
Cruise · 22 nights · with Ambassador Cruise Line
Twenty-two nights aboard Ambassador’s Ambition visiting the Azores archipelago in detail, Madeira, Tenerife and other Canary Islands, plus Spanish Galicia and northern Portugal on a slow-paced, maritime loop from London Tilbury.
Highlights
Extended visits to multiple islands in the Azores archipelago
Leixoes port for the city of Oporto and its wine culture
Funchal on MadeiraWith its palm-lined promenade and gardens
Several Canary IslandsIncluding Tenerife and Gran Canaria
Call at Vigo for Santiago de Compostela
Journeys

This Atlantic circuit begins and ends at London Tilbury, heading first to Leixoes for Oporto. The city is best known for its wines and an old town where cafés spill onto cobbled streets.
Ambition then spends several days weaving through the Azores. Stops include Ponta Delgada on São Miguel, Horta on Faial with its marinas full of yachts, and Velas on São Jorge Island, where steep hillsides and vegetable terraces meet the sea. The route includes Praia da Vitoria, Vila do Porto, and Santa Maria Island before moving southeast to Madeira’s Funchal, a city of palm-lined promenades and hillside gardens.
The cruise rounds the Canaries visiting Tenerife, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote and Fuerteventura, before calling at Vigo for Santiago de Compostela, a pilgrimage destination known for its cathedral. It’s a quiet ship typical of Ambassador’s style, well suited to those who like a maritime route that covers less usual islands as well as a taste of northern Spain and Portugal’s coastal cities.
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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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