Bucket-List Cruise Adventure

23-Night Istanbul to Lisbon Cruise Adventure

Seabourn · Seabourn Quest · from Istanbul

$14,194 per person · next sails Oct 18, 2026 Book this cruise@ Cruisebound · same fare
Get there

Fly into Istanbul (IST)

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

Open-jaw · fly into IST, home from LIS · $3,510 for two est.
Before you sail

Bucket-list days near Istanbul

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.

2 mi from Istanbul

Hagia Sophia

21 mi from Istanbul

Whirling Dervish Ceremony

The voyage · 23 nights

The unforgettable thing at every port

We’ve found the single bucket-list experience at 12 of your 21 ports — the private, expert-led way, not the ship’s coach. The rest are being curated now — check back shortly.

Katakolon (Olympia)
Ancient Olympia · $22 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Lisbon
Sintra · $175 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Canakkale
⚙ Curating Canakkale’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Patmos
⚙ Curating Patmos’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Nafplion
⚙ Curating Nafplion’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Izmir
Private Ephesus & House of the Virgin Mary · $218 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Corfu
Paleokastritsa Blue Caves & coves by speedboat · $54 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Rhodes
Private Full-Day Rhodes Island Highlights & Lindos · $784 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Civitavecchia (Rome)
Vatican, Sistine Chapel & Colosseum in One Day · $405 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Ajaccio
Sanguinaires Islands & Calanques · $103 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Spetsai (Spetses)
⚙ Curating Spetsai (Spetses)’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Piraeus (Athens)
The Acropolis & Parthenon, Guided Skip-the-Line · $65 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Sarande
⚙ Curating Sarande’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Cartagena
The Roman Theatre of Cartagena with the Rafael Mon… · $13 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Naples
Pompeii with a Licensed Archaeologist · $32 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Istanbul
Hagia Sophia + the upper gallery mosaics with a li… · $54 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Ceuta
⚙ Curating Ceuta’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Ibiza
Formentera Day Trip & Ses Illetes, the 'Spanish Ca… · $54 for twohow to make it yours → ·
+ 3 more ports on this voyage
After you disembark

Bucket-list days near Lisbon

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

14 mi from Lisbon

Sintra Day Trip - Pena Palace

13 mi from Lisbon

Convent of the Capuchos Cork Lining & Underground Network

A 16th-century Franciscan monastery carved into living rock with corridors and chambers lined in cork for insulation—a radically austere labyrinth ref…

Home

Fly home from Lisbon (LIS)

What this adventure runs estimated · for two
Your hotel
Flights open-jaw · fly into IST, home from LIS · 2 travelers $3,510 est.
Hotel before you sail1 night · Istanbul · Luxury~$305
Cruise fare23 nights · Seabourn · 2 guests$28,388
Shore excursions12 bucket-list things, booked direct · for 2 · more as they curate · swap any at its port above ↑~$1,979
Transfersairport ↔ ship, private car~$180
Trip total$34,362
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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