Cruise itinerary
59-Night Europe Cruise from Leith
59 nights · Europe · 47 ports of call
59-night Europe cruise aboard Seabourn Venture, departing Leith and calling at Invergordon, Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, Dunrossness and Fair Isle, Lerwick, Shetland Islands, Mousa Island and Isle of Noss and 40 more.
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At a glance
- Ship
- Seabourn Venture
- Cruise line
- Seabourn
- Duration
- 59 nights
- Region
- Europe · Northern Europe
- Departs
- Leith
- Returns
- Reykjavík
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Where this voyage takes you
Day-by-day itinerary
- Day1
Leith
Depart 17:00
The historic port of Edinburgh on Scotland's Firth of Forth. Its converted dockside warehouses now hold restaurants and the royal yacht Britannia, with the Scottish capital's castle and Royal Mile a short ride inland up the hill.
- Royal Yacht Britannia
- Gateway to Edinburgh
- The Shore
- Day2
Invergordon
Arrive 10:00 · Depart 18:00
A deep-water firth port in the Scottish Highlands, the usual gateway to Inverness and Loch Ness. Cruise ships dock close to town, with castles, single-malt distilleries along the Speyside route, and the Culloden battlefield within easy reach of the harbour.
- Loch Ness
- Speyside whisky
- Culloden battlefield
- Day3
Kirkwall, Orkney Islands
Arrive 07:00 · Depart 22:00
The main town of the Orkney Islands off the north coast of Scotland, set around a sheltered bay. The red-stone St Magnus Cathedral towers over the centre, with Neolithic sites such as Skara Brae and the Ring of Brodgar across the islands.
- St Magnus Cathedral
- Skara Brae
- Ring of Brodgar
- Day4
Dunrossness and Fair Isle
Arrive 07:00 · Depart 18:00
- Day5
Lerwick, Shetland Islands
Arrive 18:00
The main town of Scotland's Shetland Islands, a far-northern port closer to Norway than to London. Lerwick is known for its grey-stone waterfront, the Iron Age broch and settlement at Clickimin, and the surrounding treeless moorland and sea cliffs.
- Clickimin Broch
- Commercial Street
- Shetland ponies
Mousa Island
Arrive 07:00 · Depart 12:00
Isle of Noss
Arrive 13:00 · Depart 17:00
- Day6
Lerwick, Shetland Islands
Depart 16:00
The main town of Scotland's Shetland Islands, a far-northern port closer to Norway than to London. Lerwick is known for its grey-stone waterfront, the Iron Age broch and settlement at Clickimin, and the surrounding treeless moorland and sea cliffs.
- Clickimin Broch
- Commercial Street
- Shetland ponies
- Day7
Tórshavn
Arrive 23:00
The capital of the Faroe Islands, a self-governing nation in the North Atlantic. One of the world's smallest capitals, it gathers turf-roofed timber houses on the Tinganes headland, surrounded by steep treeless hills and a deep harbour.
- Tinganes headland
- Turf-roofed houses
- North Atlantic cliffs
Tvoroyri
Arrive 09:00 · Depart 18:00
- Day8
Tórshavn
The capital of the Faroe Islands, a self-governing nation in the North Atlantic. One of the world's smallest capitals, it gathers turf-roofed timber houses on the Tinganes headland, surrounded by steep treeless hills and a deep harbour.
- Tinganes headland
- Turf-roofed houses
- North Atlantic cliffs
- Day9
Tórshavn
Depart 04:00
The capital of the Faroe Islands, a self-governing nation in the North Atlantic. One of the world's smallest capitals, it gathers turf-roofed timber houses on the Tinganes headland, surrounded by steep treeless hills and a deep harbour.
- Tinganes headland
- Turf-roofed houses
- North Atlantic cliffs
Klaksvik
Arrive 08:00 · Depart 18:00
- Day10At sea
- Day11
Seydisfjørdur
Arrive 08:00 · Depart 17:00
A small fishing town at the head of a long, steep-sided fjord in eastern Iceland. A black-and-white timber church anchors the village, surrounded by waterfalls and mountains, and it serves as a gateway to the basalt highlands of the east.
