Bucket-List Cruise Adventure

21-Night Amsterdam to Boston Cruise Adventure

Holland America · Zuiderdam · from Amsterdam

$4,264 per person · next sails Aug 14, 2027 Book this cruise@ Cruisebound · same fare
Get there

Fly into Amsterdam (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 BOS · $1,556 for two est.
Before you sail

Bucket-list days near Amsterdam

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.

0 mi from Amsterdam

Anne Frank House

1 mi from Amsterdam

Rijksmuseum

Your voyage · 21 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, the private, expert-led way, not the ship’s coach — any days at sea, and the day you step off.

Day 1
Amsterdam 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
Lerwick
⚙ Curating Lerwick’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
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
Seydisfjordur
⛰ A scenic-cruising day — savor it from the ship. The view is the experience, and it’s included.
Day 6
SCENIC CRUISING EYJAFJORDUR
⛰ A scenic-cruising day — savor it from the ship. The view is the experience, and it’s included.
Day 6
Akureyri
Mývatn Nature Baths · $86 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 7
Husavik
⚙ Curating Husavik’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 8
Isafjord
⛰ A scenic-cruising day — savor it from the ship. The view is the experience, and it’s included.
Day 8
SCENIC CRUISING ISAFJARDURDJUR
⛰ A scenic-cruising day — savor it from the ship. The view is the experience, and it’s included.
Day 9
Grundarfjordur
⛰ A scenic-cruising day — savor it from the ship. The view is the experience, and it’s included.
Day 10
Reykjavik
Inside the Volcano · $800 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 11
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 12
CRUISING PRINCE CHRISTIAN SOUND
⛰ A scenic-cruising day — savor it from the ship. The view is the experience, and it’s included.
Day 13
Nanortalik
Tasermiut Fjord Full-Day Boat Expedition · $1,015 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 14
Qaqortoq
⚙ Curating Qaqortoq’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Days 15–16
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 17
St. Anthony
⚙ Curating St. Anthony’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 18
St. Johns
Cape St. Mary's Ecological Reserve · $263 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 19
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 20
Halifax
Peggy's Cove & Lunenburg · $285 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 21
Portland
Portland Head Light & Casco Bay Scenic Lighthouse… · $70 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 22
Boston Disembark
Disembark in the morning — or stay on for the days just below.
After you disembark

Bucket-list days near Boston

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

54 mi from Boston

Green Animals Topiary Garden

A 7-acre Victorian topiary garden (1872) with 80+ animal and geometric plant sculptures, bird aviaries, and period landscape design. The garden is hor…

61 mi from Boston

Touro Synagogue & Jewish Heritage Trail

America's oldest continuously-operating synagogue (1763), designed with architectural symbolism by Peter Harrison, with a self-guided heritage trail c…

Home

Fly home from Boston (BOS)

What this adventure runs estimated · for two
Your hotel
Flights open-jaw · fly into AMS, home from BOS · 2 travelers $1,556 est.
Hotel before you sail1 night · Amsterdam · Premium~$342
Cruise fare21 nights · Holland America · 2 guests$8,528
Shore excursions6 bucket-list things, booked direct · for 2 · more as they curate · swap any at its port above ↑~$2,519
Transfersairport ↔ ship, private car~$180
Trip total$13,125
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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