Crown & Crescent – Athens, Corfu & Bari

About this cruise

There's a reason 7-night cruises are the most popular length. This one sails from Istanbul on February 10, 2027 and visits Corfu, Bari, Piraeus (Athens) and Izmir. The pace is well balanced: 2 sea days mixed in so there's no rush between stops. The route threads through 3 countries along the Eastern Mediterranean coast: Greece, Italy and Türkiye. You get around 9 hours in each port, which is enough for an excursion, lunch, and some wandering around on your own. When you're not ashore, MSC Lirica has 5 restaurants on board, which means you could eat somewhere different nearly every night. While everyone else deals with the February cold, you'll be somewhere warmer. And floating. Hard to ask for much more than that, honestly.