Ocean Discovery – Marseille, Genoa & Civitavecchia (Rome)

About this cruise

Somewhere around day five the ship stops being transport and starts being home. This 32-night sailing from Barcelona on June 13, 2027 visits Marseille, Genoa and Civitavecchia (Rome), with additional stops along the Eastern Mediterranean. 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 Eastern Mediterranean route takes in France, Italy, Montenegro, Greece and Türkiye, 5 countries, and the differences show up in the food, the architecture, and the mood. 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 (2024) is one of the newer ships out there, with current design and recent tech throughout. 32 nights is long enough to build a routine on board: favourite restaurant, favourite deck chair, favourite people. It starts to feel like a floating village. If you like having options (restaurants, bars, activities, entertainment), a big ship delivers that. It's peak season, so the weather is at its best and the ship will be full. That's part of the fun. Hard to ask for much more than that, honestly.