13 nights, Lisbon to Copenhagen

The itinerary, port by port

11 calls over 13 nights, Lisbon to Copenhagen. 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 Lisbon (LIS) open around June 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
   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 →

2. 2
   Leixões (Porto)

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

3. 3
   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 →

4. 4
   Bilbao

   Bilbao is the call where the dock and the headline sight are an hour apart, which changes how you plan the day. Port guide →

5. 5
   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 →

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 →

7. 7
   Zeebrugge (Bruges)

   Zeebrugge is a working North Sea cargo port, and almost no one comes for Zeebrugge itself. Port guide →

8. 8
   Amsterdam

   Amsterdam is a compact, flat canal city built in the 17th century Dutch Golden Age, and the cruise terminal sits on the IJ waterfront a short walk from the central station, so the whole historic core is on… Port guide →

9. 9
   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 →

10. 10
    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 →

11. Disembark
    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 →