Mediterranean Grand Tour – Rome, Istanbul & Mykonos

About this cruise

This is the kind of cruise where you actually have time to go back to a port highlight you missed the first time. 12 nights from Civitavecchia (Rome) on September 20, 2026, visiting Kusadasi, Kavala and Istanbul, with additional stops along the Eastern Mediterranean. It starts gently with sea days, so by the time you reach the first port you'll have explored the ship and actually feel on holiday. The route threads through 3 countries along the Eastern Mediterranean coast: Türkiye, Greece and Italy. You get around 10 hours in each port, which is enough for an excursion, lunch, and some wandering around on your own. When you're not ashore, Carnival Legend has 8 restaurants on board, which means you could eat somewhere different nearly every night. Longer sailings have a different energy. People relax into it, stop rushing, and start actually talking to each other. A September sailing dodges the peak crowds while the weather is still cooperating. Well timed. Hard to ask for much more than that, honestly.