
Cruise · 15 nights · with Ambassador Cruise Line
Fifteen days aboard Ambassador’s Ambience calling at northern Spain’s Vigo, several Canary Islands, and Portugal’s Lisbon and Oporto, with time for Christmas sunshine in a stretch of Atlantic less often cruised from London Tilbury.
Highlights
Christmas at sea between Europe’s Atlantic ports and the Canaries
Arrival in Vigo near the medieval city of Santiago de Compostela
Calls at three Canary IslandsIncluding Lanzarote and Tenerife
Visits to Lisbon and OportoWith their distinct cityscapes
Crossing from northern Spain to the Canaries and back
Journeys

This cruise spins gently south from London Tilbury, dropping first at Vigo, the lively fishing port near Santiago de Compostela. The ship then heads into the Canaries, starting with Arrecife on Lanzarote where volcanic landscapes are never far away. After a call in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria’s capital, Ambience visits Santa Cruz de Tenerife, a working city with colonial architecture and a pleasant waterfront.
Crossing back north along Portugal’s coast, the itinerary calls at Lisbon, a place of steep streets and nearby Belém pastries, followed by Leixões, the port for Oporto with its riverfront warehouses and famous wine lodges. It’s a route that mixes the Atlantic’s island climates with Iberian cities, all aboard a ship comfortable enough for the stretch. The sailing from Vigo to the Canaries over Christmas offers a slower rhythm, with light days and the odd chance to watch the sun spill gold across the water from the deck.
Returning to Tilbury after fifteen days means a Christmas at sea with a difference, trading the usual frost for warmer southern breezes. Ambience is well suited for this quietish passage, far from the party cruise scene, more about watching the ocean than joining a dance floor on a winter evening.
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