Gilded Labyrinth – Corsica, Ephesus & Athens

About this cruise

A trip this long changes your rhythm entirely, and that's very much the point. 14 nights from Barcelona on May 23, 2027, visiting Marseille, Ajaccio and Genoa, with additional stops along the Western Mediterranean. Disembarkation is in Piraeus (Athens). The itinerary clusters several port calls together. Fast-paced for a few days, then the sea days hit and you can catch your breath. The route threads through 4 countries along the Western Mediterranean coast: France, Italy, Greece and Türkiye. You get around 12 hours in each port, which is enough for an excursion, lunch, and some wandering around on your own. When you're not ashore, Sun Princess launched in 2024, so everything on board is still new. You can tell. One of the underrated parts of a longer cruise: you actually get to know people. The couple from dinner, the group at trivia, the bartender who remembers your drink. A May departure catches that sweet window of warm-enough weather before the summer rush. You start in Barcelona and come back with stories from France, Italy, Greece and Türkiye.