Ancient Hearth – Santorini, Ephesus & Kotor

About this cruise

The kind of trip where you lose track of what day it is, and nobody cares. 16 nights from Barcelona on March 19, 2026, visiting Marseille, Genoa and Civitavecchia (Rome), with additional stops along the Eastern Mediterranean. There's a stretch of back-to-back port days, so those days are busy, but the sea days around them give you time to recharge. 5 countries (France, Italy, Greece, Türkiye and Montenegro) across the Eastern Mediterranean, each with its own character. Most ports give you about 11 hours, so you can do more than just tick off the main sights. As for the ship itself, Sun Princess joined the Princess Cruises's lineup in 2024. Still has that new-ship feel. By night three you start recognising faces; by night ten you're swapping numbers. That's the magic of a longer sailing. A spring departure helps too: decent weather and a calmer feel at each port. 16 nights of not thinking about anything except where to eat next. That's the pitch.