Bucket-List Cruise Adventure

43-Night Venice to New York Cruise Adventure

Oceania · Oceania Sirena · from Venice

$19,449 per person · next sails Aug 7, 2027 Book this cruise@ Cruisebound · same fare
Get there

Fly into Venice (VCE)

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

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

Bucket-list days near Venice

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.

0 mi from Venice

St. Mark's Basilica

126 mi from Venice

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…

Your voyage · 43 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
Venice Embark
Board in the afternoon — fly in at least a day early (your day ashore here is just above).
Day 2
Diocletian's Palace · $76 for two with Split Walking Tours (official)how to make it yours → ·
Day 3
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 4
★ Paleokastritsa Blue Caves & coves by speedboat — how to make it yours →
Day 5
★ Taormina's Ancient Greek Theatre, framed by Mount… — how to make it yours →
Day 6
Castello di Arechi & Salerno Old Town · $279 for two with GetYourGuide – Salerno Private Custom Tour with a Local Guidehow to make it yours →
Day 7
Civitavecchia (Rome)port guide →
★ Vatican, Sistine Chapel & Colosseum in One Day — how to make it yours →
Day 8
La Spezia (Cinque Terre)port guide →
Private Cinque Terre by Minivan & Ferryboat from L… · $205 for two with Bella Italia Tourhow to make it yours → ·
Day 9
St. Tropez · $972 for two with Provence Private Tourhow to make it yours → ·
Day 10
Park Guell · $39 for two with Park Guell (official, Barcelona City Council)how to make it yours → ·
Day 11
★ Oceanografic — how to make it yours →
Day 12
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 13
Alhambra & Nasrid Palaces · $192 for two with Spain Day Tourshow to make it yours → ·
Day 14
Tangier Kasbah, Medina & American Legation Private… · $240 for two with Tangier Private Tours (tangier-private-tours.com)how to make it yours → ·
Day 15
Upper Rock Nature Reserve · $140 for two with Tours of Gibraltar (official licensed operators)how to make it yours → ·
Days 16–17
Authentic Seville Tapas & Sherry · $214 for two with Devour Seville Food Tourshow to make it yours →
Day 18
Private Benagil Cave Boat Tour · $82 for two with Algarve Cave Captain (private charter specialist)how to make it yours → ·
Day 19
Day 20
Leixoes (Oporto)port guide →
Private Porto Highlights & Port Wine Tasting Tour · $360 for two with Oporto Shore Tourshow to make it yours → ·
Day 21
Cíes Islands · $140 for two with Civitatis Vigo (Cíes Islands Sailboat with Skipper)how to make it yours → ·
Day 22
Santiago de Compostela · $749 for two with ToursByLocals – La Coruña Local Guideshow to make it yours → ·
Day 23
Dragonstone, Mundaka & Guernica · $972 for two with Food Tours Bilbao (Private Guide & Chauffeur)how to make it yours → ·
Day 24
St. Jean de Luzport guide →
Private Guided Day in Biarritz · $605 for two with Guide du Pays Basque (Basque Country Private Guides)how to make it yours → ·
Day 25
La Cité du Vin · $48 for two with La Cité du Vin (Official)how to make it yours → ·
Day 26
Private Shore Excursion · $214 for two with Ophorus Private Shore Excursionshow to make it yours → ·
Day 27
St. Peter Port (Guernsey)port guide →
Private Island Highlights · $1,042 for two with Tours by Locals – Guernsey Private Guideshow to make it yours → ·
Day 28
Southamptonport guide →
★ Stand Inside Stonehenge & See the Original 1215 Ma… — how to make it yours →
12 more days at sea and ashore
Day 44
New York Disembark
Disembark in the morning — or stay on for the days just below.
After you disembark

Bucket-list days near New York

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

4 mi from New York

The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)

Before you sail

Make it longer — by land from Venice

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

5 mi from Venice · fly VCE

Palazzo Doors, Lagoon Vineyards: Venice Beyond the Crowd Line

Private Venice, Lagoon Slow

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Salt Marsh to Surf Break: San Diego's Wild, Cultured Edge

Coast Culture Adventure

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125 mi from Venice · fly FLR

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

Tuscan Wine & Culture Road Trip

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Home

Fly home from New York (JFK)

What this adventure runs estimated · for two
Your hotel
Flights open-jaw · fly into VCE, home from JFK · 2 travelers $1,748 est.
Hotel before you sail1 night · Venice · Luxury~$1,100
Cruise fare43 nights · Oceania · 2 guests$38,898
Shore excursions27 bucket-list things, booked direct · for 2 · swap any at its port above ↑~$10,469
Transfersairport ↔ ship, private car~$180
Trip total$52,395
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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