
Cruise · 12 nights · with Ambassador Cruise Line
Twelve nights on Ambassador’s Ambience, sailing a curious clockwise route from Tilbury to the Isles of Scilly, Cork’s port of Cobh, Scotland’s Shetlands and the Highlands before returning to London.
Highlights
Isles of Scilly with their flower-filled gardens and quiet harbours
Cobh, Ireland’s last port of call for doomed Titanic
Liverpool’s maritime quarter and museums
Lerwick in the Shetland Isles, gateway to remote North Sea culture
Invergordon, near the Cairngorms and the Highlands
Journeys
Ambassador Cruise Line’s Ambience sails a 12-night circuit from London Tilbury that brings together some less typical British Isles stops. After crossing to the Isles of Scilly, the ship heads for Cobh, once Ireland’s main emigration port before a quick hop up the Irish Sea to Liverpool.
From there, you cross into Northern Ireland’s Belfast and then sweep around Scotland’s west coast with stops at the whisky town of Tobermory, the Isle of Mull and Lerwick in the Shetland Isles. The route then coils back down the east side of Scotland, calling at Invergordon, a gateway to the Highlands.
This is a trip that mixes maritime history with island life and a diversity of coastal cultures. The Ambience is a small ship by modern standards, quick enough to visit ports where larger vessels might have to anchor at some distance. Early mornings and long days at sea prompt a sensible bedtime but the slow pace between ports means you can watch the North Sea’s grey moods without feeling rushed.
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The operator
Adult-focused cruises from UK ports
A British cruise line sailing from ports around the country, which spares its passengers the airport altogether.
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