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24 nights · Lisbon → Athens · Crystal Serenity

Departure
29 Sep 2028
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24 nights21 portsLisbon → AthensCrystal Serenity

The Journey

Day by Day

24 nights · 21 ports

Day 1Lisbon
Day 2Portimao
Day 3Tangier
Day 4Melilla
Day 5Day at sea
Day 6Tunis
Day 7Cagliari
Day 8Ajaccio
Day 9Marseille
Day 10Palamos
Day 11Barcelona
Day 12Day at sea
Day 13Toulon
Day 14Monte Carlo
Day 15Portofino
Day 16Livorno
Day 17Livorno
Day 18Rome (Civitavecchia)
Day 19Naples
Day 20Messina
Day 21Valletta
Day 22Day at sea
Day 23Souda
Day 24Kusadasi
Day 25Athens (Piraeus)
Lisbon
Day 1
Lisbon

Trams, tiles and pastel hills at the mouth of the Tagus.

Embark

Portimao
Day 2
Portimao

The Algarve’s golden cliffs and grotto coast.

Ashore

Tangier
Day 3
Tangier

Africa across the strait: the medina, the Kasbah and the light painters chased.

Ashore

Melilla
Day 4
Melilla

Ashore

At Sea
Day 5
At Sea

A full day at sea: the pools, the spa, a long lunch, and the horizon doing all the work.

At Sea

Tunis
Day 6
Tunis

Carthage, the medina, and Sidi Bou Said in blue and white.

Ashore

Cagliari
Day 7
Cagliari

Sardinia’s capital, stacked pink and gold above its gulf.

Ashore

Ajaccio
Day 8
Ajaccio

Napoleon’s hometown, granite mountains behind a palm-lined bay.

Ashore

Marseille
Day 9
Marseille

France’s oldest city, salty and proud, beneath Notre-Dame de la Garde.

Ashore

Palamos
Day 10
Palamos

Ashore

Barcelona
Day 11
Barcelona

Gaudí’s city: start at the Sagrada Família and surrender the rest of the day.

Ashore

At Sea
Day 12
At Sea

Nothing on the schedule but the sea. This is the part of the sailing people book it for.

At Sea

Toulon
Day 13
Toulon

Ashore

Monte Carlo
Day 14
Monte Carlo

The principality: the casino, the harbor and a certain way of doing things.

Ashore

Portofino
Day 15
Portofino

Italy’s most photographed harbor, half boats and half bougainvillea.

Ashore

Livorno
Day 16
Livorno

The Tuscan door: Florence, Pisa and the hill towns all within reach.

Ashore

Livorno
Day 17
Livorno
Rome (Civitavecchia)
Day 18
Rome (Civitavecchia)

The Eternal City, an hour up the road from its harbor and worth every minute of it.

Ashore

Naples
Day 19
Naples

Loud, glorious Naples: pizza where it was invented and Pompeii twenty minutes away.

Ashore

Messina
Day 20
Messina

The straits city and the door to Taormina and Etna.

Ashore

Valletta
Day 21
Valletta

A baroque fortress city built by knights, small enough to walk and grand enough to stun.

Ashore

At Sea
Day 22
At Sea

A quiet day between ports, the deck unhurried and the water in every direction.

At Sea

Souda
Day 23
Souda

Ashore

Kusadasi
Day 24
Kusadasi

The gateway to Ephesus, where the Library of Celsus still stands two millennia on.

Ashore

Athens (Piraeus)
Day 25
Athens (Piraeus)

The Acropolis above, the world’s first democracy below, and dinner in Plaka after the crowds sail on.

Disembark

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Crystal Serenity

The grande dame reborn under Abercrombie & Kent: classic six-star service and the only Nobu restaurant at sea.

Crystal Serenity
Crystal Serenity
Crystal · 24 Nights · Lisbon → Athens

The grande dame reborn under Abercrombie & Kent: classic six-star service and the only Nobu restaurant at sea.

  • Legendary service ratios
  • Umi Uma: the only Nobu at sea
  • Abercrombie & Kent shore programming
  • Classic ocean-liner elegance

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