Bucket-List Cruise Adventure

28-Night Amsterdam to Boston Cruise Adventure

Holland America · Zuiderdam · from Amsterdam

$5,609 per person · next sails Aug 7, 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 · $1,652 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 · 28 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
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
Aarhus Private Walking Tour · $522 for two with VisitAarhus Official Guide Servicehow to make it yours → ·
Day 4
Warnemundeport guide →
Berlin Private Full-Day Shore Excursion from Warne… · $828 for two with Private Shore Tripshow to make it yours → ·
Day 5
★ Private Bornholm Island Highlights Tour for Cruise… — how to make it yours →
Day 6
Copenhagenport guide →
Christiansborg Palace · $46 for two with Den Kongelige Samling – Christiansborg Palace (official)how to make it yours →
Day 7
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 8
★ Walk Into the Secret Annex - Anne Frank House — 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
Mousa Broch by Boat · $56 for two with Mousa Boat (Tom Jamieson)how 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
Seydisfjordur
⛰ A scenic-cruising day — savor it from the ship. The view is the experience, and it’s included.
Day 13
Mývatn Nature Baths · $86 for two with Mývatn Nature Baths (official)how to make it yours → ·
Day 13
SCENIC CRUISING EYJAFJORDUR
⛰ A scenic-cruising day — savor it from the ship. The view is the experience, and it’s included.
Day 14
Húsavík · $350 for two with Gentle Giants Whale Watching Húsavíkhow to make it yours → ·
Day 15
Isafjord
⛰ A scenic-cruising day — savor it from the ship. The view is the experience, and it’s included.
Day 15
SCENIC CRUISING ISAFJARDURDJUR
⛰ A scenic-cruising day — savor it from the ship. The view is the experience, and it’s included.
Day 16
Grundarfjordur
⛰ A scenic-cruising day — savor it from the ship. The view is the experience, and it’s included.
Day 17
Inside the Volcano · $800 for two with Reykjavik Excursions (RE)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
CRUISING PRINCE CHRISTIAN SOUND
⛰ A scenic-cruising day — savor it from the ship. The view is the experience, and it’s included.
Day 20
Nanortalikport guide →
Tasermiut Fjord Full-Day Boat Expedition · $1,015 for two with Tasermiut Camphow to make it yours → ·
Day 21
Hvalsey Norse Church Ruin · $435 for two with Tasermiut Camphow to make it yours → ·
Days 22–23
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 24
St. Anthonyport guide →
Iceberg Alley Zodiac Expedition · $124 for two with Northland Discovery Boat Tourshow to make it yours → ·
Day 25
Cape St. Mary's Ecological Reserve · $263 for two with Destination St. John's – Guided Tourshow to make it yours →
Day 26
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
2 more days at sea and ashore
Day 29
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…

Before you sail

Make it longer — by land from Amsterdam

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

7 mi from Amsterdam · fly AMS

Golden Age Villages & North Sea Oysters: Amsterdam Done Right

Dutch Heritage & Culinary Coast

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236 mi from Amsterdam · fly LHR

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

English Country Culture & City Grit

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236 mi from Amsterdam · 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 Boston

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

3 mi from Boston · fly BOS

Salt Air and Sophistication on Portland, Maine's Peninsula

Coastal Culture & History

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48 mi from Boston · fly PVD

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

Coastal Heritage & Culture

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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 $1,652 est.
Hotel before you sail1 night · Amsterdam · Premium~$342
Cruise fare28 nights · Holland America · 2 guests$11,218
Shore excursions13 bucket-list things, booked direct · for 2 · more as they curate · swap any at its port above ↑~$4,880
Transfersairport ↔ ship, private car~$180
Trip total$18,272
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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