- Blue church
- Fjord waterfalls
- Eastern highlands
- Day12
Siglufjørdur - høfn
Arrive 09:00 · Depart 19:00
A small fishing town at the head of a deep fjord in northern Iceland, once the country's herring capital. Steep mountains rise on three sides, and the Herring Era Museum recounts the boom years along the colourful waterfront.
- Herring Era Museum
- Fjord setting
- Mountain backdrop
- Day13
Patreksfjørdur
Arrive 08:00 · Depart 15:00
Dynjandi Waterfalls
Arrive 18:00 · Depart 21:00
- Day14
Grundarfjørdur
Arrive 08:00 · Depart 17:00
A small fishing town on Iceland's Snæfellsnes peninsula, framed by the pyramid-shaped Kirkjufell mountain. The harbour looks out across a wide bay toward open Atlantic waters, with lava fields, waterfalls and the Snæfellsjökull glacier nearby.
- Kirkjufell mountain
- Snæfellsnes peninsula
- Coastal waterfalls
- Day15
Reykjavík
Arrive 07:00 · Depart 17:00
Iceland's northerly capital, the launch point for sailings around the island's volcanic coast. The Hallgrímskirkja church rises above its low-rise centre, with the Blue Lagoon, geysers and waterfalls of the Golden Circle reachable on day trips.
- Hallgrímskirkja
- Blue Lagoon
- Golden Circle
- Day16
Heimaey Island
Arrive 07:00 · Depart 11:00
The largest of Iceland's Westman Islands off the south coast, a fishing town rebuilt after a 1973 eruption that buried part of it in lava and ash. Puffin colonies crowd the sea cliffs in summer, and the new volcano Eldfell rises above the harbour.
- Eldfell volcano
- Puffin cliffs
- Eldheimar museum
Heimaey Island
Arrive 12:00 · Depart 19:00
The largest of Iceland's Westman Islands off the south coast, a fishing town rebuilt after a 1973 eruption that buried part of it in lava and ash. Puffin colonies crowd the sea cliffs in summer, and the new volcano Eldfell rises above the harbour.
- Eldfell volcano
- Puffin cliffs
- Eldheimar museum
- Day17At sea
- Day18At sea
- Day19
Kangikitsok
Arrive 07:00 · Depart 12:00
Prince Christian Sound
Arrive 13:00 · Depart 18:00
A narrow, glacier-fringed channel near the southern tip of Greenland, threaded by ships rather than visited ashore. Sheer rock walls, drifting icebergs and the tiny Inuit settlement of Aappilattoq make the passage one of the most dramatic scenic cruising routes in the region.
- Drifting icebergs
- Sheer rock walls
- Aappilattoq village
- Day20
Qaqortoq (Julianehaab)
Arrive 08:00 · Depart 14:00
The largest town in southern Greenland, a cluster of colourful wooden houses around a sheltered harbour below rocky hills. Icebergs drift in the surrounding fjords, and the old colonial quarter, fountain square and nearby hot spring at Uunartoq draw visitors ashore.
- Colourful harbour
- Colonial square
- Surrounding fjords
Hvalsey
Arrive 15:00 · Depart 20:00
The best-preserved Norse ruins in Greenland, set on a fjord in the island's far south. The roofless stone church and farm buildings date from the medieval Eastern Settlement of the Vikings, standing amid green pastures grazed by sheep.
- Norse church ruins
- Viking farmstead
- southern fjords
- Day21
Qassiarsuk
Arrive 07:00 · Depart 12:00
- Day22At sea
- Day23
Nain, Newfoundland and Labrador
Arrive 08:00 · Depart 17:00
The northernmost permanent settlement in Labrador, a small Inuit community on a fjord-cut stretch of the Atlantic coast. Reached only by boat or plane, it is a centre of Labrador Inuit culture and a gateway to the Torngat Mountains to the north.
- Inuit culture
- Torngat Mountains
- Labrador coast
- Day24
Nachvak Fiord, Newfoundland and Labrador
Arrive 10:00 · Depart 18:00
- Day25
Saglek Fjord, Newfoundland and Labrador
Arrive 07:00 · Depart 17:00
A remote fjord cutting into the Torngat Mountains of northern Labrador, flanked by some of the oldest exposed rock on earth. Within a national park, it is a treeless landscape of granite walls and tundra, home to caribou, polar bears and Inuit heritage sites.
