Bucket-List Cruise Adventure

11-Night Ijmuiden to Lisbon Cruise Adventure

Oceania · Oceania Aurelia · from Ijmuiden

$6,399 per person · next sails Sep 12, 2028 Book this cruise@ Cruisebound · same fare
Get there

Fly into Ijmuiden (AMS)

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

Open-jaw · fly into AMS, home from LIS · $2,444 for two est.
Before you sail

Bucket-list days near Ijmuiden

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.

13 mi from Ijmuiden

Anne Frank House

13 mi from Ijmuiden

Van Gogh Museum

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
Ijmuiden Embark
Board in the afternoon — fly in at least a day early (your day ashore here is just above).
Day 2
Zeebrugge (Bruges)port guide →
Private Bruges Full-Day Shore Excursion with Canal… · $323 for two with Vexperio Private Shore Excursionshow to make it yours → ·
Day 3
Le Havre (Paris)port guide →
Private Paris Highlights & Seine River Cruise from… · $214 for two with The Real France®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
La Rochelleport guide →
La Rochelle · $734 for two with ToursByLocals – La Rochelle Private Guideshow to make it yours → ·
Days 6–7
La Cité du Vin · $48 for two with La Cité du Vin (Official)how to make it yours → ·
Day 8
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 9
Covadonga Lakes & Picos de Europa · $3,576 for two with GetYourGuide – Covadonga Lakes Private Day Trip (local operator)how to make it yours → ·
Day 10
Santiago de Compostela · $749 for two with ToursByLocals – La Coruña Local Guideshow to make it yours → ·
Day 11
Leixoes (Oporto)port guide →
Private Porto Highlights & Port Wine Tasting Tour · $360 for two with Oporto Shore Tourshow to make it yours → ·
Day 12
Lisbon Disembark
Disembark in the morning — or stay on for the days just below.
After you disembark

Bucket-list days near Lisbon

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

14 mi from Lisbon

Sintra Day Trip - Pena Palace

13 mi from Lisbon

Convent of the Capuchos Cork Lining & Underground Network

A 16th-century Franciscan monastery carved into living rock with corridors and chambers lined in cork for insulation—a radically austere labyrinth ref…

Before you sail

Make it longer — by land from Ijmuiden

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

12 mi from Ijmuiden · fly AMS

Golden Age Villages & North Sea Oysters: Amsterdam Done Right

Dutch Heritage & Culinary Coast

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226 mi from Ijmuiden · fly LHR

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

English Country Culture & City Grit

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226 mi from Ijmuiden · 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 Lisbon

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

4 mi from Lisbon · fly LIS

Sintra's Forests, Palaces & Coast: A Portuguese Masterpiece

Coastal Palace Adventure

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Home

Fly home from Lisbon (LIS)

What this adventure runs estimated · for two
Your hotel
Flights open-jaw · fly into AMS, home from LIS · 2 travelers $2,444 est.
Hotel before you sail1 night · Ijmuiden · Luxury~$480
Cruise fare11 nights · Oceania · 2 guests$12,798
Shore excursions7 bucket-list things, booked direct · for 2 · swap any at its port above ↑~$6,004
Transfersairport ↔ ship, private car~$180
Trip total$21,906
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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