Westward Tradewinds – Galicia, Azores & Miami

About this cruise

This is the kind of cruise where you actually have time to go back to a port highlight you missed the first time. 12 nights from Southampton on October 18, 2027, visiting A Coruña, Vigo, Ponta Delgada and Miami. Disembarkation is in Miami. The final stretch is open ocean, which gives you time to process everything you've seen and use the ship one last time. The route threads through 3 countries along the Western Mediterranean coast: Spain, Portugal and United States. 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, There are 14 restaurants on Freedom Of The Seas, so you'd need to double up a few evenings to try them all in 12 nights. One of the underrated parts of a longer cruise: you actually get to know people. The couple from dinner, the group at trivia, the bartender who remembers your drink. An October sailing dodges the peak crowds while the weather is still cooperating. Well timed. You start in Southampton and come back with stories from Spain, Portugal and United States.