European Ports – Cherbourg, Paris & Hamburg

About this cruise

You sail from Rotterdam on October 20, 2026 and spend 8 nights visiting Cherbourg, Le Havre (Paris), Southampton, Hamburg and Zeebrugge. It's a well-tested route and there's a reason people keep booking it. 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. The route threads through 4 countries along the British Isles & Western France coast: France, United Kingdom, Germany and Belgium. Most ports give you about 12 hours, so you can do more than just tick off the main sights. As for the ship itself, MSC Preziosa has 7 restaurants on board, which means you could eat somewhere different nearly every night. Being shoulder season helps: golden light, comfortable weather, and shorter queues at the popular spots. You start in Rotterdam and come back with stories from France, United Kingdom, Germany and Belgium.