Bucket-List Cruise Adventure

35-Night Rome to Dublin Cruise Adventure

Azamara · Azamara Journey · from Rome

$12,599 per person · next sails May 15, 2027 Book this cruise@ Cruisebound · same fare
Get there

Fly into Rome (FCO)

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

Open-jaw · fly into FCO, home from DUB · $2,436 for two est.
Before you sail

Bucket-list days near Rome

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.

15 mi from Rome

Villa d'Este Archaeological Excavations (Hadrian's Villa)

Sprawling 2nd-century villa with 30+ hectares of imperial ruins, Greek sculptures, and recreated Greek structures; scale and ambition dwarf anything i…

1 mi from Rome

Colosseum

Your voyage · 35 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
Civitavecchia (Rome) 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
Monte Carloport guide →
Casino de Monte-Carlo · $37 for two with Casino de Monte-Carlo (Société des Bains de Mer — official)how to make it yours → ·
Day 5
Notre-Dame de la Garde + 360 City Panorama by Tour… · $22 for two with Le Petit Train de Marseillehow to make it yours → ·
Day 6
Sanary-Sur-Merport guide →
Private Full-Day Cassis Calanques & Village Tour f… · $1,595 for two with Private Shore Tripshow to make it yours → ·
Day 7
Girona · $531 for two with Top Private Tours – Palamoshow to make it yours → ·
Day 8
Park Guell · $39 for two with Park Guell (official, Barcelona City Council)how to make it yours → ·
Day 9
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 10
★ Granada & the Alhambra — how to make it yours →
Day 11
Upper Rock Nature Reserve · $140 for two with Tours of Gibraltar (official licensed operators)how to make it yours → ·
Days 12–13
Authentic Seville Tapas & Sherry · $214 for two with Devour Seville Food Tourshow to make it yours →
Day 14
Private Benagil Cave Boat Tour · $82 for two with Algarve Cave Captain (private charter specialist)how to make it yours → ·
Day 15
Day 16
Leixoes (Oporto)port guide →
Private Porto Highlights & Port Wine Tasting Tour · $360 for two with Oporto Shore Tourshow to make it yours → ·
Day 17
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 18
Dragonstone, Mundaka & Guernica · $972 for two with Food Tours Bilbao (Private Guide & Chauffeur)how to make it yours → ·
Day 19
St. Jean de Luzport guide →
Private Guided Day in Biarritz · $605 for two with Guide du Pays Basque (Basque Country Private Guides)how to make it yours → ·
Days 20–21
La Cité du Vin · $48 for two with La Cité du Vin (Official)how to make it yours → ·
Day 22
La Rochelleport guide →
La Rochelle · $734 for two with ToursByLocals – La Rochelle Private Guideshow to make it yours → ·
Day 23
Carnac Megaliths & Saint-Goustan Port · $756 for two with Bellidays Travel Tourshow to make it yours → ·
Day 24
Saint Maloport guide →
Private Shore Excursion · $279 for two with Ophorus Private Tourshow to make it yours → ·
Day 25
Portsmouthport guide →
Stonehenge & Salisbury Cathedral · $248 for two with Stonehenge Tour (Portsmouth Port Private Shore Excursions)how to make it yours → ·
Day 26
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Days 27–28
Leith/Edinburghport guide →
Arthur's Seat Guided Summit Hike · $711 for two with Go Scotland Tours – Walking Tours Edinburghhow to make it yours → ·
Day 29
Private Speyside Whisky Tour · $813 for two with Rabbie's Trail Burners (Private Tour)how to make it yours → ·
Day 30
Balmoral Castle & Royal Deeside Private Full-Day T… · $1,124 for two with Grampian Escapes & Tourshow to make it yours → ·
Day 31
Invergordonport guide →
Cairngorms National Park · $318 for two with Highland Safarishow to make it yours →
4 more days at sea and ashore
Day 36
Dublin Disembark
Disembark in the morning — or stay on for the days just below.
After you disembark

Bucket-list days near Dublin

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

1 mi from Dublin

Book of Kells

1 mi from Dublin

Jeanie Johnston Tall Ship

Before you sail

Make it longer — by land from Rome

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

115 mi from Rome · fly NAP

Positano by Sea Cave and Cliff Path: A Luxury Amalfi Coast Immersion

Coastal Italian Luxury Adventure

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148 mi from Rome · fly FLR

Florence to Val d'Orcia: Wine, Frescoes & Thermal Springs

Tuscan Wine & Culture Road Trip

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After you disembark

Make it longer — by land from Dublin

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

201 mi from Dublin · fly BRS

Georgian Bath, Wild Somerset: Limestone, Lions and Lock Flights

Georgian Bath Country Escape

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214 mi from Dublin · fly EDI

Edinburgh's Literary Ghosts, Hilltop Sunsets & Underground Whisky

Scottish Culture & Wild Walks

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Home

Fly home from Dublin (DUB)

What this adventure runs estimated · for two
Your hotel
Flights open-jaw · fly into FCO, home from DUB · 2 travelers $2,436 est.
Hotel before you sail1 night · Rome · Luxury~$1,200
Cruise fare35 nights · Azamara · 2 guests$25,198
Shore excursions24 bucket-list things, booked direct · for 2 · swap any at its port above ↑~$12,256
Transfersairport ↔ ship, private car~$180
Trip total$41,270
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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