Day 1 · Lisbon
Arrive in Lisbon
You settle into your hotel in the centre of Lisbon with a free evening.
- Overnight
- Tivoli Avenida Liberdade Lisboa
14 days · 13 nights
Travel on dates that suit you
Ask about datesThe same person from your first question to the flight home, with a wedding or vow renewal planned alongside if you like.
How the days unfold. Your advisor tailors the pace, the hotels and the extras to you.
Lisbon
Day 1 · Lisbon
You settle into your hotel in the centre of Lisbon with a free evening.
Lisbon and Sintra
Day 2 · Lisbon and Sintra
You see Belém Tower and the Jerónimos Monastery, then join a tile workshop or visit the coach museum. Alternatively, you spend the day at the palace in Sintra. A welcome dinner follows.
Lisbon
Day 3 · Lisbon
A historic wine estate hosts you for a tour and tasting before you board the ship.
Porto
Day 4 · Porto
You explore the Ribeira, the Stock Exchange Palace and St Francis Church, or join a food tour of the market and tavernas. A port tasting and lunch in the Douro Valley is also on offer.
A Coruña and Santiago
Day 5 · A Coruña and Santiago
You drive inland to the cathedral at the end of the Camino, with lunch and Galician dance. Or you hike to Cape Finisterre, explore A Coruña or visit the Tower of Hercules.
Bay of Biscay
Day 6 · Bay of Biscay
A day on board with talks about Bordeaux.
Bordeaux, Arcachon and Saint-Émilion
Days 7 to 8 · Bordeaux, Arcachon and Saint-Émilion
You explore Bordeaux's old town and cathedral and the Bassins de Lumières, or taste at a wine estate or the Cité du Vin, with an evening event ashore. The next day you climb the Dune du Pilat and eat oysters in Arcachon, or visit Saint-Émilion.
La Rochelle, Cognac and Île de Ré
Day 9 · La Rochelle, Cognac and Île de Ré
From La Rochelle's old port you taste brandies in Cognac or explore the salt marshes of Île de Ré.
Brest and Morlaix
Day 10 · Brest and Morlaix
You visit the half-timbered houses of Morlaix, or choose a cultural or garden outing that includes a historic abbey.
Guernsey
Day 11 · Guernsey
You explore a wartime gun battery and underground hospital, visit Victor Hugo's house or walk a clifftop path before afternoon tea.
Le Havre, Omaha Beach and Honfleur
Day 12 · Le Havre, Omaha Beach and Honfleur
You visit Omaha Beach and the Normandy American Cemetery, or go to Honfleur and a cider farm. Another choice pairs the Palais Bénédictine with the cliffs at Étretat.
Cowes
Day 13 · Cowes
You hike the coastal cliffs, see Queen Victoria's family home, walk Ventnor's botanic garden or take a fast boat to the Needles.
Portsmouth
Day 14 · Portsmouth
You leave the ship in Portsmouth and travel on to London.
Tell us when you would like to travel. Your advisor confirms dates and hotels, tailors the trip to the two of you, and stays with you until you are home.
Spain
8 days · 7 nights
Costa del Sol → Seville → Lisbon → Huelva → Costa del Sol
Pick up your car on the Costa del Sol and drive by way of Ronda to two nights in Seville. Cross into Portugal through Évora for two nights in Lisbon, then return along the coast to Huelva and the Costa del Sol for your last night.
Portugal
6 days · 5 nights
Lisbon
Stay put in one Lisbon hotel for five nights. A guided morning takes in Belém and the old quarters, an afternoon goes up into the forested hills of Sintra, and the days between are left free for the riverfront, the viewpoints and an evening of fado.
Portugal
6 days · 5 nights
Madrid → Porto → Fátima → Lisbon → Madrid
A guided coach journey that leaves Madrid for two nights in Porto, with a river cruise and a port cellar tasting, then a night at Fátima after Coimbra. Two nights in Lisbon follow a day among the monasteries and fishing towns of the coast, and the drive back to Madrid stops at Roman Mérida.
You begin with three days in Lisbon, from Belém to a wine estate, before joining your ship. The voyage calls at Porto, Santiago de Compostela and two days in Bordeaux, then works north to La Rochelle and Brest. Guernsey, the Normandy beaches and the Isle of Wight lead to Portsmouth.
Every trip can be shaped around you before you book.
Arrive early or stay on at the end, in the same hotel or somewhere new.
Your travel expert books flights that fit the first and last day.
Choose a better room or a hotel with a view for the nights that count.
A honeymoon, an anniversary or a birthday, planned into the trip.
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