Bucket-List Cruise Adventure

9-Night Venice to Istanbul Cruise Adventure

Oceania · Oceania Sirena · from Venice

$2,550 per person · next sails Jun 30, 2027 Book this cruise@ Cruisebound · same fare
Get there

Fly into Venice (VCE)

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

Open-jaw · fly into VCE, home from IST · $3,276 for two est.
Before you sail

Bucket-list days near Venice

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.

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St. Mark's Basilica

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Gondola Ride

The voyage · 9 nights

The unforgettable thing at every port

We’ve found the single bucket-list experience at 6 of your 10 ports — the private, expert-led way, not the ship’s coach. The rest are being curated now — check back shortly.

Split
Diocletian's Palace · $76 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Argostoli
⚙ Curating Argostoli’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Dubrovnik
Walk Dubrovnik's Ancient City Walls · $76 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Canakkale
⚙ Curating Canakkale’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Milos
⚙ Curating Milos’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Sarande
⚙ Curating Sarande’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Venice
Doge's Palace · $43 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Zadar
Kornati National Park & Telašćica · $92 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Istanbul
Hagia Sophia + the upper gallery mosaics with a li… · $54 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Bari
Matera & the Sassi cave city with a licensed Basil… · $43 for twohow to make it yours → ·
After you disembark

Bucket-list days near Istanbul

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

2 mi from Istanbul

Hagia Sophia

21 mi from Istanbul

Whirling Dervish Ceremony

Home

Fly home from Istanbul (IST)

What this adventure runs estimated · for two
Your hotel
Flights open-jaw · fly into VCE, home from IST · 2 travelers $3,276 est.
Hotel before you sail1 night · Venice · Luxury~$1,100
Cruise fare9 nights · Oceania · 2 guests$5,100
Shore excursions6 bucket-list things, booked direct · for 2 · more as they curate · swap any at its port above ↑~$384
Transfersairport ↔ ship, private car~$180
Trip total$10,040
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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