August 27, 2028 – October 4, 2028 · 37 nights · 25 stops
Explora's name for it: A Grand Journey from Norse Capitals to the Coasts of Canada & New England
The itinerary, port by port
25 calls over 37 nights, Copenhagen to Quebec City. 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 October 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 →
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 →
Mandal is Norway's southernmost town, a small Sørlandet harbor of white timber houses on the Mandalselva river known for its long sand beach and its history as an artists' town. Port guide →
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 →
Oban is a Victorian seaside town on Scotland's west coast that bills itself as the seafood capital of Scotland and the gateway to the Hebrides. Port guide →
Stornoway is the main town of the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, a Gaelic-speaking island of peat moor, weaving sheds, and a harbor town that feels like the edge of Europe. Port guide →
Akureyri is Iceland's largest town outside the Reykjavik area, set at the head of Eyjafjordur, the country's longest fjord, on the north coast. Port guide →
Ísafjörður is the de facto capital of Iceland's remote Westfjords, a fishing town of roughly 3,000 wedged on a sandspit beneath steep table mountains at the end of a long fjord. Port guide →
Reykjavik is the compact, walkable capital of Iceland and the gateway to the volcanic landscapes inland. Port guide →
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Sailing the Prins Christian Sund waterway
Prins Christian Sund is a fjord-and-mountain channel near the southern tip of Greenland, around 60 miles long and at points only about 500 meters wide, that links the Labrador Sea with the Irminger Sea.
Paamiut is a small fishing town of around 1,500 people on Greenland's southwest coast, set at the mouth of the Kuannersooq fjord between mountains and open ocean. Port guide →
St John's is one of the oldest cities in North America, a working harbor ringed by hills and rows of jellybean-colored houses at the eastern edge of the continent. Port guide →
Saint-Pierre was Martinique's cultural capital, the Paris of the Caribbean, until Mont Pelee erupted on May 8, 1902 and a pyroclastic flow killed roughly 30,000 people in minutes. Port guide →
Sydney is the harbor town of Cape Breton Island, a former coal and steel city that is now the gateway to Cape Breton's Scottish, Acadian, and Mi'kmaq heritage. Port guide →
Halifax is an Atlantic port city built around one of the world's great natural harbors, with a star-shaped hilltop fort, a long working waterfront, and a sober line in maritime history from the Titanic… Port guide →
Portland, Maine is one of the most walkable cruise stops in New England, with the ship tying up a few minutes from the cobblestone Old Port. Port guide →
Saint John is a 19th-century shipbuilding and port city on the Bay of Fundy, home to the highest tides in the world, and its cruise berths sit at the edge of a compact, walkable uptown. Port guide →
Charlottetown is the small, walkable capital of Prince Edward Island and the room where Canada was negotiated into being at the 1864 Confederation conference. Port guide →
Gaspé sits at the tip of Quebec's Gaspe Peninsula where Jacques Cartier landed in 1534 and claimed the territory for France, which is why locals call it the Birthplace of Canada. Port guide →
Quebec City is the walled heart of French North America, and the only fortified city north of Mexico, set on a bluff above the St. 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.
Early Booking Benefit
A fare for booking far enough ahead of departure. 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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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.