Bucket-List Cruise Adventure

18-Night Hamburg to Southampton Cruise Adventure

Cunard · Queen Victoria · from Hamburg

$3,929 per person · next sails Aug 18, 2027 Book this cruise@ Cruisebound · same fare
Get there

Fly into Hamburg (HAM)

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

Open-jaw · fly into HAM, home from LHR · $1,378 for two est.
Your voyage · 18 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
Hamburg Embark
Board in the afternoon — fly in at least a day early.
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
Southamptonport guide →
★ Stand Inside Stonehenge & See the Original 1215 Ma… — how to make it yours →
Days 4–5
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 6
★ Briksdal Glacier Guided Hiking Shore Excursion — how to make it yours →
Day 7
Atlantic Ocean Road · $3,108 for two with ToursByLocals (local Molde private guide)how to make it yours → ·
Day 8
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 9
Eyafjordur
⛰ A scenic-cruising day — savor it from the ship. The view is the experience, and it’s included.
Day 9
Mývatn Nature Baths · $86 for two with Mývatn Nature Baths (official)how to make it yours → ·
Day 9
Goðafoss Waterfall & Mývatn Geothermal Lakes · $480 for two with ToursByLocals — Local Expert Guides, Akureyrihow to make it yours → ·
Day 10
Isafjord
⛰ A scenic-cruising day — savor it from the ship. The view is the experience, and it’s included.
Day 11
Grundarfjordur
⛰ A scenic-cruising day — savor it from the ship. The view is the experience, and it’s included.
Days 12–13
Inside the Volcano · $800 for two with Reykjavik Excursions (RE)how to make it yours → ·
Days 14–15
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 16
Italian Chapel · $114 for two with Go Orkney (local tours & transfers)how to make it yours → ·
Days 17–18
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 19
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 Hamburg

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

168 mi from Hamburg · fly BER

Berlin's Underground, Untold, and Unforgettable: An Adventure Guide

Cold War Grit Meets Craft Culture

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178 mi from Hamburg · fly CPH

Copenhagen's Royal Canals, Underground Art & Nordic Feasts

Nordic Culture & Culinary Heritage

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234 mi from Hamburg · fly AMS

Golden Age Villages & North Sea Oysters: Amsterdam Done Right

Dutch Heritage & Culinary Coast

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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

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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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Home

Fly home from Southampton (LHR)

What this adventure runs estimated · for two
Your hotel
Flights open-jaw · fly into HAM, home from LHR · 2 travelers $1,378 est.
Hotel before you sail1 night · Hamburg · Premium~$162
Cruise fare18 nights · Cunard · 2 guests$7,858
Shore excursions5 bucket-list things, booked direct · for 2 · more as they curate · swap any at its port above ↑~$4,588
Transfersairport ↔ ship, private car~$180
Trip total$14,166
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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