Bucket-List Cruise Adventure
Viking Ocean · Viking Mira · from Istanbul
The whole plan — fly-in, every port, what it runs — in your inbox.
Your gateway to the voyage. Arrive a day or two early — the best of the trip starts before you board.
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.
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.
You end in a different port — stay on, and add what’s within reach before you fly home.
A 16th-century Franciscan monastery carved into living rock with corridors and chambers lined in cork for insulation—a radically austere labyrinth ref…
| Flights | open-jaw · fly into IST, home from LIS · 2 travelers | $3,510 est. |
| Hotel before you sail | 1 night · Istanbul · Luxury | ~$305 |
| Cruise fare | 28 nights · Viking Ocean · 2 guests | $26,192 |
| Shore excursions | 18 bucket-list things, booked direct · for 2 · swap any at its port above ↑ | ~$2,462 |
| Transfers | airport ↔ ship, private car | ~$180 |
| Trip total | $32,649 |
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