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Roundtrip Cruises from VeniceIn normal years, more than a dozen cruise lines and a ferry company offer roundtrip itineraries from Venice, Italy that make it easy to combine a cruise with a Venetian holiday. The pandemic wiped much of the 2021 and 2022 calendars clean, but this article will help you choose a roundtrip voyage in 2023.
ABOVE: NCL's Norwegian Jade leaves Venice for the Eastern Mediterranean.
Are you having trouble choosing between a land vacation and a cruise? Not to worry: In typical years, more than a dozen cruise lines and ferry companies offer ship voyages that begin and end in Venice. Such roundtrip cruises offer a great way to combine a Venice holiday with a trip by ship--allowing you to enjoy back-to-back vacations with only one air or train fare. Below are links to cruise and ferry lines that welcome English-speaking passengers and normally have regularly-scheduled roundtrip voyages from Venice. Ocean cruises
Norwegian
Cruise Line We took a 14-day NCL cruise from Venice a while back. For details, see our illustrated Norwegian Jade cruise review and photo diary.
Compagnie
du Ponant In 2022, two Ponant ships--Le Jacques Cartier and Le Lyrial--will offer a seven-night "Best of Croatia" itinerary on multiple dates in June, July, and August.
MSC
Cruises MSC operates dozens of roundtrip voyages in the Eastern Mediterranean from spring through fall. Most are seven nights in length. To learn about our own roundtrip cruise from Venice with MSC, read our illustrated MSC Poesia cruise review.
Costa
Cruises We haven't cruised with Costa from Venice, but see our illustrated Costa Magica review about a roundtrip cruise from Rome.
Royal
Caribbean International
Holland
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Silversea Cruises
Celebrity
Cruises
Azamara
Crystal
Cruises Lagoon and river cruises![]() Uniworld Boutique River Cruises A newly renovated La Venezia (formerly River Countess) offers a seven-night "Venice & the Gems of Northern Italy" roundtrip with excursions in Venice, the Venetian Lagoon, Padua, Bologna, and Ferrara. The ship's season runs from the end of March through early November. To whet your appetite, read our cruise review at Europe for Cruisers.
European
Waterways Ltd. The itinerary begins in Venice, includes stops at small ports in the Venetian Lagoon, and heads up the Po River or the adjacent Bianco Canal toward Mantua, with return transportation to Venice by bus. (In alternating weeks, the cruise runs in the opposite direction.) See our illustrated review at Europeforcruisers.com.
CroisiEurope FerriesIf you're more adventurous, or if you insist on having your car as a companion, you can combine back-to-back ferry trips into a minicruise:
Anek
Lines
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