guide →
Private Riva Boat Tour · $648 for two with GetYourGuide – Luxury Private Riva Boat Tour St. Tropezhow to make it yours → ·
Day 9
Private Gastronomic Voyage · $188 for two with Local Sète Private Guides (via Tripadvisor Experiences)how to make it yours → ·
Day 10
Palma de Mallorcaport guide →
Palma Bay Catamaran Sail with Swim & Snorkel Stops · $70 for two with SailPalma by Omare Yachtinghow to make it yours →
Day 11
Park Guell · $39 for two with Park Guell (official, Barcelona City Council)how to make it yours → ·
Day 12
Palma de Mallorcaport guide →
Palma Bay Catamaran Sail with Swim & Snorkel Stops · $70 for two with SailPalma by Omare Yachtinghow to make it yours →
Day 13
Alicante Secrets · $97 for two with Alicante Tasting Clubhow to make it yours →
Day 14
Modernista old-town walk and a luxury tapas circui… · $97 for two with Local licensed gastronomy operator (e.g. the Cartagena guided tapas & modernista walk) - book the official tour directhow to make it yours →
Day 15
Private Alhambra Palace & Generalife Gardens from… · $171 for two with Spain Day Tours (Almeria Shore Excursion specialists)how to make it yours → ·
Day 16
★ Granada & the Alhambra — how to make it yours →
Day 17
Upper Rock Nature Reserve · $140 for two with Tours of Gibraltar (official licensed operators)how to make it yours → ·
Day 18
Tangier Kasbah, Medina & American Legation Private… · $240 for two with Tangier Private Tours (tangier-private-tours.com)how to make it yours → ·
Day 19
Authentic Seville Tapas & Sherry · $214 for two with Devour Seville Food Tourshow to make it yours →
Day 20
Private Benagil Cave Boat Tour · $82 for two with Algarve Cave Captain (private charter specialist)how to make it yours → ·
Day 21
Lisbon Disembark
Disembark in the morning — or stay on for the days just below.
After you disembark

Bucket-list days near Lisbon

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

14 mi from Lisbon

Sintra Day Trip - Pena Palace

13 mi from Lisbon

Convent of the Capuchos Cork Lining & Underground Network

A 16th-century Franciscan monastery carved into living rock with corridors and chambers lined in cork for insulation—a radically austere labyrinth ref…

After you disembark

Make it longer — by land from Lisbon

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

4 mi from Lisbon · fly LIS

Sintra's Forests, Palaces & Coast: A Portuguese Masterpiece

Coastal Palace Adventure

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Home

Fly home from Lisbon (LIS)

What this adventure runs estimated · for two
Your hotel
Flights open-jaw · fly into FCO, home from LIS · 2 travelers $2,458 est.
Hotel before you sail1 night · Rome · Luxury~$1,200
Shore excursions16 bucket-list things, booked direct · for 2 · swap any at its port above ↑~$3,248
Transfersairport ↔ ship, private car~$180
Trip total$7,086
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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