Ocean Discovery – Messina, Piraeus (Athens) & Iraklion
About this cruise
The kind of trip where you lose track of what day it is, and nobody cares. 14 nights from Civitavecchia (Rome) on October 16, 2027, visiting Messina, Piraeus (Athens) and Heraklion, with additional stops along the Western 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. It's a proper Western Mediterranean tour: 5 countries, from Italy to France. Most ports give you about 9 hours, so you can do more than just tick off the main sights. As for the ship itself, Costa Favolosa: 3,016 guests, 13 decks. Entertainment, dining, and enough space that it never feels cramped. 14 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. Being shoulder season helps: golden light, comfortable weather, and shorter queues at the popular spots. Hard to ask for much more than that, honestly.
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We added Costa Cruises's mandatory service charge to the prices above, so they show the real total. Costa Cruises bills it on board rather than in the fare, so their own site will quote you less.
- Cruise fare on Costa Cruises's site
- $2,018.84
- Service charge, paid on board
- +$210
- What you actually pay, per person
- $2,228.84
$15 per guest per night × 14 nights.