Ocean Discovery – Rotterdam (Amsterdam), Porto & Lisbon

About this cruise

A trip this long changes your rhythm entirely, and that's very much the point. 14 nights from Dover on September 29, 2028, visiting Rotterdam, Leixões (Porto) and Lisbon, with additional stops along the Western Mediterranean. The final stretch is open ocean, which gives you time to process everything you've seen and use the ship one last time. 4 countries (Netherlands, Portugal, Morocco and Spain) across the Western Mediterranean, each with its own character. You get around 9 hours in each port, which is enough for an excursion, lunch, and some wandering around on your own. When you're not ashore, You won't go hungry on Nieuw Statendam. 6 restaurants come with the fare, plus 6 more when you feel like treating yourself. Longer sailings have a different energy. People relax into it, stop rushing, and start actually talking to each other. A September sailing dodges the peak crowds while the weather is still cooperating. Well timed. Hard to ask for much more than that, honestly.