Bucket-List Cruise Adventure

44-Night Mediterranean Cruise Adventure

Holland America · Volendam · round-trip from New York

$8,359 per person · next sails Oct 11, 2027 Book this cruise@ Cruisebound · same fare
Get there

Fly into New York (JFK)

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

Round-trip into JFK · $814 for two est.
Before you sail

Bucket-list days near New York

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.

4 mi from New York

The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)

Your voyage · 44 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
New York Embark
Board in the afternoon — fly in at least a day early (your day ashore here is just above).
Days 2–6
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 7
Ponta Delgadaport guide →
Sete Cidades Twin Lakes · $274 for two with Azores Private Tours (official)how to make it yours → ·
Days 8–9
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 10
Day 11
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 12
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 13
Park Guell · $39 for two with Park Guell (official, Barcelona City Council)how to make it yours → ·
Day 14
Villefrancheport guide →
Private Riviera Half-Day · $192 for two with Ophorus Private Shore Excursionshow to make it yours → ·
Day 15
Livorno (Florence/Pisa)port guide →
Private Florence shore excursion · $400 for two with ArtViva — The Original & Best Tours Italyhow to make it yours →
Day 16
Civitavecchia (Rome)port guide →
★ Vatican, Sistine Chapel & Colosseum in One Day — how to make it yours →
Day 17
★ Pompeii with a Licensed Archaeologist — how to make it yours →
Day 18
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 19
Iraklion (Heraklion)port guide →
Knossos Palace · $173 for two with Visit Knossos (Official Knossos Tour Specialists)how to make it yours → ·
Day 20
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 21
Ashdod (Jerusalem)port guide →
Private Jerusalem Full-Day Tour from Ashdod Port · $1,099 for two with Bein Harim Israel Tourshow to make it yours → ·
Day 22
Jerusalem Old City & Western Wall · $1,195 for two with Bein Harim Israel Tourshow to make it yours → ·
Day 23
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Days 24–25
Alexandriaport guide →
★ Private Full-Day Cairo — how to make it yours →
Day 26
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 27
Kusadasi (Ephesus)port guide →
The Ephesus Experience Museum · $86 for two with Ephesus Archaeological Site (official, Ministry of Culture and Tourism)how to make it yours → ·
Day 28
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Days 28–29
A backstreets food walk across the Grand Bazaar an… · $270 for two with Culinary Backstreets (official)how to make it yours →
Day 30
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 31
Piraeus (Athens)port guide →
★ The Acropolis & Parthenon, Guided Skip-the-Line — how to make it yours →
Day 32
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 33
★ St John's Co-Cathedral & the Caravaggio masterpieces — how to make it yours →
5 more days at sea and ashore
Day 45
New York Disembark
Back where you started — disembark in the morning.
Home

Fly home from New York (JFK)

What this adventure runs estimated · for two
Your hotel
Flights round-trip into JFK · 2 travelers $814 est.
Hotel before you sail1 night · New York · Premium~$786
Cruise fare44 nights · Holland America · 2 guests$16,718
Shore excursions12 bucket-list things, booked direct · for 2 · swap any at its port above ↑~$4,135
Transfersairport ↔ ship, private car~$180
Trip total$22,633
Flights are estimated from our best gateways (refine from your own airport above); 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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