Bucket-List Cruise Adventure

32-Night Trieste to Rome Cruise Adventure

Princess · Enchanted Princess · from Trieste

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 FCO · $2,438 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 · 32 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
Trieste Embark
Board in the afternoon — fly in at least a day early (your day ashore here is just above).
Day 2
Diocletian's Palace · $76 for two with Split Walking Tours (official)how to make it yours → ·
Day 3
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 4
★ Paleokastritsa Blue Caves & coves by speedboat — how to make it yours →
Day 5
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 6
VIOMA organic vineyard · $216 for two with Mykonos Vioma Organic Farmhow to make it yours →
Day 7
Balos Lagoon & Gramvousa · $389 for two with Withlocals Heraklion Private Sailing (local expert fleet)how to make it yours → ·
Day 8
Kusadasi (Ephesus)port guide →
The Ephesus Experience Museum · $86 for two with Ephesus Archaeological Site (official, Ministry of Culture and Tourism)how to make it yours → ·
Day 9
Santorini (Thira)port guide →
★ Semi-Private Caldera Catamaran with Hot Springs &… — how to make it yours →
Day 10
Piraeus (Athens)port guide →
★ The Acropolis & Parthenon, Guided Skip-the-Line — how to make it yours →
Day 11
Kusadasi (Ephesus)port guide →
The Ephesus Experience Museum · $86 for two with Ephesus Archaeological Site (official, Ministry of Culture and Tourism)how to make it yours → ·
Day 12
Private Full-Day Rhodes Island Highlights & Lindos · $784 for two with Rhodes Islander (Licensed Private Guides)how to make it yours → ·
Day 13
Samaria Gorge · $378 for two with Crete Private Guidehow to make it yours → ·
Day 14
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 15
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 16
★ St John's Co-Cathedral & the Caravaggio masterpieces — how to make it yours →
Day 17
★ Taormina's Ancient Greek Theatre, framed by Mount… — how to make it yours →
Day 18
Castello di Arechi & Salerno Old Town · $279 for two with GetYourGuide – Salerno Private Custom Tour with a Local Guidehow to make it yours →
Day 19
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 20
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 21
Kornati National Parkport guide →
Private Full-Day Kornati Archipelago Boat Charter · $648 for two with Visit Kornati – Private Tourshow to make it yours → ·
Day 22
Private Ravenna UNESCO Mosaics Walk with a Local E… · $605 for two with ToursByLocals – Ravenna Private Guideshow to make it yours → ·
Day 23
Kornati National Parkport guide →
Private Full-Day Kornati Archipelago Boat Charter · $648 for two with Visit Kornati – Private Tourshow to make it yours → ·
Day 24
Bar
⚙ Curating Bar’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 25
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 26
Balos Lagoon & Gramvousa · $389 for two with Withlocals Heraklion Private Sailing (local expert fleet)how to make it yours → ·
Day 27
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 → ·
5 more days at sea and ashore
Day 33
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 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

See the whole plan →
153 mi from Trieste · fly SZG

Salt, Stone and Grüner Veltliner: Salzburg Beyond Mozart

Alpine Baroque Road Trip

See the whole plan →
179 mi from Trieste · fly FLR

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

Tuscan Wine & Culture Road Trip

See the whole plan →
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 · Trieste · Premium~$244
Shore excursions18 bucket-list things, booked direct · for 2 · swap any at its port above ↑~$4,848
Transfersairport ↔ ship, private car~$180
Trip total$7,710
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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