Timeless Mediterranean – Tangier, Funchal & Lisbon

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 Barcelona on April 26, 2027, visiting Cádiz, Lisbon, Funchal, Tangier and Palma de Mallorca. The pace alternates neatly: port day, sea day, port day, sea day. 5 stops with a breather between each one. 3 countries (Spain, Portugal and Morocco) 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, Celebrity Xcel launched in 2025, so everything on board is still new. You can tell. By night three you start recognising faces; by night ten you're swapping numbers. That's the magic of a longer sailing. A spring departure helps too: decent weather and a calmer feel at each port. You start in Barcelona and come back with stories from Spain, Portugal and Morocco.