Bucket-List Cruise Adventure

20-Night Portsmouth to Barcelona Cruise Adventure

Azamara · Azamara Journey · from Portsmouth

$9,300 per person · next sails Aug 26, 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 BCN · $2,542 for two est.
Your voyage · 20 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
Saint Maloport guide →
Private Shore Excursion · $279 for two with Ophorus Private Tourshow to make it yours → ·
Day 3
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Days 4–6
La Cité du Vin · $48 for two with La Cité du Vin (Official)how to make it yours → ·
Day 7
St. Jean de Luzport guide →
Private Guided Day in Biarritz · $605 for two with Guide du Pays Basque (Basque Country Private Guides)how 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
Leixoes (Oporto)port guide →
Private Porto Highlights & Port Wine Tasting Tour · $360 for two with Oporto Shore Tourshow to make it yours → ·
Day 12
Days 13–15
Authentic Seville Tapas & Sherry · $214 for two with Devour Seville Food Tourshow to make it yours →
Day 16
Upper Rock Nature Reserve · $140 for two with Tours of Gibraltar (official licensed operators)how to make it yours → ·
Day 17
★ Granada & the Alhambra — how to make it yours →
Day 18
Alhambra & Nasrid Palaces · $192 for two with Spain Day Tourshow to make it yours → ·
Day 19
Modernista old-town walk and a luxury tapas circui… · $97 for two with Local licensed gastronomy operator (e.g. the Cartagena guided tapas & modernista walk) - book the official tour directhow to make it yours →
Day 20
★ Oceanografic — how to make it yours →
Day 21
Barcelona Disembark
Disembark in the morning — or stay on for the days just below.
After you disembark

Bucket-list days near Barcelona

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

1 mi from Barcelona

Sagrada Família

7 mi from Barcelona

Colònia Güell Church (Crypt) & Modernist Industrial Site

Gaudí designed the crypt of this worker's church for an industrialist's textile colony; the organic architecture buried underground feels like enterin…

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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After you disembark

Make it longer — by land from Barcelona

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

8 mi from Barcelona · fly BCN

Barcelona Beyond the Crowds: Gaudí, Galician Seafood & Montserrat

Modernist Architecture & Catalan Feasting

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210 mi from Barcelona · fly MRS

Provence by the Senses: Lavender, Truffles, and Roman Stone

Culinary Heritage & Open Road

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Home

Fly home from Barcelona (BCN)

What this adventure runs estimated · for two
Your hotel
Flights open-jaw · fly into LHR, home from BCN · 2 travelers $2,542 est.
Hotel before you sail1 night · Portsmouth · Luxury~$646
Cruise fare20 nights · Azamara · 2 guests$18,600
Shore excursions11 bucket-list things, booked direct · for 2 · swap any at its port above ↑~$3,201
Transfersairport ↔ ship, private car~$180
Trip total$25,169
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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