Seabourn Ovation — 37-Night Europe Cruise from Lisbon

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37-Night Europe Cruise from Lisbon

37 nights · Europe · 32 ports of call

37-night Europe cruise aboard Seabourn Ovation, departing Lisbon and calling at Cádiz, Tangier, Ceuta, Puerto Banús, Motril and Cartagena and 25 more.

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Ship: Seabourn Ovation
Cruise line: Seabourn
Duration: 37 nights
Region: Europe · Southern Europe · Mediterranean
Departs: Lisbon
Returns: Istanbul

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Where this voyage takes you

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

Day-by-day itinerary

Day
1
- Lisbon
  Depart 17:00
  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
Day
2
At sea
Day
3
- Cádiz
  Arrive 08:00 · 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
4
- Tangier
  Arrive 08:00 · Depart 18:00
  A Moroccan port at the mouth of the Strait of Gibraltar, where the Atlantic meets the Mediterranean and Europe lies in view across the water. Its walled medina and kasbah climb above the harbour, long a meeting point of African, Arab and European worlds.
  - The Medina
  - Kasbah
  - Strait of Gibraltar
Day
5
- Ceuta
  Arrive 07:00 · Depart 18:00
Day
6
- Puerto Banús
  Arrive 08:00 · Depart 18:00
Day
7
- Motril
  Arrive 08:00 · 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
8
- Cartagena
  Arrive 07:00 · Depart 17:00
  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
9
- Tarragona
  Arrive 12:00 · Depart 21:00
  A coastal city in Catalonia, northeast Spain, built on the site of a major Roman provincial capital. Its amphitheatre, forum and aqueduct survive among the old town's medieval lanes, with a long Mediterranean beach below the upper town.
  - Roman amphitheatre
  - Tarragona Cathedral
  - Les Ferreres Aqueduct
Day
10
- 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
11
- Roses
  Arrive 08:00 · Depart 18:00
Day
12
At sea
Day
13
- Sanary-sur-Mer
  Arrive 08:00 · Depart 18:00
Day
14
- Calvi, Corsica
  Arrive 08:00 · Depart 18:00
  A port on the north-west coast of Corsica, set beneath a Genoese citadel above a curving bay. Its beach, marina and ramparts anchor the town, with the red rock of the Calanche and the hill villages of the Balagne nearby.
  - Genoese citadel
  - Calvi beach
  - Balagne villages
Day
15
- Olbia
  Arrive 08:00 · Depart 18:00
  A port town on the northeast coast of Sardinia, set on a sheltered gulf and serving as the gateway to the Costa Smeralda. The surrounding coast is known for granite headlands and turquoise coves, while the old centre keeps Roman and medieval roots.
  - Costa Smeralda
  - San Simplicio basilica
  - Granite coves
Day
16
- Porto Santo Stefano
  Arrive 08:00 · Depart 18:00
  A fishing town and harbour on Tuscany's Monte Argentario promontory, looking across to the island of Giglio. Seafood restaurants line the waterfront, and the sandbars of the Orbetello lagoon and Maremma coast lie close by.
  - Argentario coast
  - Giglio ferry
  - Orbetello lagoon
Day
17
- Civitavecchia
  Arrive 07:00 · Depart 18:00
  The deep-water port serving Rome, roughly 80 kilometres up the coast. Ships dock here for shore excursions to the Colosseum, the Vatican and the Roman Forum, while the town itself keeps a working harbour and a Michelangelo-designed fortress.
  - Gateway to Rome
  - Fort Michelangelo
  - Vatican excursions
Day
18
- Salerno
  Arrive 09:00 · Depart 18:00
  An Italian port at the head of its own gulf, just south of the Amalfi Coast. Its long seafront and walkable medieval centre make it a quieter base for reaching Pompeii, Paestum's Greek temples and the cliffside towns of Amalfi and Positano.
  - Amalfi Coast gateway
  - Paestum temples
  - Seafront promenade
Day
19
- Giardini Naxos
  Arrive 08:00 · Depart 18:00
