Bucket-List Cruise Adventure

28-Night Athens to Rome Cruise Adventure

Seabourn · Seabourn Ovation · from Athens

$22,398 per person · next sails Jul 15, 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 FCO · $2,574 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 · 28 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
Sea Kayak Epidaurus · $140 for two with Sea Kayak Epidavros (official operator)how 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
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 5
Three-Island Boat Day · $173 for two with Boat Tours Celić (Šibenik)how to make it yours → ·
Day 6
Zadar Old Town Private Walking Tour with Licensed… · $400 for two with Tour Travel & More (Private Zadar Excursions)how to make it yours → ·
Day 7
★ Postojna Cave & Predjama Castle — how to make it yours →
Day 8
Fusina (Venice)port guide →
Doge's Palace · $65 for two with Musei Civici Veneziani (Palazzo Ducale — Official)how to make it yours → ·
Day 9
Private Nighttime Luxury Speedboat Tour of Rovinj… · $153 for two with Rovinj Boat Tours (via GetYourGuide direct operator listing)how to make it yours → ·
Day 10
Vis
⚙ Curating Vis’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 11
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 12
★ St John's Co-Cathedral & the Caravaggio masterpieces — how to make it yours →
Day 13
Stromboli by Night · $76 for two with Magmatrek (official Stromboli trekking operator)how to make it yours → ·
Day 14
Pompeii Private Excavation Tour with Archaeologist… · $223 for two with Askos Tourshow to make it yours → ·
Day 15
Civitavecchia (Rome)port guide →
★ Vatican, Sistine Chapel & Colosseum in One Day — how 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
Private Yacht Charter · $648 for two with Ligurian Sea Sailing (Portofino-based private charter)how to make it yours → ·
Day 18
Saint-Tropez by Private Boat · $560 for two with Viator – St Raphael Private Boat Tour Discovering an Iconic French Islandhow to make it yours → ·
Day 19
Notre-Dame de la Garde + 360 City Panorama by Tour… · $22 for two with Le Petit Train de Marseillehow to make it yours → ·
Day 20
Private Gastronomic Voyage · $188 for two with Local Sète Private Guides (via Tripadvisor Experiences)how to make it yours → ·
Day 21
Port Vendres (Carcassonne)port guide →
Carcassonne & Languedoc Wine · $2,944 for two with Your Shore Timehow to make it yours → ·
Day 22
Park Guell · $39 for two with Park Guell (official, Barcelona City Council)how to make it yours → ·
Day 23
Rosas (Roses)port guide →
Cap de Creus Natural Park · $378 for two with Empordà Nàutic (local charter operator, Roses marina)how to make it yours → ·
Day 24
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 25
Sanary-Sur-Merport guide →
Private Full-Day Cassis Calanques & Village Tour f… · $1,595 for two with Private Shore Tripshow to make it yours → ·
Day 26
Scandola Nature Reserve & Calanches de Piana · $140 for two with Colombo Line Calvihow to make it yours → ·
Day 27
Olbia Old Town, Basilica di San Simplicio & Sacred… · $120 for two with GoWithGuide — Olbia Private Guideshow to make it yours → ·
1 more days at sea and ashore
Day 29
Civitavecchia (Rome) Disembark
Disembark in the morning — or stay on for the days just below.
After you disembark

Bucket-list days near Rome

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

15 mi from Rome

Villa d'Este Archaeological Excavations (Hadrian's Villa)

Sprawling 2nd-century villa with 30+ hectares of imperial ruins, Greek sculptures, and recreated Greek structures; scale and ambition dwarf anything i…

1 mi from Rome

Colosseum

Before you sail

Make it longer — by land from Athens

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

12 mi from Athens · fly ATH

Athens Unpacked: Ancient Marble, Rooftop Cinema & Seaside Stars

Mediterranean Culture & Cuisine

See the whole plan →
146 mi from Athens · fly JTR

Santorini's Volcanic Soul: Craters, Wine Caves & Caldera Light

Volcanic Wine & Adventure

See the whole plan →
After you disembark

Make it longer — by land from Rome

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

115 mi from Rome · fly NAP

Positano by Sea Cave and Cliff Path: A Luxury Amalfi Coast Immersion

Coastal Italian Luxury Adventure

See the whole plan →
Home

Fly home from Rome (FCO)

What this adventure runs estimated · for two
Your hotel
Flights open-jaw · fly into ATH, home from FCO · 2 travelers $2,574 est.
Hotel before you sail1 night · Athens · Luxury~$609
Cruise fare28 nights · Seabourn · 2 guests$44,796
Shore excursions19 bucket-list things, booked direct · for 2 · swap any at its port above ↑~$8,044
Transfersairport ↔ ship, private car~$180
Trip total$56,203
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.
🚢 Book this cruise · $22,398 pp

Book your trip to Athens

We may earn a commission when you book through these links, at no extra cost to you. Prices and availability are set by each partner.

Choose your line & sailing date

Every cruise line that calls at Athens — round-trip from here or stopping by — pick the one that’s you, then your date.

Contemporary
Premium
Luxury
Book this cruise — $22,398 pp →

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 throughOne cruise, chosen for you
Search a catalog of excursions yourselfWe tell you the exact excursions to book
“Do your homework” on every portA free port-by-port plan, in your inbox
Booking fees and a pushy upsell callNo fees, no pressure — the same fare
Find your bucket-list cruise →

⚓ Your bucket-list concierge

Want this whole adventure in your inbox?

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.

We send the plan to your account’s own address — never to one typed into a box. Free, and Google works.

← Browse every bucket-list cruise