Thalassic Odyssey – Marseille, Rome & Athens

About this cruise

Somewhere around day five the ship stops being transport and starts being home. This 14-night sailing from Barcelona on June 6, 2026 visits Palma de Mallorca, Marseille and Ajaccio, with additional stops along the Western Mediterranean. The trip wraps in Piraeus (Athens), so you won't retrace your steps. 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 Spain to Türkiye. 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. 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. Whether you've cruised before or not, this 14-night itinerary is a genuinely good one.