The October schedule of cruises departing from Barcelona includes the usual batch of excellent Mediterranean voyages plus a few longer cruises as some ships head elsewhere for the Mediterranean “off season”. Transatlantic repositioning cruises are available in October aboard Royal Caribbean, Celebrity and Virgin ships, headed to Florida and the New York City metropolitan area.
Royal Caribbean Cruises in October
Royal Caribbean has two ships based in Barcelona in October, making regular round-trip voyages from 5 to 8 nights in length. At the end of the month Wonder of the Seas goes west to its winter home in Florida.
| Royal Caribbean Vision of the Seas | October 1, 2022 October 22, 2022 | 5 nights | Villefranche, Rome, Carrara, Marseille |
| Royal Caribbean Wonder of the Seas | October 2, 2022 October 9, 2022 October 16, 2022 October 23, 2022 | 7 nights | Majorca, Marseille, Rome (Civitavecchia), Naples |
| Royal Caribbean Vision of the Seas | October 6, 2022 October 14, 2022 October 27, 2022 | 8 nights | Sete, Toulon, Corsica, Sardinia, Palma de Mallorca, Cartagena, Valencia |
| Royal Caribbean Wonder of the Seas | October 30, 2022 | 14 nights | Transatlantic repositioning cruise to Port Canaveral, Florida |
Norwegian and Celebrity Cruises from Barcelona
October cruises offered by Norwegian and Celebrity begin in Barcelona and end elsewhere, including the repositioning cruise of Celebrity Reflection that departs from Barcelona on Halloween and ends in Florida 13 days later.
| Norwegian Epic | October 2, 2022 October 23, 2022 | 11 nights | Greek Isles and Italy Ends at Civitavecchia (Rome) |
| Celebrity Beyond | October 12, 2022 | 12 nights | Spain, Portugal & Azores: Repositioning cruise to Cape Liberty, New Jersey |
| Celebrity Reflection | October 31, 2022 | 13 nights | Repositioning cruise to Fort Lauderdale, Florida |
MSC and Costa Cruises in October
If you’re a US-based cruise enthusiast and you’d like to try one of the cruise lines that spends less time sailing from US ports, MSC and Costa have an extensive schedule of cruises from Barcelona.
| MSC Grandiosa | October 1, 2022 October 8, 2022 October 15, 2022 October 22, 2022 October 29, 2022 | 7 nights | Cannes, Genoa, Rome, Palma de Mallorca |
| MSC Opera | October 4, 2022 October 11, 2022 October 18, 2022 October 25, 2022 | 7 nights | Tunis, Sicily, Naples, Genoa, Marseille |
| Costa Firenze | October 1, 2022 October 8, 2022 October 15, 2022 October 22, 2022 October 29, 2022 | 7 nights | Sardinia, Sicily, Rome, Genoa, Marseille |
| Costa Diadema | October 7, 2022 | 14 nights | Includes visits to popular spots in France, Italy, Greece and Turkey |
| Costa Fortuna | October 6, 2022 October 21, 2022 October 28, 2022 | 4 nights | To Marseille and Genoa |
Still More Barcelona Cruises in October
Oceania, Virgin and Silversea offer less frequent cruises from Barcelona, for those who are interested in something longer and/or more luxurious. And then there’s Cunard’s Queen Elizabeth – ready to take you on a 20 day, 7,000 mile trip from Barcelona to Singapore.
| Oceania Riviera | October 3, 2022 | 10 nights | Barcelona to Lisbon via France and Italy |
| Oceania Marina | October 18, 2022 | 14 nights | Barcelona to Athens via Malta, Jerusalem, Haifa, Rhodes, Kusadasi, Istanbul |
| Virgin Voyages Valiant Lady | October 2, 2022 October 9, 2022 | 7 nights | Marseille, Cannes, Golfo Arranci (Sardinia), Ibiza |
| Virgin Voyages Valiant Lady | October 16, 2022 | 14 nights | Transatlantic repositioning cruise to Miami |
| Silversea Silver Moon | October 11, 2022 | 7 nights | Barcelona to Lisbon, with visits to Valencia, Cartagena, Malaga and Seville |
| Queen Elizabeth | October 10, 2022 | 20 nights | “Far East Cruise” to Singapore via Create, the Suez Canal, Salalah and Colombo |