Bucket-List Cruise Adventure
MSC Cruises · MSC Lirica · from Ancona
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.
Sprawling 2nd-century villa with 30+ hectares of imperial ruins, Greek sculptures, and recreated Greek structures; scale and ambition dwarf anything i…
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.
Cardinal d'Este's 16th-century villa features hundreds of architectural fountains ingeniously engineered to celebrate water as art, cascading through…
The ship is the spine, not the whole trip. These are full land adventures within reach of your port.
Tuscan Wine & Culture Road Trip
See the whole plan →Dalmatian Coast Adventure
See the whole plan →Baroque Luxury & Roman Feasting
See the whole plan →The ship is the spine, not the whole trip. These are full land adventures within reach of your port.
Private Venice, Lagoon Slow
See the whole plan →Alpine Baroque Road Trip
See the whole plan →| Flights | open-jaw · fly into RMI, home from VCE · 2 travelers | $1,260 est. |
| Hotel before you sail | 1 night · Ancona · Contemporary | ~$62 |
| Cruise fare | 12 nights · MSC Cruises · 2 guests | $3,736 |
| Shore excursions | 6 bucket-list things, booked direct · for 2 · swap any at its port above ↑ | ~$2,031 |
| Transfers | airport ↔ ship, private car | ~$180 |
| Trip total | $7,269 |
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