Amber & Basalt Odyssey – Copenhagen, Riga & Reykjavik

About this cruise

You come back from a trip like this actually rested, not just "I went on vacation" rested. 31 nights from Southampton on April 29, 2028, visiting Zeebrugge, Amsterdam and Kristiansand, with additional stops along the Baltic. The trip wraps in Reykjavik, so you won't retrace your steps. Expect a run of consecutive ports, 24 stops total, with the busiest days packed close together. The sea days around them feel earned. The route threads through 11 countries along the Baltic coast: Belgium, Netherlands, Norway, Denmark, Germany, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Finland, Sweden and Iceland. Keep an eye out for Bornholm: Denmark's sunshine island of smoked herring. Roughly 10 hours ashore per stop. No need to rush. Caribbean Princess has 13 restaurants on board, which means you could eat somewhere different nearly every night. With more nights comes more time for the ship's rhythm to kick in: morning coffee in the same spot, evening shows, late-night conversations on deck. Southampton itself is worth spending some time in. Don't just treat it as a departure point. And April is a good time to go. Mild weather, things starting to bloom, and fewer people than summer. That's 31 nights well spent.