Bucket-List Cruise Adventure

4-Night Marseille to Palermo Cruise Adventure

Costa · Costa Smeralda · from Marseille

$567 per person · next sails Aug 30, 2026 Book this cruise@ Cruisebound · same fare
Get there

Fly into Marseille (NCE)

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

Open-jaw · fly into NCE, home from PMO · $1,380 for two est.
Before you sail

Bucket-list days near Marseille

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.

16 mi from Marseille

Atelier de Cézanne

99 mi from Marseille

Musée Marc Chagall

Your voyage · 4 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
Marseille Embark
Board in the afternoon — fly in at least a day early (your day ashore here is just above).
Day 2
Barcelona
Sagrada Familia · $56 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 2
Balearic sea darkest spot
⚙ Curating Balearic sea darkest spot’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 3
Ibiza
Formentera Day Trip & Ses Illetes, the 'Spanish Ca… · $54 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 3
Balearic sea darkest spot
⚙ Curating Balearic sea darkest spot’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 4
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 5
Palermo Disembark
Disembark in the morning.
Home

Fly home from Palermo (PMO)

What this adventure runs estimated · for two
Your hotel
Flights open-jaw · fly into NCE, home from PMO · 2 travelers $1,380 est.
Hotel before you sail1 night · Marseille · Contemporary~$163
Cruise fare4 nights · Costa · 2 guests$1,134
Shore excursions2 bucket-list things, booked direct · for 2 · more as they curate · swap any at its port above ↑~$110
Transfersairport ↔ ship, private car~$180
Trip total$2,967
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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