Bucket-List Cruise Adventure

22-Night Barcelona to Trieste Cruise Adventure

Holland America · Oosterdam · from Barcelona

$4,174 per person · next sails Apr 23, 2027 Book this cruise@ Cruisebound · same fare
Get there

Fly into Barcelona (BCN)

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

Open-jaw · fly into BCN, home from VCE · $2,302 for two est.
Before you sail

Bucket-list days near Barcelona

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.

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…

Your voyage · 22 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
Barcelona Embark
Board in the afternoon — fly in at least a day early (your day ashore here is just above).
Day 2
Villefranche
Private Riviera Half-Day · $192 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 3
Livorno (Florence/Pisa)
Climb the Leaning Tower of Pisa · $43 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 4
Civitavecchia (Rome)
Vatican, Sistine Chapel & Colosseum in One Day · $405 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 5
Naples
Pompeii with a Licensed Archaeologist · $32 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 6
Messina
Taormina's Ancient Greek Theatre, framed by Mount… · $11 for twohow 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
Souda Bay
⚙ Curating Souda Bay’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 9
Santorini (Thira)
Semi-Private Caldera Catamaran with Hot Springs &… · $216 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 10
Rhodes
Private Full-Day Rhodes Island Highlights & Lindos · $784 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 11
Kusadasi (Ephesus)
Ephesus + the Terrace Houses with a licensed archa… · $32 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 12
Piraeus (Athens)
The Acropolis & Parthenon, Guided Skip-the-Line · $65 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 13
Kusadasi (Ephesus)
Ephesus + the Terrace Houses with a licensed archa… · $32 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 14
CRUISING THE DARDANELLES
⚙ Curating CRUISING THE DARDANELLES’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Days 15–16
Istanbul
Hagia Sophia + the upper gallery mosaics with a li… · $54 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 17
Mykonos
Delos · $43 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 18
Souda Bay
⚙ Curating Souda Bay’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 19
Katakolon (Olympia)
Ancient Olympia · $22 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 20
Sarande
⚙ Curating Sarande’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 21
Dubrovnik
Walk Dubrovnik's Ancient City Walls · $76 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 22
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 23
Trieste Disembark
Disembark in the morning — or stay on for the days just below.
After you disembark

Bucket-list days near Trieste

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

71 mi from Trieste

St. Mark's Basilica

71 mi from Trieste

Doge's Palace

Home

Fly home from Trieste (VCE)

What this adventure runs estimated · for two
Your hotel
Flights open-jaw · fly into BCN, home from VCE · 2 travelers $2,302 est.
Hotel before you sail1 night · Barcelona · Premium~$313
Cruise fare22 nights · Holland America · 2 guests$8,348
Shore excursions14 bucket-list things, booked direct · for 2 · more as they curate · swap any at its port above ↑~$2,007
Transfersairport ↔ ship, private car~$180
Trip total$13,150
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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