Bucket-List Cruise Adventure

7-Night Mediterranean Cruise Adventure

Costa · Costa Smeralda · round-trip from Palermo

$983 per person · next sails Oct 15, 2026 Book this cruise@ Cruisebound · same fare
Get there

Fly into Palermo (PMO)

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

Your voyage · 7 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
Palermo Embark
Board in the afternoon — fly in at least a day early.
Day 2
Civitavecchia (Rome)port guide →
★ Vatican, Sistine Chapel & Colosseum in One Day — how to make it yours →
Day 3
Savona (Genoa)port guide →
★ Portofino & San Fruttuoso Abbey by the local ferry — how to make it yours →
Day 4
Notre-Dame de la Garde + 360 City Panorama by Tour… · $22 for two with Le Petit Train de Marseillehow to make it yours → ·
Day 5
Park Guell · $39 for two with Park Guell (official, Barcelona City Council)how to make it yours → ·
Days 5–6
Balearic sea darkest spot
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Day 7
Argiolas winery at Serdiana · $205 for two with Cantine Argiolas — Visit Argiolas (official)how to make it yours →
Day 8
Palermo Disembark
Back where you started — disembark in the morning.
Before you sail

Make it longer — by land from Palermo

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

198 mi from Palermo · fly NAP

Positano by Sea Cave and Cliff Path: A Luxury Amalfi Coast Immersion

Coastal Italian Luxury Adventure

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262 mi from Palermo · fly FCO

Rome Beyond the Colosseum: Catacombs, Castelli Wine, and Candlelit Piazzas

Baroque Luxury & Roman Feasting

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After you disembark

Make it longer — by land from Palermo

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

198 mi from Palermo · fly NAP

Positano by Sea Cave and Cliff Path: A Luxury Amalfi Coast Immersion

Coastal Italian Luxury Adventure

See the whole plan →
262 mi from Palermo · fly FCO

Rome Beyond the Colosseum: Catacombs, Castelli Wine, and Candlelit Piazzas

Baroque Luxury & Roman Feasting

See the whole plan →
Home

Fly home from Palermo (PMO)

What this adventure runs estimated · for two
Your hotel
Hotel before you sail1 night · Palermo · Contemporary~$228
Cruise fare7 nights · Costa · 2 guests$1,966
Shore excursions3 bucket-list things, booked direct · for 2 · more as they curate · swap any at its port above ↑~$266
Transfersairport ↔ ship, private car~$180
Trip total$2,640
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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