Seabourn Ovation — 36-Night Europe Cruise from Venice

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36-Night Europe Cruise from Venice

36 nights · Europe · 31 ports of call

36-night Europe cruise aboard Seabourn Ovation, departing Venice and calling at Piran, Vodice, Kotor, Pýlos, Náfplion and Piraeus and 24 more.

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Ship: Seabourn Ovation
Cruise line: Seabourn
Duration: 36 nights
Region: Europe · Southern Europe · Mediterranean
Departs: Venice
Returns: Lisbon

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Where this voyage takes you

Voyage route — calls shown in order; map is schematic.

Day-by-day itinerary

Day
1
- Venice
  Depart 17:00
  A city built across more than a hundred islands in a lagoon on the Adriatic, threaded by canals instead of streets. Venice is known for St. Mark's Basilica and its piazza, the Grand Canal and Rialto Bridge, and the glass workshops of Murano nearby.
  - St. Mark's Square
  - Grand Canal
  - Rialto Bridge
Day
2
- Piran
  Arrive 08:00 · Depart 17:00
Day
3
- Vodice
  Arrive 09:00 · Depart 18:00
Day
4
- Kotor
  Arrive 08:00 · Depart 18:00
  A walled medieval town at the head of the Bay of Kotor, a fjord-like inlet of the Adriatic ringed by steep mountains. Ships anchor below the old town, whose stone lanes and ramparts climb toward the fortress of San Giovanni.
  - Bay of Kotor
  - Old town walls
  - San Giovanni fortress
Day
5
At sea
Day
6
- Pýlos
  Arrive 08:00 · Depart 18:00
Day
7
- Náfplion
  Arrive 08:00 · Depart 18:00
  A harbour town in the Peloponnese, the first capital of modern Greece, set beneath the Palamidi fortress. Its neoclassical old town runs down to the waterfront, with the small Bourtzi castle standing on an islet in the bay.
  - Palamidi fortress
  - Bourtzi castle
  - Old town squares
Day
8
- Piraeus
  Arrive 07:00 · Depart 22:00
  The ancient harbour of Athens and Greece's principal cruise port. Ferries fan out to the Aegean islands from its quays, while the Acropolis, the Plaka district and the National Archaeological Museum sit a short metro ride inland.
  - Gateway to Athens
  - Acropolis
  - Aegean ferries
Day
9
- Monemvasía
  Arrive 08:00 · Depart 18:00
  A fortified medieval town clinging to a tied island off the southeastern Peloponnese in Greece. A causeway links it to a lower town of Byzantine churches and stone lanes, with a ruined upper citadel crowning the rock above the Aegean.
  - Lower town
  - Byzantine churches
  - Upper fortress
Day
10
- Agios Nikólaos, Kríti
  Arrive 08:00 · Depart 18:00
  A resort town on the eastern coast of Crete, built around the small saltwater Lake Voulismeni at the edge of the harbour. It looks out over the Gulf of Mirabello toward Spinalonga, the former Venetian fortress and leper colony on its islet.
  - Lake Voulismeni
  - Spinalonga island
  - Mirabello Gulf
Day
11
- Mykonos
  Arrive 08:00 · Depart 18:00
  A Cycladic island in the Aegean known for whitewashed houses and a lively summer scene. Ships anchor off the main town, where windmills overlook the sea, the Little Venice quarter meets the waves and sandy beaches stretch along the south coast.
  - Windmills
  - Little Venice
  - Chora town
Day
12
- Çesme
  Arrive 08:00 · Depart 18:00
Day
13
- Kusadasi
  Arrive 08:00 · Depart 23:00
  A resort town on Turkey's Aegean coast that serves as the cruise gateway to ancient Ephesus, one of the best-preserved classical cities in the Mediterranean. Pigeon Island guards the harbour, and the marble Library of Celsus lies a short drive inland.
  - Ephesus ruins
  - Library of Celsus
  - Pigeon Island
Day
14
At sea
Day
15
- Istanbul
