Bucket-List Cruise Adventure

36-Night Southampton to Istanbul Cruise Adventure

Oceania · Oceania Sonata · from Southampton

$18,449 per person · next sails Sep 15, 2027 Book this cruise@ Cruisebound · same fare
Get there

Fly into Southampton (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 IST · $3,484 for two est.
Before you sail

Bucket-list days near Southampton

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.

67 mi from Southampton

Natural History Museum

69 mi from Southampton

The National Gallery

The voyage · 36 nights

The unforgettable thing at every port

We’ve found the single bucket-list experience at 19 of your 32 ports — the private, expert-led way, not the ship’s coach. The rest are being curated now — check back shortly.

Vigo
⚙ Curating Vigo’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Florence
Uffizi Gallery · $205 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Chania
Samaria Gorge · $378 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Trieste
Miramare Castle · $78 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Paros
⚙ Curating Paros’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Salerno
Amalfi Coast Private Boat · $184 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Patmos
⚙ Curating Patmos’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Barcelona
Sagrada Familia · $56 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Gijon
⚙ Curating Gijon’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Hvar
⚙ Curating Hvar’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Mykonos
Delos · $43 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Sarande
⚙ Curating Sarande’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Leixoes (Oporto)
⚙ Curating Leixoes (Oporto)’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Alicante
Castillo de Santa Bárbara · $3 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Rhodes
Private Full-Day Rhodes Island Highlights & Lindos · $784 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Pauillac
Château Mouton Rothschild · $130 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Izmir
Private Ephesus & House of the Virgin Mary · $218 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Istanbul
Hagia Sophia + the upper gallery mosaics with a li… · $54 for twohow to make it yours → ·
+ 14 more ports on this voyage
After you disembark

Bucket-list days near Istanbul

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

2 mi from Istanbul

Hagia Sophia

21 mi from Istanbul

Whirling Dervish Ceremony

Home

Fly home from Istanbul (IST)

What this adventure runs estimated · for two
Your hotel
Flights open-jaw · fly into LHR, home from IST · 2 travelers $3,484 est.
Hotel before you sail1 night · London · Luxury~$450
Cruise fare36 nights · Oceania · 2 guests$36,898
Shore excursions19 bucket-list things, booked direct · for 2 · swap any at its port above ↑~$3,154
Transfersairport ↔ ship, private car~$180
Trip total$44,166
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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