  A seaside resort on the east coast of Sicily, set along a sandy bay below the hilltop town of Taormina. Snow-capped Mount Etna rises inland, and the ancient Greek theatre and stepped streets of Taormina are a short ride up from the shore.
  - Taormina
  - Mount Etna
  - Isola Bella
Day
20
- Mgarr, Gozo
  Arrive 08:00 · Depart 17:00
Day
21
- Valletta
  Arrive 08:00 · Depart 22:00
  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
22
At sea
Day
23
- 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
24
- Dubrovnik
  Arrive 07:00 · Depart 23:00
  A walled city on Croatia's Dalmatian coast, its limestone old town wrapped in sea-facing ramparts above the Adriatic. Ships call here for the marble main street of Stradun, the circuit of the city walls and the cable car to Mount Srđ.
  - City walls
  - Stradun
  - Mount Srđ cable car
Day
25
- Kotor
  Arrive 07:00 · 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
26
- Brindisi
  Arrive 08:00 · Depart 18:00
  A port city on the heel of Italy in Puglia, long a crossing point to Greece and the eastern Adriatic. Roman columns mark the end of the ancient Appian Way, and the old town's churches and seafront line the natural harbour.
  - Roman columns
  - Appian Way
  - Old town churches
Day
27
- Corfu
  Arrive 08:00 · Depart 17:00
  An Ionian island off Greece's northwest coast, greener and more Venetian-feeling than the Aegean isles. Ships call at its old town, a UNESCO-listed warren of Italianate streets between two hilltop fortresses, with pebbly coves around the shore.
  - Old Fortress
  - Liston arcade
  - Ionian coves
Day
28
- Delphi
  Arrive 08:00 · Depart 18:00
  The ancient sanctuary on the slopes of Mount Parnassus, home in antiquity to the Oracle of Apollo and once considered the centre of the world. The ruins, reached from the Gulf of Corinth, include a marble temple, a theatre and a stadium amid pine-clad hillsides.
  - Temple of Apollo
  - ancient theatre
  - Mount Parnassus
Day
29
At sea
Day
30
- Gythio
  Arrive 08:00 · Depart 18:00
  A coastal town in the southern Peloponnese of Greece, set on the Laconian Gulf below the Taygetos mountains. A causeway leads to the islet of Cranae, and the abandoned Byzantine hill city of Mystras lies inland near ancient Sparta.
  - Cranae islet
  - Mystras
  - Mani peninsula
Day
31
- 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
32
- 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
33
- 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
34
- 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
35
- Bodrum
  Arrive 08:00 · Depart 18:00
  A resort town on Turkey's southwest Aegean coast, set on a twin bay beneath the Castle of St. Peter, built by the Knights of St. John. The site of the ancient Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, it is now known for its marina, whitewashed lanes, and nightlife.
  - Bodrum Castle
  - Mausoleum ruins
  - Marina waterfront
Day
36
- 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
37
At sea
Day
38
- Istanbul
  Arrive 07:00
  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

Upcoming departures

6 Apr 2028

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37-Night Europe Cruise from Lisbon FAQ

Which ports does this cruise visit?

This 37-night Europe cruise calls at Lisbon, Cádiz, Tangier, Ceuta, Puerto Banús, Motril, Cartagena, Tarragona, Barcelona, Roses, Sanary-sur-Mer, Calvi, Corsica, Olbia, Porto Santo Stefano, Civitavecchia, Salerno, Giardini Naxos, Mgarr, Gozo, Valletta, Kotor, Dubrovnik, Brindisi, Corfu, Delphi, Gythio, Piraeus, Monemvasía, Agios Nikólaos, Kríti, Mykonos, Bodrum, Kusadasi and Istanbul.

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 Lisbon and ends in Istanbul.

How long is this cruise?

37 nights aboard Seabourn Ovation.

When does this itinerary sail?

Upcoming departures include 6 Apr 2028. A NestCruise advisor can confirm current availability.

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