  Arrive 07:00 · Depart 17:00
  The city straddling Europe and Asia along the Bosphorus, once Byzantium and then Constantinople. Ships dock near the historic peninsula, within reach of the Hagia Sophia, the Blue Mosque and the covered Grand Bazaar's labyrinth of stalls.
  - Hagia Sophia
  - Blue Mosque
  - Grand Bazaar
Day
16
- Çanakkale
  Arrive 08:00 · Depart 17:00
  A Turkish port at the narrowest point of the Dardanelles strait, between the Aegean and the Sea of Marmara. It is the gateway to the ruins of ancient Troy and to the Gallipoli battlefields and war memorials across the water on the peninsula.
  - Ancient Troy
  - Gallipoli battlefields
  - Dardanelles strait
Day
17
- Vólos
  Arrive 08:00 · Depart 18:00
  A coastal city on the Pagasetic Gulf in central Greece, ringed by the wooded slopes of Mount Pelion. A seafront promenade lines the waterfront, and the surrounding mountain villages and beaches are reached by a scenic road up the peninsula.
  - Pelion villages
  - Seafront promenade
  - Tsipouro tavernas
Day
18
At sea
Day
19
- Pátmos
  Arrive 07:00 · Depart 22:00
  A small Greek island in the Dodecanese, long held sacred in Christian tradition. The hilltop Monastery of Saint John crowns the whitewashed Chóra, near the cave where the Book of Revelation is said to have been written above the harbour at Skala.
  - Monastery of St. John
  - Cave of the Apocalypse
  - Chóra hilltop
Day
20
- Rhodes
  Arrive 08:00 · Depart 18:00
  The largest of Greece's Dodecanese islands, off the Turkish coast, with one of Europe's best-preserved medieval walled towns. The Old Town keeps the cobbled Street of the Knights and the Palace of the Grand Master, while Lindos and its acropolis lie down the coast.
  - Medieval Old Town
  - Palace of the Grand Master
  - Lindos Acropolis
Day
21
- Santorini
  Arrive 07:00 · Depart 18:00
  The crescent rim of a flooded volcanic caldera in the Greek Cyclades, its whitewashed villages strung along cliffs high above the sea. Fira and Oia draw crowds for sunset views, while the caldera's dark beaches and the ancient site of Akrotiri lie below.
  - Oia sunset
  - Fira town
  - Caldera cliffs
Day
22
- Piraeus
  Arrive 07:00 · Depart 17:00
  The ancient harbour of Athens and Greece's principal cruise port. Ferries fan out to the Aegean islands from its quays, while the Acropolis, the Plaka district and the National Archaeological Museum sit a short metro ride inland.
  - Gateway to Athens
  - Acropolis
  - Aegean ferries
Day
23
At sea
Day
24
- Valletta
  Arrive 08:00 · Depart 17:00
  Malta's fortified harbour capital, built by the Knights of St. John on a peninsula between two deep ports. Honey-coloured limestone defines St. John's Co-Cathedral, the Grand Master's Palace and the bastions overlooking the Grand Harbour.
  - Grand Harbour
  - St. John's Co-Cathedral
  - Upper Barrakka Gardens
Day
25
- Trapani, Sicily
  Arrive 08:00 · Depart 18:00
  A historic salt and fishing port on the western tip of Sicily, its old town curving out on a low peninsula. Salt pans and windmills line the coast toward Marsala, and ferries run to the Egadi Islands and the hilltop town of Erice above the bay.
  - Salt pans
  - Erice
  - Egadi Islands
Day
26
- Cagliari
  Arrive 08:00 · Depart 18:00
  The capital of Sardinia, an Italian port set across hills above the Gulf of the Angels. Its fortified Castello quarter looks down over the harbour, with a long city beach at Poetto and the Roman amphitheatre among its older landmarks.
  - Castello quarter
  - Poetto Beach
  - Roman amphitheatre
Day
27
- Alghero
  Arrive 08:00 · Depart 17:00
Day
28
- Mahón, Menorca
  Arrive 08:00 · Depart 18:00
