Bucket-List Cruise Adventure
Viking Ocean · Viking Vela · from Istanbul
The whole plan — fly-in, every port, what it runs — in your inbox.
Your gateway to the voyage. Arrive a day or two early — the best of the trip starts before you board.
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.
Private or small-group tour accessing restricted palace rooms and harem quarters with a specialist guide who reveals the political intrigue, architect…
Ottoman-era indigo factory converted into a luxury hotel on the Asian side of the Bosphorus; the restaurant serves chef-designed multi-course dinners…
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.
You end in a different port — stay on, and add what’s within reach before you fly home.
A 16th-century Franciscan monastery carved into living rock with corridors and chambers lined in cork for insulation—a radically austere labyrinth ref…
The ship is the spine, not the whole trip. These are full land adventures within reach of your port.
Bosphorus Culture Escape
See the whole plan →The ship is the spine, not the whole trip. These are full land adventures within reach of your port.
Lisbon Art & Road Trip
See the whole plan →Coastal Palace Adventure
See the whole plan →| Flights | open-jaw · fly into IST, home from LIS · 2 travelers | $3,164 est. |
| Hotel before you sail | 1 night · Istanbul · Luxury | ~$305 |
| Cruise fare | 28 nights · Viking Ocean · 2 guests | $27,792 |
| Shore excursions | 15 bucket-list things, booked direct · for 2 · swap any at its port above ↑ | ~$3,289 |
| Transfers | airport ↔ ship, private car | ~$180 |
| Trip total | $34,730 |
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