June 4, 2028 – June 23, 2028 · 18 nights · 12 stops · round-trip
Explora's name for it: An Extended Journey of Charming European Harbour Towns & Hanseatic Landmarks
The itinerary, port by port
12 calls over 18 nights, round-trip from 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 Copenhagen (CPH) open around July 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 →
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 →
Visby is a walled Hanseatic trading town on the Swedish island of Gotland, and its draw is its near-intact ring of medieval defenses: a 3.4 km town wall studded with towers, wrapped around cobbled lanes,… Port guide →
Stockholm is a capital built across fourteen islands where Lake Malaren meets the Baltic, and the approach through its archipelago is half the experience. Port guide →
Tallinn's medieval Old Town is one of the most complete in Europe, a walled core of cobbled lanes, merchant houses, and church spires that sits a short walk from the cruise berths. Port guide →
Kiel is the capital of Schleswig-Holstein at the head of a long Baltic fjord, the German end of the Kiel Canal and a city rebuilt after heavy wartime damage. 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 →
Tromsø sits on an island 350 km inside the Arctic Circle and runs as a real city, not a frontier outpost: a wooden cathedral, working university, and a bar scene, ringed by fjords and the peaks of the… Port guide →
Honningsvåg is a small fishing town on Magerøya island and the staging point for the North Cape, the cliff plateau marketed as continental Europe's northernmost point. 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 →
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 →
Fares on this departure, decoded
Reading the fare fine print is the job. Here's what this sailing currently carries:
Invitation to Discover More
Explora's discovery fare, available across most of the calendar. Onboard credit where the offer applies.
Early Booking Benefit
A fare for booking far enough ahead of departure. Onboard credit where the offer applies.
Founders Fare
A founding-era fare on a selected set of sailings. Onboard credit where the offer applies.
The ship and your suite
This sailing is aboard EXPLORA V, 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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