  The harbour capital of Menorca in Spain's Balearic Islands, set at the head of one of the Mediterranean's deepest natural inlets. Georgian touches from a British period linger in the old town, while quiet coves and prehistoric stone sites lie across the island.
  - Port of Maó
  - Fortalesa de la Mola
  - Gin Xoriguer
Day
29
- Barcelona
  Arrive 07:00 · Depart 17:00
  Catalonia's seafront capital and one of the Mediterranean's busiest cruise homeports. Gaudí's Sagrada Família and Park Güell crown the city, while the tree-lined Ramblas and the Gothic Quarter's medieval lanes lie a short ride from the terminal.
  - Sagrada Família
  - La Rambla
  - Gothic Quarter
Day
30
- Valencia
  Arrive 08:00 · Depart 17:00
  Spain's third city, on the Mediterranean coast where the old riverbed has become a long ribbon of parkland. It is the birthplace of paella, home to the silk-era Lonja trading hall and to Calatrava's white City of Arts and Sciences complex.
  - City of Arts and Sciences
  - La Lonja
  - Paella
Day
31
- Cartagena
  Arrive 08:00 · Depart 18:00
  A naval port in the Murcia region of southeastern Spain, sheltered by hills around a deep harbour. Layers of Roman, Carthaginian and modern history meet here, including a restored Roman theatre uncovered in the city centre.
  - Roman theatre
  - Naval harbour
  - Concepción Castle
Day
32
- Motril
  Arrive 07:00 · Depart 18:00
  A port on Spain's Costa Tropical in Andalusia, backed by the peaks of the Sierra Nevada. It is the closest harbour to Granada and the Alhambra, with subtropical fruit farms and the resort town of Almuñécar along the coast.
  - Granada gateway
  - Sierra Nevada
  - Costa Tropical
Day
33
- Melilla
  Arrive 07:00 · Depart 16:00
Day
34
- Cádiz
  Arrive 09:00 · Depart 23:00
  One of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in Western Europe, set on a narrow spit almost surrounded by the Atlantic in Spain's Andalusia. A gold-domed cathedral rises over the old town's tight lanes, sea walls and the long sands of La Caleta.
  - Cádiz Cathedral
  - La Caleta beach
  - Old town lanes
Day
35
At sea
Day
36
- Porto
  Arrive 07:00 · Depart 16:00
  Portugal's second city, climbing the granite hillsides above the Douro as it nears the Atlantic. It gives port wine its name; the riverside Ribeira district, the Dom Luís I iron bridge and the cellars of Vila Nova de Gaia define the waterfront.
  - Ribeira district
  - Dom Luís I Bridge
  - Port wine cellars
Day
37
- Lisbon
  Arrive 07:00
  Portugal's hilly capital, spread across seven hills above the Tagus estuary. Yellow trams climb to the Alfama's tangled lanes and the Castle of São Jorge, while Belém's monastery and pastéis de nata anchor the riverside to the west.
  - Alfama district
  - Belém Tower
  - Tram 28

Upcoming departures

9 Oct 2027

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36-Night Europe Cruise from Venice FAQ

Which ports does this cruise visit?

This 36-night Europe cruise calls at Venice, Piran, Vodice, Kotor, Pýlos, Náfplion, Piraeus, Monemvasía, Agios Nikólaos, Kríti, Mykonos, Çesme, Kusadasi, Istanbul, Çanakkale, Vólos, Pátmos, Rhodes, Santorini, Valletta, Trapani, Sicily, Cagliari, Alghero, Mahón, Menorca, Barcelona, Valencia, Cartagena, Motril, Melilla, Cádiz, Porto and Lisbon.

How many days are spent at sea?

5 days are spent at sea; the rest are in port.

Where does this cruise depart from?

It departs from Venice and ends in Lisbon.

How long is this cruise?

36 nights aboard Seabourn Ovation.

When does this itinerary sail?

Upcoming departures include 9 Oct 2027. A NestCruise advisor can confirm current availability.

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