Bucket-List Cruise Adventure

21-Night Athens to Rotterdam Cruise Adventure

Holland America · Nieuw Statendam · from Athens

$3,014 per person · next sails Mar 11, 2028 Book this cruise@ Cruisebound · same fare
Get there

Fly into Athens (ATH)

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

Open-jaw · fly into ATH, home from AMS · $2,560 for two est.
Before you sail

Bucket-list days near Athens

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.

1 mi from Athens

Acropolis Museum

Your voyage · 21 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
Piraeus (Athens) Embark
Board in the afternoon — fly in at least a day early (your day ashore here is just above).
Day 2
VIOMA organic vineyard · $216 for two with Mykonos Vioma Organic Farmhow to make it yours →
Day 3
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 4
★ St John's Co-Cathedral & the Caravaggio masterpieces — how to make it yours →
Day 5
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 6
Palma de Mallorcaport guide →
Palma Bay Catamaran Sail with Swim & Snorkel Stops · $70 for two with SailPalma by Omare Yachtinghow to make it yours →
Day 7
Alicante Secrets · $97 for two with Alicante Tasting Clubhow to make it yours →
Day 8
Modernista old-town walk and a luxury tapas circui… · $97 for two with Local licensed gastronomy operator (e.g. the Cartagena guided tapas & modernista walk) - book the official tour directhow to make it yours →
Day 9
Tangier Kasbah, Medina & American Legation Private… · $240 for two with Tangier Private Tours (tangier-private-tours.com)how to make it yours → ·
Day 10
Cadiz (Seville)port guide →
Plaza de España & Seville's Barrio Santa Cruz · $432 for two with The Magic of Seville – Private Tourshow to make it yours → ·
Day 11
Day 12
Leixoes (Oporto)port guide →
Private Porto Highlights & Port Wine Tasting Tour · $360 for two with Oporto Shore Tourshow to make it yours → ·
Day 13
Santiago de Compostela · $749 for two with ToursByLocals – La Coruña Local Guideshow to make it yours → ·
Day 14
Dragonstone, Mundaka & Guernica · $972 for two with Food Tours Bilbao (Private Guide & Chauffeur)how to make it yours → ·
Day 15
Private Médoc Grand Cru Wine Tour from Le Verdon P… · $322 for two with Ophorus Private Shore Excursionshow to make it yours → ·
Day 16
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 17
Cobh (Cork)port guide →
Titanic Experience Cobh · $30 for two with Cobh Heritage Centre (Titanic Experience Cobh)how to make it yours → ·
Day 18
Private Half-Day Lake District Escape from Liverpool · $1,143 for two with Tourist England (official)how to make it yours → ·
Day 19
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 20
Portland Head Light & Casco Bay Scenic Lighthouse… · $70 for two with Portland Discovery Land & Sea Tourshow to make it yours → ·
Day 21
Dover (London)port guide →
White Cliffs of Dover · $749 for two with Private Tours Englandhow to make it yours →
Day 22
Rotterdam Disembark
Disembark in the morning — or stay on for the days just below.
After you disembark

Bucket-list days near Rotterdam

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

35 mi from Rotterdam

Van Gogh Museum

35 mi from Rotterdam

Rijksmuseum

After you disembark

Make it longer — by land from Rotterdam

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

29 mi from Rotterdam · fly AMS

Golden Age Villages & North Sea Oysters: Amsterdam Done Right

Dutch Heritage & Culinary Coast

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123 mi from Rotterdam · fly BTV

Vermont's Green Mountains, Great Cheese, and Gilded Castles

Lake & Mountain Culture

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Home

Fly home from Rotterdam (AMS)

What this adventure runs estimated · for two
Your hotel
Flights open-jaw · fly into ATH, home from AMS · 2 travelers $2,560 est.
Hotel before you sail1 night · Athens · Premium~$353
Cruise fare21 nights · Holland America · 2 guests$6,028
Shore excursions14 bucket-list things, booked direct · for 2 · swap any at its port above ↑~$5,547
Transfersairport ↔ ship, private car~$180
Trip total$14,668
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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