Bucket-List Cruise Adventure

12-Night Valletta to Athens Cruise Adventure

Regent · Seven Seas Grandeur · from Valletta

$14,149 per person · next sails Oct 20, 2026 Book this cruise@ Cruisebound · same fare
Get there

Fly into Valletta (MLA)

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

Open-jaw · fly into MLA, home from ATH · $6,080 for two est.
Your voyage · 12 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
Valletta Embark
Board in the afternoon — fly in at least a day early.
Day 2
Willis Islandport guide →
★ Zodiac Circumnavigation of Willis Island — how to make it yours →
Day 3
Mount Etna Private Jeep Summit Tour from Catania P… · $205 for two with Go-Etna (Official Etna Excursions)how to make it yours → ·
Day 4
Gallipoli Battlefields · $2,450 for two with GoWithGuide – Gallipoli Private Battlefield Guideshow to make it yours → ·
Day 5
Walk Dubrovnik's Ancient City Walls · $76 for two with Walls of Dubrovnik (official ticket office)how to make it yours → ·
Day 6
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 7
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 8
Willis Islandport guide →
★ Zodiac Circumnavigation of Willis Island — how to make it yours →
Days 9–10
A backstreets food walk across the Grand Bazaar an… · $270 for two with Culinary Backstreets (official)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
Santorini (Thira)port guide →
★ Semi-Private Caldera Catamaran with Hot Springs &… — how to make it yours →
Day 13
Piraeus (Athens) Disembark
Disembark in the morning — or stay on for the days just below.
After you disembark

Bucket-list days near Athens

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

1 mi from Athens

Acropolis Museum

After you disembark

Make it longer — by land from Athens

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

12 mi from Athens · fly ATH

Athens Unpacked: Ancient Marble, Rooftop Cinema & Seaside Stars

Mediterranean Culture & Cuisine

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Home

Fly home from Athens (ATH)

What this adventure runs estimated · for two
Your hotel
Flights open-jaw · fly into MLA, home from ATH · 2 travelers $6,080 est.
Hotel before you sail1 night · Valletta · Luxury~$350
Cruise fare12 nights · Regent · 2 guests$28,298
Shore excursions7 bucket-list things, booked direct · for 2 · swap any at its port above ↑~$3,127
Transfersairport ↔ ship, private car~$180
Trip total$38,035
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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