Glorious Mediterranean – Athens & Istanbul

About this cruise

This one leaves Bari on May 29, 2026 and spends 9 nights visiting Trieste, Katakolon, Piraeus (Athens), Kusadasi, Istanbul and Corfu at a pace where every day has something going on but there's always time to just sit and watch the water too. 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. The route threads through 3 countries along the Eastern Mediterranean coast: Italy, Greece and Türkiye. Most ports give you about 10 hours, so you can do more than just tick off the main sights. As for the ship itself, MSC Fantasia has 5 restaurants on board, which means you could eat somewhere different nearly every night. A spring departure helps too: decent weather and a calmer feel at each port. You'll probably start planning the next one before this one's even over.