- Torngat Mountains
- ancient bedrock
- polar bears
- Day26
Hopedale, Newfoundland and Labrador
Arrive 12:00 · Depart 19:00
- Day27
Indian Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador
Arrive 07:00 · Depart 16:00
A remote stretch of the Labrador coast in Atlantic Canada, named for the historic fishing and trading station once set among its islands. It is a rugged, sparsely peopled shore of low rock and tundra, edged by cold North Atlantic waters and rich seabird colonies.
- Labrador coast
- seabird colonies
- historic fishing station
- Day28
L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland and Labrador
Arrive 08:00 · Depart 18:00
A windswept site at the northern tip of Newfoundland, Canada, where the Vikings landed around a thousand years ago. The reconstructed sod huts of this UNESCO World Heritage site mark the first known European settlement in North America.
- Norse settlement
- Sod longhouses
- World Heritage site
- Day29At sea
- Day30
Saint-John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
Arrive 07:00 · Depart 21:00
The capital of Newfoundland, one of North America's oldest cities, set on a sheltered harbour on Canada's Atlantic edge. Steep streets of brightly painted rowhouses climb from the waterfront toward Signal Hill, overlooking the open sea.
- Signal Hill
- Jellybean Row houses
- Cape Spear
- Day31At sea
- Day32
Red Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador
Arrive 07:00 · Depart 17:00
- Day33
Battle Harbor, Newfoundland and Labrador
Arrive 07:00 · Depart 17:00
- Day34
Indian Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador
Arrive 07:00 · Depart 16:00
A remote stretch of the Labrador coast in Atlantic Canada, named for the historic fishing and trading station once set among its islands. It is a rugged, sparsely peopled shore of low rock and tundra, edged by cold North Atlantic waters and rich seabird colonies.
- Labrador coast
- seabird colonies
- historic fishing station
- Day35
Nain, Newfoundland and Labrador
Arrive 07:00 · Depart 16:00
The northernmost permanent settlement in Labrador, a small Inuit community on a fjord-cut stretch of the Atlantic coast. Reached only by boat or plane, it is a centre of Labrador Inuit culture and a gateway to the Torngat Mountains to the north.
- Inuit culture
- Torngat Mountains
- Labrador coast
- Day36
Saglek Fjord, Newfoundland and Labrador
Arrive 07:00 · Depart 17:00
A remote fjord cutting into the Torngat Mountains of northern Labrador, flanked by some of the oldest exposed rock on earth. Within a national park, it is a treeless landscape of granite walls and tundra, home to caribou, polar bears and Inuit heritage sites.
- Torngat Mountains
- ancient bedrock
- polar bears
- Day37
Eclipse Channel
Arrive 07:00 · Depart 17:00
- Day38
Resolution Island, Qikiqtaaluk
Arrive 07:00 · Depart 12:00
Lower Savage Islands, Nunavut
Arrive 13:00 · Depart 18:00
- Day39
Monument Island, Nunavut
Arrive 07:00 · Depart 12:00
Lady Franklin Island, Nunavut
Arrive 13:00 · Depart 18:00
- Day40At sea
- Day41
Isabella Bay, Baffin Island, Nunavut
Arrive 07:00 · Depart 17:00
- Day42
Qikiqtarjuaq, Nunavut
Arrive 07:00 · Depart 17:00
- Day43At sea
- Day44
Sisimiut (Holsteinsborg)
Arrive 07:00 · Depart 17:00
A town on Greenland's west coast just above the Arctic Circle, the country's second largest settlement. Coloured houses rise over a working harbour amid rugged hills, with dog-sledding, fishing and the Sisimiut Museum part of its Arctic life.
- Coloured harbour
- Sisimiut Museum
- Arctic dog-sledding
- Day45
Kangerlussuaq Havn
Arrive 07:00 · Depart 20:00
A small settlement at the head of a long fjord in western Greenland, beside a former U.S. air base. It serves as the inland gateway to the Greenland ice sheet, with tundra valleys, musk oxen and clear sub-Arctic skies known for the northern lights.
