Bucket-List Cruise Adventure

27-Night Helsinki to Southampton Cruise Adventure

Princess · Regal Princess · from Helsinki

$8,158 per person · next sails May 29, 2027 Book this cruise@ Cruisebound · same fare
Get there

Fly into Helsinki (HEL)

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

Open-jaw · fly into HEL, home from LHR · $2,420 for two est.
Before you sail

Bucket-list days near Helsinki

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.

51 mi from Helsinki

Lahemaa National Park (Käsmu Maritime Museum & Altja Village)

Ancient national park with distinctive peninsula ecosystems, heritage villages like Altja with traditional fisherman's houses, and the Käsmu Maritime…

Your voyage · 27 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
Helsinki Embark
Board in the afternoon — fly in at least a day early (your day ashore here is just above).
Day 2
Tallinn KGB Prison Cells & Viru Hotel Cold War Sec… · $39 for two with Viru Hotel (Sokos Hotels — official KGB Museum)how to make it yours → ·
Days 3–4
Stockholm Royal Archipelago · $846 for two with Strömmahow to make it yours →
Day 5
Private Walking Tour · $2,450 for two with ToursByLocals – Visby Private Guideshow to make it yours → ·
Day 6
Malbork Castle · $648 for two with Tours in Gdansk (toursingdansk.pl)how to make it yours → ·
Day 7
★ Private Bornholm Island Tour — how to make it yours →
Day 8
Aarhus Private Walking Tour · $522 for two with VisitAarhus Official Guide Servicehow to make it yours → ·
Day 9
Copenhagenport guide →
Christiansborg Palace · $46 for two with Den Kongelige Samling – Christiansborg Palace (official)how to make it yours →
Day 10
Grenen · $330 for two with Top Private Tours – Skagen Private Half Day Tourhow to make it yours → ·
Day 11
Hardangerfjord (scenic Cruising)
⛰ A scenic-cruising day — savor it from the ship. The view is the experience, and it’s included.
Day 12
★ Sognefjord RIB Speedboat — how to make it yours →
Day 13
★ Briksdal Glacier Guided Hiking Shore Excursion — how to make it yours →
Day 14
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 15
Seydisfjordur
⛰ A scenic-cruising day — savor it from the ship. The view is the experience, and it’s included.
Day 16
Mývatn Nature Baths · $86 for two with Mývatn Nature Baths (official)how to make it yours → ·
Day 17
Isafjord
⛰ A scenic-cruising day — savor it from the ship. The view is the experience, and it’s included.
Day 18
Inside the Volcano · $800 for two with Reykjavik Excursions (RE)how to make it yours → ·
Day 19
Isafjord
⛰ A scenic-cruising day — savor it from the ship. The view is the experience, and it’s included.
Day 20
Mývatn Nature Baths · $86 for two with Mývatn Nature Baths (official)how to make it yours → ·
Day 21
Seydisfjordur
⛰ A scenic-cruising day — savor it from the ship. The view is the experience, and it’s included.
Day 22
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 23
Italian Chapel · $114 for two with Go Orkney (local tours & transfers)how to make it yours → ·
Day 24
Invergordonport guide →
Cairngorms National Park · $318 for two with Highland Safarishow to make it yours →
Day 25
South Queensferryport guide →
Private Full-Day Edinburgh & Highlands Tour from S… · $756 for two with Go Scotland 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.
Day 27
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 28
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 Helsinki

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

52 mi from Helsinki · fly TLL

Tallinn's Wild Coast, Bog Trails & Manor Houses

Baltic Heritage & Wilderness

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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.

57 mi from Southampton · fly LHR

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

English Country Culture & City Grit

See the whole plan →
57 mi from Southampton · fly LHR

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

Rugged Coastal Heritage Adventure

See the whole plan →
Home

Fly home from Southampton (LHR)

What this adventure runs estimated · for two
Your hotel
Flights open-jaw · fly into HEL, home from LHR · 2 travelers $2,420 est.
Hotel before you sail1 night · Helsinki · Premium~$232
Cruise fare27 nights · Princess · 2 guests$16,316
Shore excursions14 bucket-list things, booked direct · for 2 · swap any at its port above ↑~$7,364
Transfersairport ↔ ship, private car~$180
Trip total$26,512
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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