13 nights, Copenhagen to Lisbon

The itinerary, port by port

11 calls over 13 nights, Copenhagen to Lisbon. Open any port for my full day-ashore guide, what to see, when to go, and how the day actually runs.

Getting there: Flights to Copenhagen (CPH) open around November 2027, about 11 months before you sail. I track that window for booked clients and flag it the moment it is worth booking. When to book your flights →

1. Embark
   Copenhagen

   Copenhagen is a flat, walkable harbor capital where the cruise quays sit right on the water near the royal district, so the city reads as a sequence of canals, squares, and palaces rather than a place you… Port guide →

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   Aarhus

   Aarhus is Denmark's second city, a compact harborfront university town where Viking-era streets sit a few minutes from genuinely ambitious architecture. Port guide →

3. 3
   Lysekil

   Lysekil is a compact fishing and resort town on the granite Bohuslän coast of western Sweden, near where the smooth pink Bohus granite reaches its southern limit. Port guide →

4. 4
   Oslo

   Oslo sits at the head of its own long fjord, and the approach by ship past wooded islands is half the appeal. Port guide →

5. 5
   Hamburg

   Hamburg is Germany's port city, a network of canals, brick warehouses, and harbor basins where the Elbe meets the city center. Port guide →

6. 6
   Southampton

   Southampton is England's main cruise gateway, a working port city on the south coast whose old quarter holds some of the best-preserved medieval town walls and gatehouses in the country, plus a maritime… Port guide →

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   Pauillac (Bordeaux)

   Pauillac is a small town on the Gironde estuary in the heart of the Medoc, and the ship ties up right at the town quay. Port guide →

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   Gijón

   Gijon is Asturias' seafront city on Spain's green northern coast, built around Cimadevilla, a tight headland of painted fishermen's houses jutting into the Cantabrian Sea.

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   La Coruña

   La Coruna is a Galician port city on an Atlantic peninsula, ringed by one of the longest seafront promenades in Europe and crowned by a working Roman lighthouse. Port guide →

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    Leixões (Porto)

    Leixões is the deepwater port serving Porto, sitting in Matosinhos about 9km north of the old city. Port guide →

11. Disembark
    Lisbon

    Lisbon spreads over hills above the wide Tagus estuary, and the cruise terminal sits at the foot of Alfama, the city's oldest quarter. Port guide →