Bucket-List Cruise Adventure

18-Night Liverpool to Southampton Cruise Adventure

Cunard · Queen Mary 2 · from Liverpool

$4,339 per person · next sails May 17, 2028 Book this cruise@ Cruisebound · same fare
Get there

Fly into Liverpool (LPL)

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

Open-jaw · fly into SYD, home from LHR · $3,858 for two est.
Before you sail

Bucket-list days near Liverpool

Fly in at least a day early — every seasoned cruiser does, so a delay never costs you the ship. Here’s what’s worth that day, within reach of your port — not just the city you fly into.

135 mi from Liverpool

Book of Kells

127 mi from Liverpool

The Waterfront Culinary School: Market-to-Table Cooking Immersion

Half-day cooking classes where participants visit Edinburgh's farmers market, source ingredients, and cook a complete meal under chef guidance, learni…

Your voyage · 18 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
Liverpool Embark
Board in the afternoon — fly in at least a day early (your day ashore here is just above).
Day 2
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 3
Cobh (Cork)port guide →
Titanic Experience Cobh · $30 for two with Cobh Heritage Centre (Titanic Experience Cobh)how to make it yours → ·
Day 4
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 5
Southamptonport guide →
★ Stand Inside Stonehenge & See the Original 1215 Ma… — how to make it yours →
Days 6–7
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 8
Authentic Seville Tapas & Sherry · $214 for two with Devour Seville Food Tourshow 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
Park Guell · $39 for two with Park Guell (official, Barcelona City Council)how to make it yours → ·
Day 11
Notre-Dame de la Garde + 360 City Panorama by Tour… · $22 for two with Le Petit Train de Marseillehow to make it yours → ·
Day 12
Uffizi Gallery · $205 for two with Avventure Bellissime (Tours Italy)how to make it yours → ·
Days 13–14
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 15
★ Granada & the Alhambra — how to make it yours →
Day 16
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 17
Cíes Islands · $140 for two with Civitatis Vigo (Cíes Islands Sailboat with Skipper)how to make it yours → ·
Day 18
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 19
Southampton Disembark
Disembark in the morning — or stay on for the days just below.
After you disembark

Bucket-list days near Southampton

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

87 mi from Southampton

Sissinghurst Castle Garden: Room-by-Room Garden Design Masterclass

Literary gardens (1.5 hours) designed by Vita Sackville-West, arranged as 'rooms' of color and plant combinations; the white garden, rose garden, and…

67 mi from Southampton

Natural History Museum

Before you sail

Make it longer — by land from Liverpool

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

141 mi from Liverpool · fly BRS

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

Georgian Bath Country Escape

See the whole plan →
171 mi from Liverpool · fly LHR

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

English Country Culture & City Grit

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171 mi from Liverpool · fly LHR

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

Rugged Coastal Heritage Adventure

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After you disembark

Make it longer — by land from Southampton

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

76 mi from Southampton · fly PVD

Newport's Gilded Coast: Mansions, Lighthouses & Living History

Coastal Heritage & Culture

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88 mi from Southampton · fly BOS

Salt Air and Sophistication on Portland, Maine's Peninsula

Coastal Culture & History

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Home

Fly home from Southampton (LHR)

What this adventure runs estimated · for two
Your hotel
Flights open-jaw · fly into SYD, home from LHR · 2 travelers $3,858 est.
Hotel before you sail1 night · Liverpool · Premium~$87
Cruise fare18 nights · Cunard · 2 guests$8,678
Shore excursions6 bucket-list things, booked direct · for 2 · swap any at its port above ↑~$650
Transfersairport ↔ ship, private car~$180
Trip total$13,453
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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