Ocean Discovery – Barcelona, Marseille & Santa Margherita

About this cruise

The kind of trip where you lose track of what day it is, and nobody cares. 20 nights from Barcelona on July 15, 2027, visiting Marseille, Santa Margherita Ligure and Civitavecchia (Rome), with additional stops along the Eastern Mediterranean. Last stop: Piraeus (Athens). 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. It's a proper Eastern Mediterranean tour: 5 countries, from France to Montenegro. 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. It's peak season, so the weather is at its best and the ship will be full. That's part of the fun. Good route, good ship, good timing. It all lines up.