Whispering Highlands & Isles – Edinburgh, Orkney & Belfast

About this cruise

By September 24, 2026 you'll be ready for this. 10 nights out of Hamburg, visiting Leith (Edinburgh), Kirkwall, Stornoway, Greenock (Glasgow), Belfast and Liverpool, and nothing on the agenda except showing up. The final stretch is open ocean, which gives you time to process everything you've seen and use the ship one last time. Scottish Highlands at one end, Normandy coast at the other. Celtic meets French. You get around 10 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 MSC Preziosa. 5 restaurants come with the fare, plus 2 more when you feel like treating yourself. 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. A September sailing dodges the peak crowds while the weather is still cooperating. Well timed. If you've been thinking about a cruise, this 10-night sailing is a strong place to start.