Bucket-List Cruise Adventure

7-Night Venice Lagoon to Trieste Cruise Adventure

Costa · Costa Deliziosa · from Venice Lagoon

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Your voyage · 7 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
Venice Lagoon Embark
Board in the afternoon — fly in at least a day early.
Day 1
Rialto Market Dawn Food Walk & Private Bacaro Cicc… · $259 for two with Guides of Italia (licensed Venice local experts – official)how to make it yours →
Day 2
★ Matera & the Sassi cave city with a licensed Basil… — how to make it yours →
Day 3
★ Paleokastritsa Blue Caves & coves by speedboat — how to make it yours →
Day 4
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 5
Moreška Sword Dance · $32 for two with Moreška Cultural Society Korčula (Official)how to make it yours → ·
Day 6
Zadar Old Town Private Walking Tour with Licensed… · $400 for two with Tour Travel & More (Private Zadar Excursions)how to make it yours → ·
Day 7
Opatija Belle Époque Walk & Sea-Cliff Kayak Advent… · $262 for two with GetYourGuide – Opatija Cliffs & Caves Kayak (local operator)how to make it yours →
Day 8
Trieste Disembark
Disembark in the morning — or stay on for the days just below.
After you disembark

Bucket-list days near Trieste

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

71 mi from Trieste

St. Mark's Basilica

71 mi from Trieste

Doge's Palace

After you disembark

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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Home

Fly home from Trieste (VCE)

What this adventure runs estimated · for two
Your hotel
Flights open-jaw · fly into , home from VCE · 2 travelers $1,260 est.
Hotel before you sail1 night · Venice Lagoon · Contemporary~$350
Cruise fare7 nights · Costa · 2 guests$2,630
Shore excursions5 bucket-list things, booked direct · for 2 · swap any at its port above ↑~$971
Transfersairport ↔ ship, private car~$180
Trip total$5,391
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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