Bucket-List Cruise Adventure

19-Night New York to Ravenna Cruise Adventure

Norwegian · Norwegian Gem · from New York

$1,849 per person · next sails Apr 13, 2027 Book this cruise@ Cruisebound · same fare
Get there

Fly into New York (JFK)

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

Open-jaw · fly into JFK, home from VCE · $1,748 for two est.
Before you sail

Bucket-list days near New York

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.

4 mi from New York

The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)

Your voyage · 19 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
New York Embark
Board in the afternoon — fly in at least a day early (your day ashore here is just above).
Days 2–7
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 8
★ Pico do Arieiro to Pico Ruivo — how to make it yours →
Day 9
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
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
Upper Rock Nature Reserve · $140 for two with Tours of Gibraltar (official licensed operators)how to make it yours → ·
Day 12
Alhambra & Nasrid Palaces · $192 for two with Spain Day Tourshow to make it yours → ·
Day 13
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 14
Park Guell · $39 for two with Park Guell (official, Barcelona City Council)how to make it yours → ·
Day 15
Villefrancheport guide →
Private Riviera Half-Day · $192 for two with Ophorus Private Shore Excursionshow to make it yours → ·
Day 16
Livorno (Florence/Pisa)port guide →
Private Florence shore excursion · $400 for two with ArtViva — The Original & Best Tours Italyhow to make it yours →
Day 17
Civitavecchia (Rome)port guide →
★ Vatican, Sistine Chapel & Colosseum in One Day — how to make it yours →
Day 18
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 19
Diocletian's Palace · $76 for two with Split Walking Tours (official)how to make it yours → ·
Day 20
Ravenna Disembark
Disembark in the morning — or stay on for the days just below.
After you disembark

Bucket-list days near Ravenna

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

71 mi from Ravenna

St. Mark's Basilica

65 mi from Ravenna

Villa d'Este - Tivoli Fountains & Mannerist Gardens (Day Trip)

Cardinal d'Este's 16th-century villa features hundreds of architectural fountains ingeniously engineered to celebrate water as art, cascading through…

After you disembark

Make it longer — by land from Ravenna

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

65 mi from Ravenna · fly FLR

Florence to Val d'Orcia: Wine, Frescoes & Thermal Springs

Tuscan Wine & Culture Road Trip

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76 mi from Ravenna · fly VCE

Palazzo Doors, Lagoon Vineyards: Venice Beyond the Crowd Line

Private Venice, Lagoon Slow

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Home

Fly home from Ravenna (VCE)

What this adventure runs estimated · for two
Your hotel
Flights open-jaw · fly into JFK, home from VCE · 2 travelers $1,748 est.
Hotel before you sail1 night · New York · Contemporary~$474
Cruise fare19 nights · Norwegian · 2 guests$3,698
Shore excursions7 bucket-list things, booked direct · for 2 · swap any at its port above ↑~$1,471
Transfersairport ↔ ship, private car~$180
Trip total$7,571
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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