Bucket-List Cruise Adventure

28-Night Portsmouth to New York Cruise Adventure

Azamara · Azamara Quest · from Portsmouth

$13,669 per person · next sails Aug 13, 2027 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 JFK · $1,866 for two est.
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
Portsmouth Embark
Board in the afternoon — fly in at least a day early.
Day 2
Blue Hole & Secret Falls · $170 for two with Liberty Tours Jamaicahow to make it yours → ·
Day 3
The Book of Kells & Trinity College · $39 for two with Trinity College Dublin (official)how to make it yours → ·
Day 4
Giant's Causeway Private Luxury Day Tour from Belf… · $813 for two with Belfast Causeway Tourshow to make it yours → ·
Day 5
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 6
Mykines Private Hike · $1,015 for two with Guide to Faroe Islands (guidetofaroeislands.fo)how to make it yours → ·
Day 7
Private Faroe Islands Full-Day Tour · $5,620 for two with ToursByLocals – Faroe Islands Private Guideshow to make it yours → ·
Day 8
Eskifjordur
⛰ A scenic-cruising day — savor it from the ship. The view is the experience, and it’s included.
Day 9
Húsavík · $350 for two with Gentle Giants Whale Watching Húsavíkhow to make it yours → ·
Day 10
Mývatn Nature Baths · $86 for two with Mývatn Nature Baths (official)how to make it yours → ·
Day 11
Isafjord
⛰ A scenic-cruising day — savor it from the ship. The view is the experience, and it’s included.
Day 12
Bridge Between Continents Walk & Reykjanes Geopark… · $272 for two with Visit Reykjanes / Local Guide (official)how to make it yours →
Day 13
Inside the Volcano · $800 for two with Reykjavik Excursions (RE)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
Prince Christian Sundport guide →
Nanortalik · $900 for two with Greenland Private Tourshow to make it yours → ·
Day 16
Nanortalikport guide →
Tasermiut Fjord Full-Day Boat Expedition · $1,015 for two with Tasermiut Camphow to make it yours → ·
Day 17
Hvalsey Norse Church Ruin · $435 for two with Tasermiut Camphow to make it yours → ·
Day 18
Nuuk Icefjord Private Boat Expedition · $724 for two with Guide to Greenlandhow to make it yours → ·
Days 19–20
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Days 21–22
Cape St. Mary's Ecological Reserve · $263 for two with Destination St. John's – Guided Tourshow to make it yours →
Day 23
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 24
Peggy's Cove & Lunenburg · $285 for two with Down East Tours (Halifax)how to make it yours → ·
Day 25
Bluenose II & Fisheries Museum · $22 for two with Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic (Nova Scotia Museum)how to make it yours → ·
Day 26
Portland Head Light & Casco Bay Scenic Lighthouse… · $70 for two with Portland Discovery Land & Sea Tourshow to make it yours → ·
Day 27
Monomoy Island Seal Cruise & Barrier Beach Wildern… · $45 for two with Monomoy Island Excursions (monomoysealcruise.com)how to make it yours → ·
Day 27
Private Luxury Boston Tour · $350 for two with Boston Private Tourshow to make it yours →
Day 28
★ The Breakers — how to make it yours →
Day 29
New York Disembark
Disembark in the morning — or stay on for the days just below.
After you disembark

Bucket-list days near New York

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

4 mi from New York

The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)

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

See the whole plan →
54 mi from Portsmouth · fly LHR

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

Rugged Coastal Heritage Adventure

See the whole plan →
81 mi from Portsmouth · fly BRS

Georgian Bath, Wild Somerset: Limestone, Lions and Lock Flights

Georgian Bath Country Escape

See the whole plan →
Home

Fly home from New York (JFK)

What this adventure runs estimated · for two
Your hotel
Flights open-jaw · fly into LHR, home from JFK · 2 travelers $1,866 est.
Hotel before you sail1 night · Portsmouth · Luxury~$646
Cruise fare28 nights · Azamara · 2 guests$27,338
Shore excursions19 bucket-list things, booked direct · for 2 · swap any at its port above ↑~$13,274
Transfersairport ↔ ship, private car~$180
Trip total$43,304
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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