Step aboard the Cunard Queen Elizabeth and prepare for fourteen nights of refreshing travel through the sea from Istanbul to Trieste!
During this cruise you'll visit very popular ports such as Civitavecchia plus once-in-a-lifetime ports such as Trieste and Palermo. This route is a rare one for the Queen Elizabeth. Actually, this is the only time it's going to sail it!
We include all meals, entertainment, port charges, and taxes in this price, so that you can compare sailings easily.
More than 2,000 cruisers can comfortably cruise on the top-rated flagship of the class, based in Rome and refurbished only one year ago in 2025.
The Queen Elizabeth Cunard offers a gym, a jacuzzi, a spa, a casino, and a waterslide.
This sailing spends eight port days and five days at sea. High points include visits to exotic stops like Trieste and Palermo.
| Date | Port | Arrive | Depart |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri, Oct 8 | Istanbul, Turkey | ||
| Sat, Oct 9 | Dardanelles, Turkey (Cruising) | ||
| Sun, Oct 10 | Kuşadası, Turkey (Ephesus) | 9:00am | 5:00pm |
| Mon, Oct 11 | Rhodes, Greece | 9:00am | 5:00pm |
| Tue, Oct 12 | At Sea | ||
| Wed, Oct 13 | Katakolon, Greece (Olympia) | 9:00am | 5:00pm |
| Thu, Oct 14 | Messina Strait, Italy (Cruising) | ||
| Fri, Oct 15 | Civitavecchia, Italy (Rome) | 9:00am | 5:00pm |
| Sat, Oct 16 | At Sea | ||
| Sun, Oct 17 | Palermo, Sicily | 9:00am | 5:00pm |
| Mon, Oct 18 | Messina Strait, Italy (Cruising) | ||
| Tue, Oct 19 | Corfu, Greece | 9:00am | 5:00pm |
| Wed, Oct 20 | Dubrovnik, Croatia | 9:00am | 5:00pm |
| Thu, Oct 21 | Zadar, Croatia | 9:00am | 5:00pm |
| Fri, Oct 22 | Trieste, Italy | 9:00am |
The Queen Elizabeth sails this route once next year, but doesn't sail it this year. No other ship sails this exact same route. In the accompanying graphic you can see a visualization of when this ship sails as well as the relative price.
This graph shows the cost over time for the different classes of cabin. Since it was first listed on November 8th of last year, the cost of this cruise has remained right at $2,869. Now this cruise is at its lowest price, so secure your stateroom now before it goes up.
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Last Updated: Jun 5, 2026
Last Modified: Jun 5, 2026