Set sail with the MSC Fantasia and prepare for nine nights of cultural cruising through the sea from Istanbul and back!
With this trip you will spend time in favorite stops like Athens as well as extremely rare stops like Trieste. This route is an unusual one for the Fantasia, But this is the lowest price sailing on it.
We include all all entertainment, meals, taxes, and port fees in our price, so that you can compare sailings easily. With a cost of under $190 a day for an outside cabin, this is a bargain. What makes this cruise amazing if you act now you can reserve an outside outside room for the price of an interior one!
More than 3,200 passengers can cruise on the namesake of the Fantasia class, based in Europe and refurbished just three years ago in 2023.
The Fantasia MSC offers guests a solarium, a gym, an outdoor movie theater, a waterslide, a jacuzzi, a casino, a bowling lane, and a spa.
This cruise spends six days in port and two sea days. Major features include visits to once-in-a-lifetime destinations like Trieste.
| Date | Port | Arrive | Depart |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wed, Jul 1 | Istanbul, Turkey | 11:00pm | |
| Thu, Jul 2 | At Sea | ||
| Fri, Jul 3 | Corfu, Greece | 1:00pm | 9:00pm |
| Sat, Jul 4 | Bari, Italy | 7:00am | 2:00pm |
| Sun, Jul 5 | Trieste, Italy | 9:00am | 7:00pm |
| Mon, Jul 6 | At Sea | ||
| Tue, Jul 7 | Katakolon, Greece (Olympia) | 7:00am | 3:00pm |
| Wed, Jul 8 | Athens, Greece | 8:00am | 6:00pm |
| Thu, Jul 9 | Kuşadası, Turkey (Ephesus) | 7:00am | 3:00pm |
| Fri, Jul 10 | Istanbul, Turkey | 10:00am |
The Fantasia sails this route eight times this year. The Splendida also sails a route with the same stops but a slightly different schedule. In the accompanying graphic you can see a visualization of when this ship sails as well as the relative price for an outside cabin.
This graph indicates the price over time for each class of cabin. Since it was first listed on January 14th of last year, The price of this sailing has fluctuated between $1,319 and $1,854 for an outside stateroom, including $0 in taxes and port fees.
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Last Updated: Jun 23, 2026
Last Modified: Jun 23, 2026