Bucket-List Cruise Adventure

23-Night Genoa to Abu Dhabi Cruise Adventure

MSC Cruises · MSC World Europa · from Genoa

$2,129 per person · next sails Nov 20, 2027 Book this cruise@ Cruisebound · same fare
Get there

Fly into Genoa (MXP)

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

Open-jaw · fly into MXP, home from AUH · $2,836 for two est.
Before you sail

Bucket-list days near Genoa

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.

74 mi from Genoa

Duomo di Milano

Your voyage · 23 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, the private, expert-led way, not the ship’s coach — any days at sea, and the day you step off.

Day 1
Genoa Embark
Board in the afternoon — fly in at least a day early (your day ashore here is just above).
Day 2
Civitavecchia (Rome)
Vatican, Sistine Chapel & Colosseum in One Day · $405 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 3
Naples
Pompeii with a Licensed Archaeologist · $32 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Days 4–5
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 6
Piraeus (Athens)
The Acropolis & Parthenon, Guided Skip-the-Line · $65 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 7
Marmaris
Private Gulet Cruise · $1,404 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 8
Limassol
⚙ Curating Limassol’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 9
Alexandria
⚙ Curating Alexandria’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Days 10–11
Suez Canal
⚙ Curating Suez Canal’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Days 12–17
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 18
Muscat
⚙ Curating Muscat’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
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
Doha
⚙ Curating Doha’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Days 21–22
Dubai
⚙ Curating Dubai’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 23
Sir Bani Yas Island
⚙ Curating Sir Bani Yas Island’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 24
Abu Dhabi Disembark
Disembark in the morning — or stay on for the days just below.
After you disembark

Bucket-list days near Abu Dhabi

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

6 mi from Abu Dhabi

Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque

7 mi from Abu Dhabi

Louvre Abu Dhabi

Home

Fly home from Abu Dhabi (AUH)

What this adventure runs estimated · for two
Your hotel
Flights open-jaw · fly into MXP, home from AUH · 2 travelers $2,836 est.
Hotel before you sail1 night · Genoa · Contemporary~$103
Cruise fare23 nights · MSC Cruises · 2 guests$4,258
Shore excursions4 bucket-list things, booked direct · for 2 · more as they curate · swap any at its port above ↑~$1,906
Transfersairport ↔ ship, private car~$180
Trip total$9,283
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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