Bucket-List Cruise Adventure

43-Night Venice to New York Cruise Adventure

Oceania · Oceania Sirena · from Venice

$12,499 per person · next sails Aug 7, 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 JFK · $1,546 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 · 43 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
Venice Embark
Board in the afternoon — fly in at least a day early (your day ashore here is just above).
Day 2
Split
Diocletian's Palace · $76 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 3
Kotor
Climb the City Walls to San Giovanni Fortress · $18 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 4
Corfu
Paleokastritsa Blue Caves & coves by speedboat · $54 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 5
Messina
Taormina's Ancient Greek Theatre, framed by Mount… · $11 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 6
Salerno
Amalfi Coast Private Boat · $184 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 7
Civitavecchia (Rome)
Vatican, Sistine Chapel & Colosseum in One Day · $405 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 8
La Spezia (Cinque Terre)
Private Cinque Terre by Minivan & Ferryboat from L… · $205 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 9
Toulon
Mont Faron · $17 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 10
Barcelona
Sagrada Familia · $56 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 11
Valencia
Oceanografic · $78 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 12
Cartagena
The Roman Theatre of Cartagena with the Rafael Mon… · $13 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 13
Motril
⚙ Curating Motril’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 14
Tangier
Tangier Kasbah, Medina & American Legation Private… · $240 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 15
Gibraltar
Upper Rock Nature Reserve · $140 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Days 16–17
Seville
⚙ Curating Seville’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 18
Portimao
⚙ Curating Portimao’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 19
Lisbon
Sintra · $175 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 20
Leixoes (Oporto)
⚙ Curating Leixoes (Oporto)’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 21
Vigo
⚙ Curating Vigo’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 22
La Coruna
⚙ Curating La Coruna’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 23
Bilbao
⚙ Curating Bilbao’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 24
St. Jean de Luz
⚙ Curating St. Jean de Luz’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 25
Bordeaux
Saint-Émilion Private Wine Estate Tour & Grand Cru… · $324 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 26
Brest
⚙ Curating Brest’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 27
St. Peter Port (Guernsey)
⚙ Curating St. Peter Port (Guernsey)’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 28
Southampton
Stand Inside Stonehenge & See the Original 1215 Ma… · $368 for twohow to make it yours → ·
12 more days at sea and ashore
Day 44
New York Disembark
Disembark in the morning — or stay on for the days just below.
After you disembark

Bucket-list days near New York

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

4 mi from New York

The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)

Home

Fly home from New York (JFK)

What this adventure runs estimated · for two
Your hotel
Flights open-jaw · fly into VCE, home from JFK · 2 travelers $1,546 est.
Hotel before you sail1 night · Venice · Luxury~$1,100
Cruise fare43 nights · Oceania · 2 guests$24,998
Shore excursions21 bucket-list things, booked direct · for 2 · swap any at its port above ↑~$4,318
Transfersairport ↔ ship, private car~$180
Trip total$32,142
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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