Bucket-List Cruise Adventure

24-Night Venice to Rome Cruise Adventure

Azamara · Azamara Journey · from Venice

$7,689 per person · next sails Nov 10, 2027 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 FCO · $2,438 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 · 24 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
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 3
★ Paleokastritsa Blue Caves & coves by speedboat — how to make it yours →
Day 4
Katakolon (Olympia)port guide →
Museum of Ancient Greek Technology · $22 for two with Museum of Ancient Greek Technology (Kostas Kotsanas Museum)how to make it yours → ·
Day 5
Balos Lagoon & Gramvousa · $389 for two with Withlocals Heraklion Private Sailing (local expert fleet)how 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
Ancient Kourion & Apollo Sanctuary · $200 for two with Tours by Locals – Cyprus Private Guideshow to make it yours → ·
Day 8
Alanya Castle & Red Tower · $150 for two with Daily Tours in Alanyahow to make it yours → ·
Day 9
Kaleiçi Old Town · $70 for two with Antalya Local Guide (TripAdvisor Experiences – Licensed Official Guide)how to make it yours → ·
Day 10
Private Full-Day Rhodes Island Highlights & Lindos · $784 for two with Rhodes Islander (Licensed Private Guides)how to make it yours → ·
Days 11–12
Piraeus (Athens)port guide →
★ The Acropolis & Parthenon, Guided Skip-the-Line — how to make it yours →
Day 13
★ Private Ephesus Tour with Expert Local Guide & On-… — how to make it yours →
Day 14
Bodrum Vineyard Lunch & Aegean Wine Tasting Experi… · $360 for two with ToursByLocals (Bodrum Private Food & Wine Experts)how to make it yours →
Day 15
Agios Nikolaosport guide →
Private Coastal Drive · $400 for two with Shore Excursions Group – Private Coastal Charms of Elounda, Plaka & Spinalongahow to make it yours → ·
Day 16
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Days 17–18
Alexandriaport guide →
★ Private Full-Day Cairo — how to make it yours →
Days 19–20
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 21
Sicilian Food & Market Tour · $205 for two with Letizia Tour Guide Syracuse (gastronomic specialist tours)how to make it yours →
Day 22
Mount Etna Private Jeep Summit Tour from Catania P… · $205 for two with Go-Etna (Official Etna Excursions)how to make it yours → ·
Days 23–24
Castello di Arechi & Salerno Old Town · $279 for two with GetYourGuide – Salerno Private Custom Tour with a Local Guidehow to make it yours →
Day 25
Civitavecchia (Rome) Disembark
Disembark in the morning — or stay on for the days just below.
After you disembark

Bucket-list days near Rome

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

15 mi from Rome

Villa d'Este Archaeological Excavations (Hadrian's Villa)

Sprawling 2nd-century villa with 30+ hectares of imperial ruins, Greek sculptures, and recreated Greek structures; scale and ambition dwarf anything i…

1 mi from Rome

Colosseum

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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125 mi from Venice · fly FLR

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

Tuscan Wine & Culture Road Trip

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166 mi from Venice · fly SZG

Salt, Stone and Grüner Veltliner: Salzburg Beyond Mozart

Alpine Baroque Road Trip

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After you disembark

Make it longer — by land from Rome

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

115 mi from Rome · fly NAP

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

Coastal Italian Luxury Adventure

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Home

Fly home from Rome (FCO)

What this adventure runs estimated · for two
Your hotel
Flights open-jaw · fly into VCE, home from FCO · 2 travelers $2,438 est.
Hotel before you sail1 night · Venice · Luxury~$1,100
Cruise fare24 nights · Azamara · 2 guests$15,378
Shore excursions11 bucket-list things, booked direct · for 2 · swap any at its port above ↑~$3,064
Transfersairport ↔ ship, private car~$180
Trip total$22,160
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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