
Cruise · 12 nights · with Ambassador Cruise Line
A twelve-night cruise on Ambassador’s Ambition, tracing Iberian Atlantic ports from the north of Portugal, through Lisbon and Cadiz, to Gibraltar and Galicia’s cathedral city, before returning to Portsmouth.
Highlights
Port of Leixoes for Oporto’s riverside wine cellars
Pastel streets and viewpoints of Lisbon
Cadiz, one of Europe’s oldest continuously inhabited cities
Gibraltar’s Rock with its free-roaming macaques
Santiago de Compostela’s cathedral and pilgrimage heritage
This Ambition cruise from Ambassador Cruise Line traces a route along some of the Atlantic coast’s less hurried cities and promenades. Starting at Portsmouth, it heads south to Leixoes, the port for Oporto, where the old cellars of the Douro wine trade are the backdrop to a waterside nightlife of a different sort.
Journeys

Lisbon follows, with its pastel-coloured streets and views over the Tagus, before a stop at Cadiz, the southern Spanish port that predates even Carthaginian traders. Gibraltar’s distinctive rock is the next landmark, where Barbary macaques still roam freely – if a little cheeky.
The return north calls at Vigo, a fishing port that doubles as gateway for a day trip to Santiago de Compostela, known for the pilgrimage cathedral with its well-worn stone steps. Twelve nights that combine a range of Iberian coastal life, all on a ship small enough to slip into these quieter harbours but with a straightforward style.
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When to go
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Need to know
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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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