Bucket-List Cruise Adventure

11-Night Nice to Venice Cruise Adventure

Azamara · Azamara Onward · from Nice

$4,649 per person · next sails Sep 12, 2027 Book this cruise@ Cruisebound · same fare
Get there

Fly into Nice (NCE)

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

Open-jaw · fly into NCE, home from VCE · $2,536 for two est.
Before you sail

Bucket-list days near Nice

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.

13 mi from Nice

Confiserie du Vieux Pont (Candied Fruit Masterclass)

A three-generation candy-making house teaching the 150-year-old technique of candying Provençal fruits, stone by stone, layer by layer, creating jewel…

0 mi from Nice

Musée Marc Chagall

Your voyage · 11 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
Nice Embark
Board in the afternoon — fly in at least a day early (your day ashore here is just above).
Days 2–3
Uffizi Gallery · $205 for two with Avventure Bellissime (Tours Italy)how to make it yours → ·
Day 4
Porto Santo Stefanoport guide →
Fortezza Spagnola · $162 for two with Guides of Italiahow to make it yours → ·
Day 5
Pompeii Private Excavation Tour with Archaeologist… · $223 for two with Askos Tourshow to make it yours → ·
Day 6
Day 7
Sicilian Food & Market Tour · $205 for two with Letizia Tour Guide Syracuse (gastronomic specialist tours)how to make it yours →
Day 8
Capo Colonna & Santa Severina · $352 for two with Top Private Tourshow to make it yours → ·
Day 9
Alberobello Trulli & Itria Valley · $724 for two with Tours by Locals — Taranto Private Guideshow to make it yours → ·
Day 10
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 11
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 12
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 Nice

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

104 mi from Nice · fly MRS

Provence by the Senses: Lavender, Truffles, and Roman Stone

Culinary Heritage & Open Road

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151 mi from Nice · fly MXP

Lake Como: Silk, Stone, and Summit — A Four-Day Master Plan

Alpine Lake Luxury Adventure

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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 NCE, home from VCE · 2 travelers $2,536 est.
Hotel before you sail1 night · Nice · Luxury~$500
Cruise fare11 nights · Azamara · 2 guests$9,298
Shore excursions7 bucket-list things, booked direct · for 2 · swap any at its port above ↑~$1,889
Transfersairport ↔ ship, private car~$180
Trip total$14,403
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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