Bucket-List Cruise Adventure

21-Night Venice to Barcelona Cruise Adventure

Regent · Seven Seas Explorer · from Venice

$21,599 per person · next sails Jun 30, 2028 Book this cruise@ Cruisebound · same fare
Get there

Fly into Venice (VCE)

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

Open-jaw · fly into VCE, home from BCN · $2,436 for two est.
Before you sail

Bucket-list days near Venice

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.

0 mi from Venice

St. Mark's Basilica

126 mi from Venice

Villa d'Este - Tivoli Fountains & Mannerist Gardens (Day Trip)

Cardinal d'Este's 16th-century villa features hundreds of architectural fountains ingeniously engineered to celebrate water as art, cascading through…

Your voyage · 21 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
Fusina (Venice) Embark
Board in the afternoon — fly in at least a day early (your day ashore here is just above).
Day 2
Opatija Belle Époque Walk & Sea-Cliff Kayak Advent… · $262 for two with GetYourGuide – Opatija Cliffs & Caves Kayak (local operator)how to make it yours →
Day 3
Diocletian's Palace · $76 for two with Split Walking Tours (official)how to make it yours → ·
Day 4
Climb the City Walls to San Giovanni Fortress · $18 for two with Kotor City Walls / San Giovanni Fortress (official municipal ticket booths in the Old Town)how to make it yours → ·
Day 5
★ Matera & the Sassi cave city with a licensed Basil… — how to make it yours →
Day 6
Igoumenitsaport guide →
Private Full-Day Meteora Monasteries Tour from Igo… · $454 for two with Visit Meteora (official Meteora tour specialist)how to make it yours → ·
Day 7
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 8
★ St John's Co-Cathedral & the Caravaggio masterpieces — how to make it yours →
Day 9
★ Taormina's Ancient Greek Theatre, framed by Mount… — how to make it yours →
Day 10
Castello di Arechi & Salerno Old Town · $279 for two with GetYourGuide – Salerno Private Custom Tour with a Local Guidehow to make it yours →
Day 11
Golfo Arranciport guide →
Costa Smeralda & Porto Cervo Private Drive · $605 for two with ToursByLocals – Sardinia Private Guideshow to make it yours → ·
Day 12
Civitavecchia (Rome)port guide →
★ Vatican, Sistine Chapel & Colosseum in One Day — how to make it yours →
Day 13
Private Bolgheri Wine Tour · $259 for two with Under The Tuscan Sun Tourshow to make it yours → ·
Day 14
Livorno (Florence/Pisa)port guide →
Private Florence shore excursion · $400 for two with ArtViva — The Original & Best Tours Italyhow to make it yours →
Day 15
Private Yacht Charter · $648 for two with Ligurian Sea Sailing (Portofino-based private charter)how to make it yours → ·
Day 16
Monte Carloport guide →
Casino de Monte-Carlo · $37 for two with Casino de Monte-Carlo (Société des Bains de Mer — official)how to make it yours → ·
Day 17
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 18
St. Tropez · $972 for two with Provence Private Tourhow to make it yours → ·
Day 19
Private Gastronomic Voyage · $188 for two with Local Sète Private Guides (via Tripadvisor Experiences)how to make it yours → ·
Day 20
Girona · $531 for two with Top Private Tours – Palamoshow 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
Barcelona Disembark
Disembark in the morning — or stay on for the days just below.
After you disembark

Bucket-list days near Barcelona

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

1 mi from Barcelona

Sagrada Família

7 mi from Barcelona

Colònia Güell Church (Crypt) & Modernist Industrial Site

Gaudí designed the crypt of this worker's church for an industrialist's textile colony; the organic architecture buried underground feels like enterin…

Before you sail

Make it longer — by land from Venice

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

5 mi from Venice · fly VCE

Palazzo Doors, Lagoon Vineyards: Venice Beyond the Crowd Line

Private Venice, Lagoon Slow

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114 mi from Venice · fly SAN

Salt Marsh to Surf Break: San Diego's Wild, Cultured Edge

Coast Culture Adventure

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125 mi from Venice · fly FLR

Florence to Val d'Orcia: Wine, Frescoes & Thermal Springs

Tuscan Wine & Culture Road Trip

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After you disembark

Make it longer — by land from Barcelona

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

8 mi from Barcelona · fly BCN

Barcelona Beyond the Crowds: Gaudí, Galician Seafood & Montserrat

Modernist Architecture & Catalan Feasting

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210 mi from Barcelona · fly MRS

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

Culinary Heritage & Open Road

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Home

Fly home from Barcelona (BCN)

What this adventure runs estimated · for two
Your hotel
Flights open-jaw · fly into VCE, home from BCN · 2 travelers $2,436 est.
Hotel before you sail1 night · Venice · Luxury~$1,100
Cruise fare21 nights · Regent · 2 guests$43,198
Shore excursions13 bucket-list things, booked direct · for 2 · swap any at its port above ↑~$4,729
Transfersairport ↔ ship, private car~$180
Trip total$51,643
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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