The whole plan — fly-in, every port, what it runs — in your inbox.
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.
We’ve found the single bucket-list experience at 19 of your 21 ports — the private, expert-led way, not the ship’s coach. The rest are being curated now — check back shortly.
Tangier
★ Tangier Kasbah, Medina & American Legation Private…· $240 for two — how to make it yours → ·
Marseille
★ Calanques National Park Boat Cruise from the Old P…· $72 for two — how to make it yours → ·
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 sail
1 night · Istanbul · Luxury
~$305
Cruise fare
28 nights · Viking Ocean · 2 guests
$26,192
Shore excursions
19 bucket-list things, booked direct · for 2 · swap any at its port above ↑
~$2,659
Transfers
airport ↔ ship, private car
~$180
Trip total
$32,846
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.
Same fare as booking direct. We earn a small commission — it costs you nothing.
★ Why Fantasize
We tell you the cruise to take — and the excursions to book.
Most cruise sites hand you a search box and leave you to it. We’re the concierge: the verdict, the plan, the trip of your life — at the exact same fare.
11,000 sailings to sift through→One cruise, chosen for you
Search a catalog of excursions yourself→We tell you the exact excursions to book
“Do your homework” on every port→A free port-by-port plan, in your inbox
Booking fees and a pushy upsell call→No fees, no pressure — the same fare
We'll email you this exact plan — where to fly in, the days before and after, the single most extraordinary thing to do at every port, and what it all runs.
No spam. The honest plan, even when it says skip the ship’s tour.