Bucket-List Cruise Adventure

9-Night Northern Europe Cruise Adventure

Azamara · Azamara Journey · round-trip from Portsmouth

$4,957 per person · next sails Aug 17, 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.

Round-trip into LHR · $2,296 for two est.
Your voyage · 9 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
D-Day Beaches with a Private Battlefield Historian · $620 for two with Gold Beach Tours (D. Willis)how to make it yours → ·
Days 3–4
Normandy D-Day Beaches · $637 for two with Loire Secrets – Rouen Shore Excursionshow to make it yours → ·
Day 5
Honfleur · $205 for two with GetYourGuide (Honfleur Vintage Sidecar Experience)how to make it yours → ·
Day 6
Private Operation Dynamo Battlefield Tour · $207 for two with Dunkirk Battlefield Tour (Dunkerque Tourisme Official Partner)how to make it yours →
Day 7
★ Walk Into the Secret Annex - Anne Frank House — how to make it yours →
Days 8–9
Antwerp
⚙ Curating Antwerp’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 10
Portsmouth Disembark
Back where you started — disembark in the morning.
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 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 Portsmouth (PTP)

What this adventure runs estimated · for two
Your hotel
Flights round-trip into LHR · 2 travelers $2,296 est.
Hotel before you sail1 night · Portsmouth · Luxury~$646
Cruise fare9 nights · Azamara · 2 guests$9,914
Shore excursions4 bucket-list things, booked direct · for 2 · more as they curate · swap any at its port above ↑~$1,669
Transfersairport ↔ ship, private car~$180
Trip total$14,705
Flights are estimated from our best gateways (refine from your own airport above); 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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