Bucket-List Cruise Adventure

35-Night Lisbon to Istanbul Cruise Adventure

Viking Ocean · Viking Jupiter · from Lisbon

$32,095 per person · next sails Sep 18, 2027 Book this cruise@ Cruisebound · same fare
Get there

Fly into Lisbon (LIS)

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

Open-jaw · fly into LIS, home from IST · $3,164 for two est.
Before you sail

Bucket-list days near Lisbon

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.

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…

Your voyage · 35 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.

Days 1–2
Lisbon Embark
Board in the afternoon — fly in at least a day early (your day ashore here is just above).
Day 3
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 4
Tangier Kasbah, Medina & American Legation Private… · $240 for two with Tangier Private Tours (tangier-private-tours.com)how to make it yours → ·
Day 5
★ Granada & the Alhambra — how to make it yours →
Day 6
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 7
Palma de Mallorcaport guide →
Palma Bay Catamaran Sail with Swim & Snorkel Stops · $70 for two with SailPalma by Omare Yachtinghow to make it yours →
Days 8–9
Park Guell · $39 for two with Park Guell (official, Barcelona City Council)how to make it yours → ·
Day 10
Private Gastronomic Voyage · $188 for two with Local Sète Private Guides (via Tripadvisor Experiences)how to make it yours → ·
Day 11
Notre-Dame de la Garde + 360 City Panorama by Tour… · $22 for two with Le Petit Train de Marseillehow to make it yours → ·
Day 12
Monte Carloport guide →
Casino de Monte-Carlo · $37 for two with Casino de Monte-Carlo (Société des Bains de Mer — official)how to make it yours → ·
Days 13–14
Uffizi Gallery · $205 for two with Avventure Bellissime (Tours Italy)how to make it yours → ·
Day 15
Civitavecchia (Rome)port guide →
★ Vatican, Sistine Chapel & Colosseum in One Day — how to make it yours →
Day 16
★ Pompeii with a Licensed Archaeologist — how to make it yours →
Day 17
★ Taormina's Ancient Greek Theatre, framed by Mount… — how to make it yours →
Day 18
Capo Colonna & Santa Severina · $352 for two with Top Private Tourshow to make it yours → ·
Day 19
★ Matera & the Sassi cave city with a licensed Basil… — how to make it yours →
Day 20
Three-Island Boat Day · $173 for two with Boat Tours Celić (Šibenik)how to make it yours → ·
Days 21–23
Fusina (Venice)port guide →
Doge's Palace · $65 for two with Musei Civici Veneziani (Palazzo Ducale — Official)how to make it yours → ·
Day 24
Diocletian's Palace · $76 for two with Split Walking Tours (official)how to make it yours → ·
Day 25
Walk Dubrovnik's Ancient City Walls · $76 for two with Walls of Dubrovnik (official ticket office)how to make it yours → ·
Day 26
Climb the City Walls to San Giovanni Fortress · $18 for two with Kotor City Walls / San Giovanni Fortress (official municipal ticket booths in the Old Town)how to make it yours → ·
Day 27
★ Paleokastritsa Blue Caves & coves by speedboat — how to make it yours →
Day 28
Katakolon (Olympia)port guide →
Museum of Ancient Greek Technology · $22 for two with Museum of Ancient Greek Technology (Kostas Kotsanas Museum)how to make it yours → ·
Days 29–30
Piraeus (Athens)port guide →
★ The Acropolis & Parthenon, Guided Skip-the-Line — how to make it yours →
Day 31
Balos Lagoon & Gramvousa · $389 for two with Withlocals Heraklion Private Sailing (local expert fleet)how to make it yours → ·
Day 32
Private Full-Day Rhodes Island Highlights & Lindos · $784 for two with Rhodes Islander (Licensed Private Guides)how to make it yours → ·
Day 33
Kusadasi (Ephesus)port guide →
The Ephesus Experience Museum · $86 for two with Ephesus Archaeological Site (official, Ministry of Culture and Tourism)how to make it yours → ·
1 more days at sea and ashore
Days 35–36
Istanbul Disembark
Disembark in the morning — or stay on for the days just below.
After you disembark

Bucket-list days near Istanbul

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

2 mi from Istanbul

Topkapi Palace Secret Rooms + Palace Historian Guide

Private or small-group tour accessing restricted palace rooms and harem quarters with a specialist guide who reveals the political intrigue, architect…

6 mi from Istanbul

Sumahan on the Water - Architectural Residency & Dinner

Ottoman-era indigo factory converted into a luxury hotel on the Asian side of the Bosphorus; the restaurant serves chef-designed multi-course dinners…

Before you sail

Make it longer — by land from Lisbon

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

4 mi from Lisbon · fly LIS

Sintra's Forests, Palaces & Coast: A Portuguese Masterpiece

Coastal Palace Adventure

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176 mi from Lisbon · fly OPO

Salt, Sand and Natural Wine: The Aveiro Coast Done Right

Lagoon Coast Slow Adventure

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After you disembark

Make it longer — by land from Istanbul

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

21 mi from Istanbul · fly IST

Bosphorus Currents: Fortresses, Kebab Masters and Island Ferries

Bosphorus Culture Escape

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Home

Fly home from Istanbul (IST)

What this adventure runs estimated · for two
Your hotel
Flights open-jaw · fly into LIS, home from IST · 2 travelers $3,164 est.
Hotel before you sail1 night · Lisbon · Luxury~$450
Cruise fare35 nights · Viking Ocean · 2 guests$64,190
Shore excursions20 bucket-list things, booked direct · for 2 · swap any at its port above ↑~$3,711
Transfersairport ↔ ship, private car~$180
Trip total$71,695
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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