Bucket-List Cruise Adventure

38-Night Marseille to San Francisco Cruise Adventure

Costa · Costa Deliziosa · from Marseille

$7,001 per person · next sails Nov 26, 2026 Book this cruise@ Cruisebound · same fare
Get there

Fly into Marseille (NCE)

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

Open-jaw · fly into NCE, home from SFO · $1,574 for two est.
Before you sail

Bucket-list days near Marseille

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.

86 mi from Marseille

Confiserie du Vieux Pont (Candied Fruit Masterclass)

A three-generation candy-making house teaching the 150-year-old technique of candying Provençal fruits, stone by stone, layer by layer, creating jewel…

16 mi from Marseille

Atelier de Cézanne

Your voyage · 38 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
Marseille Embark
Board in the afternoon — fly in at least a day early (your day ashore here is just above).
Day 2
Park Guell · $39 for two with Park Guell (official, Barcelona City Council)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
Days 5–6
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 7
Ponta Delgadaport guide →
Sete Cidades Twin Lakes · $274 for two with Azores Private Tours (official)how to make it yours → ·
Day 8
Praia da Vitoriaport guide →
Angra do Heroísmo UNESCO City · $456 for two with Explore Terceira Islandhow to make it yours →
Days 9–13
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Days 14–15
★ Manhattan Helicopter Tour — how to make it yours →
Days 16–17
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Days 18–19
Fort Lauderdale (Port Everglades)port guide →
Jungle Queen Riverboat -- the Exact Boat the Ship… · $62 for two with Jungle Queen Riverboathow to make it yours →
Day 20
Half Moon Cay (Little San Salvador Island)port guide →
Horseback Riding by Land & Sea · $240 for two with Pegasus Ranch (cruise-line contractor; sold only through the Carnival / Holland America shore-excursion desk)how to make it yours → ·
Days 21–23
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 24
Panama Canal Partial Transit by Private Yacht · $330 for two with Canal & Bay Tours Panamahow to make it yours → ·
Days 25–26
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 27
Puntarenasport guide →
Monteverde Canopy Zip-Line · $110 for two with Extremo Monteverde Park (official)how to make it yours →
Day 28
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 29
Puerto Quetzalport guide →
Private Antigua Colonial City & Jade Factory Full-… · $265 for two with Tours by Locals — Guatemala Private Guideshow to make it yours → ·
Days 30–31
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 32
Puerto Vallartaport guide →
Hidden Beach at Marietas Islands · $111 for two with Vallarta Adventureshow to make it yours → ·
Day 33
Cabo San Lucasport guide →
El Arco & Lover's Beach · $240 for two with High Tide Los Caboshow to make it yours → ·
Day 34
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 35
★ San Diego Zoo — how to make it yours →
Days 36–37
Los Angelesport guide →
Warner Bros. Studio Tour Hollywood · $150 for two with Warner Bros. Studio Tour Hollywood (official)how to make it yours → ·
Day 38
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 39
San Francisco Disembark
Disembark in the morning — or stay on for the days just below.
After you disembark

Bucket-list days near San Francisco

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

44 mi from San Francisco

French Laundry (Michelin 3-Star Fine Dining)

The most prestigious restaurant in North America, offering a 3-Michelin-star tasting menu of contemporary French cuisine in an intimate 70-seat settin…

113 mi from San Francisco

Nepenthe

Iconic roadside restaurant perched 800 feet above the coast serving California comfort food with unobstructed ocean panoramas and a bohemian artistic…

Before you sail

Make it longer — by land from Marseille

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

13 mi from Marseille · fly MRS

Provence by the Senses: Lavender, Truffles, and Roman Stone

Culinary Heritage & Open Road

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95 mi from Marseille · fly NCE

Cézanne's Backyard: Wine, Art & Thermal Springs in Provence

Art and Wine in Provence

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168 mi from Marseille · fly LYS

Alpine Wildlife, Glacier Treks & Savoyard Spirits in Chamonix

Alpine Adventure & Gastronomy

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After you disembark

Make it longer — by land from San Francisco

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

11 mi from San Francisco · fly SFO

Big Sur by the Cliffs: A Pacific Coast Road Trip Worth Savoring

Coastal Luxury Road Trip

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11 mi from San Francisco · fly SFO

Mendocino's Wild Coast: Redwoods, Wine & Wood-Fired Seafood

Rugged Coast Creative Escape

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Home

Fly home from San Francisco (SFO)

What this adventure runs estimated · for two
Your hotel
Flights open-jaw · fly into NCE, home from SFO · 2 travelers $1,574 est.
Hotel before you sail1 night · Marseille · Contemporary~$163
Cruise fare38 nights · Costa · 2 guests$14,002
Shore excursions11 bucket-list things, booked direct · for 2 · swap any at its port above ↑~$2,277
Transfersairport ↔ ship, private car~$180
Trip total$18,196
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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