Bucket-List Cruise Adventure

20-Night Marseille to Santo Domingo Cruise Adventure

Costa · Costa Serena · from Marseille

$1,641 per person · next sails Nov 16, 2027 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 PUJ · $1,904 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.

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

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
Marseille Embark
Board in the afternoon — fly in at least a day early (your day ashore here is just above).
Day 2
Park Guell · $39 for two with Park Guell (official, Barcelona City Council)how to make it yours → ·
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
Upper Rock Nature Reserve · $140 for two with Tours of Gibraltar (official licensed operators)how to make it yours → ·
Day 5
Cadiz (Seville)port guide →
Plaza de España & Seville's Barrio Santa Cruz · $432 for two with The Magic of Seville – Private Tourshow to make it yours → ·
Day 6
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 7
★ Timanfaya Volcanic Park — how to make it yours →
Day 8
Las Palmasport guide →
Roque Nublo & Tejeda · $421 for two with Shore Emotion (Private 4×4 Tour)how to make it yours → ·
Days 9–14
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 15
Philipsburgport guide →
★ Random Wind 'Paradise Day Sail' — how to make it yours →
Day 16
Fort-de-Franceport guide →
Mount Pelée & Saint-Pierre · $149 for two with Sebastiano Tourshow to make it yours → ·
Day 17
Pointe-a-Pitreport guide →
Death in Paradise Filming Locations & Botanical Ga… · $171 for two with Karukera Experienceshow to make it yours → ·
Day 18
Port of Basseterreport guide →
Mt. Liamuiga Volcano Crater Hike · $150 for two with Duke of Earl Adventures (Earl Pemberton)how to make it yours → ·
Day 18
Sea Of Antilles Darkest Spot
⚙ Curating Sea Of Antilles Darkest Spot’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 19
Norman Island · $240 for two with BVI Sailing & Snorkel Tours (local operator via Tripadvisor direct)how to make it yours → ·
Day 20
Philipsburgport guide →
★ Random Wind 'Paradise Day Sail' — how to make it yours →
Day 21
Santo Domingo Disembark
Disembark in the morning — or stay on for the days just below.
After you disembark

Bucket-list days near Santo Domingo

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

98 mi from Santo Domingo

Hoyo Azul (Blue Hole)

90 mi from Santo Domingo

Saona Island

Before you sail

Make it longer — by land from Marseille

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

13 mi from Marseille · fly MRS

Provence by the Senses: Lavender, Truffles, and Roman Stone

Culinary Heritage & Open Road

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95 mi from Marseille · fly NCE

Cézanne's Backyard: Wine, Art & Thermal Springs in Provence

Art and Wine in Provence

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168 mi from Marseille · fly LYS

Alpine Wildlife, Glacier Treks & Savoyard Spirits in Chamonix

Alpine Adventure & Gastronomy

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After you disembark

Make it longer — by land from Santo Domingo

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

15 mi from Santo Domingo · fly SDQ

Barahona: The Dominican Coast You Haven't Heard Of Yet

Wild Coast & Mountain Culture

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Home

Fly home from Santo Domingo (PUJ)

What this adventure runs estimated · for two
Your hotel
Flights open-jaw · fly into NCE, home from PUJ · 2 travelers $1,904 est.
Hotel before you sail1 night · Marseille · Contemporary~$163
Cruise fare20 nights · Costa · 2 guests$3,282
Shore excursions8 bucket-list things, booked direct · for 2 · more as they curate · swap any at its port above ↑~$1,742
Transfersairport ↔ ship, private car~$180
Trip total$7,271
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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