Splendid European Itinerary – Hamburg, Zeebrugge & Paris

About this cruise

If you want the classic cruise without a massive time commitment, this is a strong option. 7 nights from Southampton on March 5, 2027, visiting Hamburg, Zeebrugge, Rotterdam and Le Havre (Paris). 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 Northern Europe & Scandinavia coast: Germany, Belgium, Netherlands and France. Most ports give you about 11 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. A spring departure helps too: decent weather and a calmer feel at each port. Hard to ask for much more than that, honestly.