11 Night Cruise from Southampton

About this cruise

You won't run out of things to do on a trip this long, but you also won't feel like you have to do any of them. 11 nights from Southampton on August 20, 2026, visiting IJmuiden (Amsterdam), Zeebrugge and Le Havre (Paris), with additional stops along the Western Mediterranean. You get off in Barcelona, which is a good excuse to tack on a few days on land. There's a stretch of back-to-back port days, so those days are busy, but the sea days around them give you time to recharge. 5 countries (Netherlands, Belgium, France, Spain and Portugal) across the Western Mediterranean, each with its own character. Most ports give you about 10 hours, so you can do more than just tick off the main sights. As for the ship itself, You won't go hungry on Norwegian Sky. 4 restaurants come with the fare, plus 4 more when you feel like treating yourself. 11 nights is long enough to build a routine on board: favourite restaurant, favourite deck chair, favourite people. It starts to feel like a floating village. It's peak season, so the weather is at its best and the ship will be full. That's part of the fun. 11 nights of not thinking about anything except where to eat next. That's the pitch.