July 9, 2027 – July 28, 2027 · 18 nights · 13 stops
Explora's name for it: An Extended Journey of Fjords, Legends & Northern Lights
The itinerary, port by port
13 calls over 18 nights, Southampton 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 Southampton (LHR) open around August 2026, 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 →
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 →
Flåm is a tiny village at the inner tip of the Aurlandsfjord, a narrow arm of the Sognefjord walled by steep mountains and laced with waterfalls. Port guide →
Bergen is Norway's gateway to the western fjords, a compact harbor city wrapped around the wooden Hanseatic trading wharf of Bryggen and ringed by seven mountains. Port guide →
Nordfjordeid is a small town at the head of the Eidsfjord arm of Nordfjord, western Norway, built around Viking heritage and the Fjord horse. Port guide →
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 →
Skagen sits at the very top of Denmark, a fishing town of ochre-yellow houses and red-tiled roofs whose particular light drew a colony of painters in the late 1800s. Port guide →
Geiranger sits at the dead end of the Geirangerfjord, a UNESCO-listed arm of water hemmed by cliffs with waterfalls falling straight off the rim. Port guide →
Molde is a small fjord city on Norway's northwest coast, rebuilt after wartime destruction, known as the City of Roses and for the Molde Panorama, a line of 222 peaks of the Romsdal Alps across the water. Port guide →
Trondheim is Norway's third-largest city and its medieval religious capital, founded by Viking king Olav Tryggvason in 997 at the mouth of the Nidelva River. Port guide →
Brønnøysund is a small coastal town on Norway's Helgeland coast, a compact harbor community whose reason for the call is Torghatten, the nearby mountain pierced clean through by a natural hole. Port guide →
Leknes is a modern service town in the middle of the Lofoten archipelago, above the Arctic Circle, and is plainly the least scenic spot on islands that are otherwise spectacular. Port guide →
Ålesund sits on a cluster of islands on Norway's west coast, rebuilt almost entirely in Art Nouveau after a 1904 fire leveled the town, leaving over 400 turreted, spired buildings in a tight, walkable center. Port guide →
Fares on this departure, decoded
Reading the fare fine print is the job. Here's what this sailing currently carries:
Founders Fare
A founding-era fare on a selected set of sailings. Onboard credit where the offer applies.
Invitation to Discover More
Explora's discovery fare, available across most of the calendar. Onboard credit where the offer applies.
The ship and your suite
This sailing is aboard EXPLORA IV, all-suite,
every suite with a private ocean-front terrace. Suites run from the entry Ocean Terrace to the Owner's
Residence; the right tier depends on how you travel.
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Send me the dates and the suite tier you have in mind and I'll come back with a confirmed live number and my read on the sailing within two hours. Best available price, and I make it worth more.