Bucket-List Cruise Adventure

19-Night London to Venice Cruise Adventure

Viking Ocean · Viking Vela · from London

$11,798 per person · next sails Sep 15, 2027 Book this cruise@ Cruisebound · same fare
Get there

Fly into London (LHR)

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

Open-jaw · fly into LHR, home from VCE · $2,638 for two est.
Before you sail

Bucket-list days near London

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.

41 mi from London

Sissinghurst Castle Garden: Room-by-Room Garden Design Masterclass

Literary gardens (1.5 hours) designed by Vita Sackville-West, arranged as 'rooms' of color and plant combinations; the white garden, rose garden, and…

0 mi from London

The National Gallery

Your voyage · 19 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
Tilbury (London) Embark
Board in the afternoon — fly in at least a day early (your day ashore here is just above).
Day 2
Portsmouthport guide →
Stonehenge & Salisbury Cathedral · $248 for two with Stonehenge Tour (Portsmouth Port Private Shore Excursions)how to make it yours → ·
Day 3
Sail the Atlantic Ocean
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Day 4
Cíes Islands · $140 for two with Civitatis Vigo (Cíes Islands Sailboat with Skipper)how to make it yours → ·
Day 5
Scenic Sailing: Strait of Gibraltar
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Day 6
★ Granada & the Alhambra — how to make it yours →
Day 7
Modernista old-town walk and a luxury tapas circui… · $97 for two with Local licensed gastronomy operator (e.g. the Cartagena guided tapas & modernista walk) - book the official tour directhow to make it yours →
Days 8–9
Park Guell · $39 for two with Park Guell (official, Barcelona City Council)how to make it yours → ·
Day 10
Notre-Dame de la Garde + 360 City Panorama by Tour… · $22 for two with Le Petit Train de Marseillehow to make it yours → ·
Day 11
Monte Carloport guide →
Casino de Monte-Carlo · $37 for two with Casino de Monte-Carlo (Société des Bains de Mer — official)how to make it yours → ·
Day 12
Uffizi Gallery · $205 for two with Avventure Bellissime (Tours Italy)how to make it yours → ·
Day 13
Civitavecchia (Rome)port guide →
★ Vatican, Sistine Chapel & Colosseum in One Day — how to make it yours →
Day 14
★ Pompeii with a Licensed Archaeologist — how to make it yours →
Day 15
Sail the Ionian Sea
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Day 16
★ Paleokastritsa Blue Caves & coves by speedboat — how to make it yours →
Day 17
Walk Dubrovnik's Ancient City Walls · $76 for two with Walls of Dubrovnik (official ticket office)how to make it yours → ·
Day 18
Diocletian's Palace · $76 for two with Split Walking Tours (official)how to make it yours → ·
Days 19–20
Fusina (Venice) Disembark
Disembark in the morning — or stay on for the days just below.
After you disembark

Bucket-list days near Venice

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

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…

Before you sail

Make it longer — by land from London

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

15 mi from London · fly LHR

Churchill's Kent, Glyndebourne at Dusk & London's Secret Side

English Country Culture & City Grit

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15 mi from London · fly LHR

Cornwall's Wild Coast: Tin Mines, Tidal Castles & Beach Bars

Rugged Coastal Heritage Adventure

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112 mi from London · fly BRS

Georgian Bath, Wild Somerset: Limestone, Lions and Lock Flights

Georgian Bath Country Escape

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After you disembark

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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Home

Fly home from Venice (VCE)

What this adventure runs estimated · for two
Your hotel
Flights open-jaw · fly into LHR, home from VCE · 2 travelers $2,638 est.
Hotel before you sail1 night · London · Luxury~$350
Cruise fare19 nights · Viking Ocean · 2 guests$23,596
Shore excursions9 bucket-list things, booked direct · for 2 · more as they curate · swap any at its port above ↑~$940
Transfersairport ↔ ship, private car~$180
Trip total$27,704
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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