Bucket-List Cruise Adventure

10-Night Southampton to Lisbon Cruise Adventure

Norwegian · Norwegian Star · from Southampton

$999 per person · next sails Sep 27, 2026 Book this cruise@ Cruisebound · same fare
Get there

Fly into Southampton (LHR)

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 LIS · $2,658 for two est.
Before you sail

Bucket-list days near Southampton

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.

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

Your voyage · 10 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
Southampton Embark
Board in the afternoon — fly in at least a day early (your day ashore here is just above).
Day 2
★ Walk Into the Secret Annex - Anne Frank House — how to make it yours →
Day 3
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 4
Le Havre (Paris)port guide →
Private Paris Highlights & Seine River Cruise from… · $214 for two with The Real France®how 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
La Rochelleport guide →
La Rochelle · $734 for two with ToursByLocals – La Rochelle Private Guideshow to make it yours → ·
Day 7
Private Médoc Grand Cru Wine Tour from Le Verdon P… · $322 for two with Ophorus Private Shore Excursionshow to make it yours → ·
Day 8
Dragonstone, Mundaka & Guernica · $972 for two with Food Tours Bilbao (Private Guide & Chauffeur)how to make it yours → ·
Day 9
Private Full-Day Santiago de Compostela Pilgrimage… · $154 for two with Top Private Tourshow to make it yours → ·
Day 10
Cíes Islands · $140 for two with Civitatis Vigo (Cíes Islands Sailboat with Skipper)how to make it yours → ·
Day 11
Lisbon Disembark
Disembark in the morning — or stay on for the days just below.
After you disembark

Bucket-list days near Lisbon

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

14 mi from Lisbon

Sintra Day Trip - Pena Palace

13 mi from Lisbon

Convent of the Capuchos Cork Lining & Underground Network

A 16th-century Franciscan monastery carved into living rock with corridors and chambers lined in cork for insulation—a radically austere labyrinth ref…

Before you sail

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

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57 mi from Southampton · fly LHR

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

Rugged Coastal Heritage Adventure

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66 mi from Southampton · fly BRS

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

Georgian Bath Country Escape

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After you disembark

Make it longer — by land from Lisbon

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

4 mi from Lisbon · fly LIS

Sintra's Forests, Palaces & Coast: A Portuguese Masterpiece

Coastal Palace Adventure

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Home

Fly home from Lisbon (LIS)

What this adventure runs estimated · for two
Your hotel
Flights open-jaw · fly into LHR, home from LIS · 2 travelers $2,658 est.
Hotel before you sail1 night · London · Contemporary~$123
Cruise fare10 nights · Norwegian · 2 guests$1,998
Shore excursions7 bucket-list things, booked direct · for 2 · swap any at its port above ↑~$2,859
Transfersairport ↔ ship, private car~$180
Trip total$7,818
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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