Bucket-List Cruise Adventure

11-Night Portsmouth to Dublin Cruise Adventure

Azamara · Azamara Journey · from Portsmouth

$6,049 per person · next sails Jun 8, 2027 Book this cruise@ Cruisebound · same fare
Get there

Fly into Portsmouth (PTP)

Your gateway to the voyage. Arrive a day or two early — the best of the trip starts before you board.

Open-jaw · fly into LHR, home from DUB · $2,636 for two est.
Your voyage · 11 nights, day by day

Day by day — the unforgettable thing at every port

Your whole sailing in order: the day you board, every port it calls — each with the single bucket-list experience there and the operator who runs it — any days at sea, and the day you step off.

Day 1
Portsmouth Embark
Board in the afternoon — fly in at least a day early.
Day 2
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Days 3–4
Leith/Edinburghport guide →
Arthur's Seat Guided Summit Hike · $711 for two with Go Scotland Tours – Walking Tours Edinburghhow to make it yours → ·
Day 5
Private Speyside Whisky Tour · $813 for two with Rabbie's Trail Burners (Private Tour)how to make it yours → ·
Day 6
Balmoral Castle & Royal Deeside Private Full-Day T… · $1,124 for two with Grampian Escapes & Tourshow to make it yours → ·
Day 7
Invergordonport guide →
Cairngorms National Park · $318 for two with Highland Safarishow to make it yours →
Day 8
Italian Chapel · $114 for two with Go Orkney (local tours & transfers)how to make it yours → ·
Day 9
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 10
Greenock (Glasgow)port guide →
Private Highlands, Glens & Castles Grand Tour from… · $1,651 for two with Discover Scotland Tourshow to make it yours → ·
Day 11
Private Isle of Man Explorer · $658 for two with ToursByLocals – Isle of Man Private Guideshow to make it yours → ·
Day 12
Dublin Disembark
Disembark in the morning — or stay on for the days just below.
After you disembark

Bucket-list days near Dublin

You end in a different port — stay on, and add what’s within reach before you fly home.

1 mi from Dublin

Book of Kells

1 mi from Dublin

Jeanie Johnston Tall Ship

Before you sail

Make it longer — by land from Portsmouth

The ship is the spine, not the whole trip. These are full land adventures within reach of your port.

54 mi from Portsmouth · fly LHR

Churchill's Kent, Glyndebourne at Dusk & London's Secret Side

English Country Culture & City Grit

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54 mi from Portsmouth · fly LHR

Cornwall's Wild Coast: Tin Mines, Tidal Castles & Beach Bars

Rugged Coastal Heritage Adventure

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81 mi from Portsmouth · fly BRS

Georgian Bath, Wild Somerset: Limestone, Lions and Lock Flights

Georgian Bath Country Escape

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After you disembark

Make it longer — by land from Dublin

The ship is the spine, not the whole trip. These are full land adventures within reach of your port.

214 mi from Dublin · fly EDI

Edinburgh's Literary Ghosts, Hilltop Sunsets & Underground Whisky

Scottish Culture & Wild Walks

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Home

Fly home from Dublin (DUB)

What this adventure runs estimated · for two
Your hotel
Flights open-jaw · fly into LHR, home from DUB · 2 travelers $2,636 est.
Hotel before you sail1 night · Portsmouth · Luxury~$646
Cruise fare11 nights · Azamara · 2 guests$12,098
Shore excursions7 bucket-list things, booked direct · for 2 · swap any at its port above ↑~$5,389
Transfersairport ↔ ship, private car~$180
Trip total$20,949
Flights are estimated from our best gateways (refine from your own airport above) — an open-jaw trip: out to the embark port, home from where you disembark; the cruise fare is this sailing’s lead-in price for two; the hotel scales with the style you pick above; shore excursions are real book-direct operator prices, added as each port is curated; transfers are an estimate. We always build in at least one night ashore before you sail.
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