Bucket-List Cruise Adventure

17-Night Trieste to Athens Cruise Adventure

Holland America · Nieuw Amsterdam · from Trieste

$3,134 per person · next sails May 25, 2028 Book this cruise@ Cruisebound · same fare
Get there

Fly into Trieste (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 ATH · $2,656 for two est.
Before you sail

Bucket-list days near Trieste

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.

71 mi from Trieste

St. Mark's Basilica

71 mi from Trieste

Doge's Palace

Your voyage · 17 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.

Days 1–2
Trieste Embark
Board in the afternoon — fly in at least a day early (your day ashore here is just above).
Day 3
Zadar Old Town Private Walking Tour with Licensed… · $400 for two with Tour Travel & More (Private Zadar Excursions)how to make it yours → ·
Day 4
Moreška Sword Dance · $32 for two with Moreška Cultural Society Korčula (Official)how to make it yours → ·
Day 5
Walk Dubrovnik's Ancient City Walls · $76 for two with Walls of Dubrovnik (official ticket office)how to make it yours → ·
Day 6
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 6
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 7
Melissani Lake Cave · $200 for two with Kefalonia Tourshow to make it yours → ·
Day 8
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 9
Santorini (Thira)port guide →
★ Semi-Private Caldera Catamaran with Hot Springs &… — how to make it yours →
Day 10
Sea Kayak Epidaurus · $140 for two with Sea Kayak Epidavros (official operator)how to make it yours → ·
Day 11
Piraeus (Athens)port guide →
★ The Acropolis & Parthenon, Guided Skip-the-Line — how to make it yours →
Day 12
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Days 13–14
Alexandriaport guide →
★ Private Full-Day Cairo — how to make it yours →
Day 15
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 16
Private Full-Day Rhodes Island Highlights & Lindos · $784 for two with Rhodes Islander (Licensed Private Guides)how to make it yours → ·
Day 17
VIOMA organic vineyard · $216 for two with Mykonos Vioma Organic Farmhow to make it yours →
Day 18
Piraeus (Athens) Disembark
Disembark in the morning — or stay on for the days just below.
After you disembark

Bucket-list days near Athens

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

1 mi from Athens

Acropolis Museum

Before you sail

Make it longer — by land from Trieste

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

70 mi from Trieste · fly VCE

Palazzo Doors, Lagoon Vineyards: Venice Beyond the Crowd Line

Private Venice, Lagoon Slow

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153 mi from Trieste · fly SZG

Salt, Stone and Grüner Veltliner: Salzburg Beyond Mozart

Alpine Baroque Road Trip

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179 mi from Trieste · 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 Athens

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

12 mi from Athens · fly ATH

Athens Unpacked: Ancient Marble, Rooftop Cinema & Seaside Stars

Mediterranean Culture & Cuisine

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Home

Fly home from Athens (ATH)

What this adventure runs estimated · for two
Your hotel
Flights open-jaw · fly into VCE, home from ATH · 2 travelers $2,656 est.
Hotel before you sail1 night · Trieste · Premium~$244
Cruise fare17 nights · Holland America · 2 guests$6,268
Shore excursions8 bucket-list things, booked direct · for 2 · swap any at its port above ↑~$1,866
Transfersairport ↔ ship, private car~$180
Trip total$11,214
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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