Bucket-List Cruise Adventure

12-Night Portsmouth to Leith/Edinburgh Cruise Adventure

Azamara · Azamara Quest · from Portsmouth

$5,269 per person · next sails Jun 1, 2028 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 EDI · $3,068 for two est.
Your voyage · 12 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.
Day 3
Private Isle of Man Explorer · $658 for two with ToursByLocals – Isle of Man Private Guideshow to make it yours → ·
Day 4
Greenock (Glasgow)port guide →
Private Highlands, Glens & Castles Grand Tour from… · $1,651 for two with Discover Scotland Tourshow to make it yours → ·
Day 5
Tobruk War Cemetery & Memorial · $115 for two with Commonwealth War Graves Commission (site) with Western Desert Battlefield Tours guidehow to make it yours → ·
Day 6
Stockholm Royal Archipelago · $846 for two with Strömmahow to make it yours →
Day 7
Italian Chapel · $114 for two with Go Orkney (local tours & transfers)how to make it yours → ·
Day 8
Mousa Broch by Boat · $56 for two with Mousa Boat (Tom Jamieson)how to make it yours → ·
Day 9
Balmoral Castle & Royal Deeside Private Full-Day T… · $1,124 for two with Grampian Escapes & Tourshow to make it yours → ·
Day 10
Invergordonport guide →
Cairngorms National Park · $318 for two with Highland Safarishow to make it yours →
Day 11
Private Speyside Whisky Tour · $813 for two with Rabbie's Trail Burners (Private Tour)how to make it yours → ·
Days 12–13
Leith/Edinburgh Disembark
Disembark in the morning — or stay on for the days just below.
After you disembark

Bucket-list days near Leith/Edinburgh

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

0 mi from Leith/Edinburgh

The Vault at Real Mary King's Close

Descend into sealed 17th-century underground vaults beneath Edinburgh's Old Town, exploring preserved rooms, analyzing historical graffiti, and experi…

0 mi from Leith/Edinburgh

Edinburgh Fringe Festival

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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Home

Fly home from Leith/Edinburgh (EDI)

What this adventure runs estimated · for two
Your hotel
Flights open-jaw · fly into LHR, home from EDI · 2 travelers $3,068 est.
Hotel before you sail1 night · Portsmouth · Luxury~$646
Cruise fare12 nights · Azamara · 2 guests$10,538
Shore excursions9 bucket-list things, booked direct · for 2 · swap any at its port above ↑~$5,695
Transfersairport ↔ ship, private car~$180
Trip total$20,127
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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