- Greenland ice sheet
- Musk oxen
- Northern lights
- Day46
Sisimiut (Holsteinsborg)
Arrive 08:00 · Depart 17:00
A town on Greenland's west coast just above the Arctic Circle, the country's second largest settlement. Coloured houses rise over a working harbour amid rugged hills, with dog-sledding, fishing and the Sisimiut Museum part of its Arctic life.
- Coloured harbour
- Sisimiut Museum
- Arctic dog-sledding
- Day47
Evighedsfjorden
Arrive 07:00 · Depart 12:00
A long fjord on the west coast of Greenland, whose Danish name means 'fjord of eternity'. Walled by steep mountains and fed by glaciers, it cuts deep inland from the town of Maniitsoq, a scene of calving ice and tumbling waterfalls.
- glacier walls
- calving ice
- Maniitsoq gateway
- Day48
Nuuk (Godthaab)
Arrive 07:00 · Depart 19:00
The capital of Greenland, a small colourful town on the southwest coast at the mouth of a long fjord system. Nuuk is known for its harbour-side old quarter, the National Museum's Inuit collections, and the dramatic Sermitsiaq mountain across the water.
- Sermitsiaq mountain
- Greenland National Museum
- Colonial harbour
- Day49
Ivittuut
Arrive 12:00 · Depart 18:00
- Day50
Qassiarsuk
Arrive 07:00 · Depart 14:00
- Day51
Qaqortoq (Julianehaab)
Arrive 07:00 · Depart 14:00
The largest town in southern Greenland, a cluster of colourful wooden houses around a sheltered harbour below rocky hills. Icebergs drift in the surrounding fjords, and the old colonial quarter, fountain square and nearby hot spring at Uunartoq draw visitors ashore.
- Colourful harbour
- Colonial square
- Surrounding fjords
Hvalsey
Arrive 15:00 · Depart 20:00
The best-preserved Norse ruins in Greenland, set on a fjord in the island's far south. The roofless stone church and farm buildings date from the medieval Eastern Settlement of the Vikings, standing amid green pastures grazed by sheep.
- Norse church ruins
- Viking farmstead
- southern fjords
- Day52
Nanortalik
Arrive 07:00 · Depart 17:00
A southern Greenland town on a small island, its name meaning 'place of bears'. Wooden houses in red and blue ring a sheltered harbour, set against jagged granite peaks, with icebergs drifting in from the nearby fjords and a fine local museum.
- colourful harbour
- granite peaks
- drifting icebergs
- Day53
Prince Christian Sound
Arrive 13:00
A narrow, glacier-fringed channel near the southern tip of Greenland, threaded by ships rather than visited ashore. Sheer rock walls, drifting icebergs and the tiny Inuit settlement of Aappilattoq make the passage one of the most dramatic scenic cruising routes in the region.
- Drifting icebergs
- Sheer rock walls
- Aappilattoq village
Kangikitsok
Arrive 07:00 · Depart 12:00
- Day54
Prince Christian Sound
Depart 13:00
A narrow, glacier-fringed channel near the southern tip of Greenland, threaded by ships rather than visited ashore. Sheer rock walls, drifting icebergs and the tiny Inuit settlement of Aappilattoq make the passage one of the most dramatic scenic cruising routes in the region.
- Drifting icebergs
- Sheer rock walls
- Aappilattoq village
- Day55
Umivik Bay
Arrive 08:00 · Depart 18:00
- Day56
Tasiilaq
Arrive 07:00 · Depart 17:00
- Day57
Greenland's East Coast Fjords
Arrive 07:00 · Depart 17:00
- Day58At sea
- Day59
Grundarfjørdur
Arrive 07:00 · Depart 17:00
A small fishing town on Iceland's Snæfellsnes peninsula, framed by the pyramid-shaped Kirkjufell mountain. The harbour looks out across a wide bay toward open Atlantic waters, with lava fields, waterfalls and the Snæfellsjökull glacier nearby.
- Kirkjufell mountain
- Snæfellsnes peninsula
- Coastal waterfalls
- Day60
Reykjavík
Arrive 07:00
Iceland's northerly capital, the launch point for sailings around the island's volcanic coast. The Hallgrímskirkja church rises above its low-rise centre, with the Blue Lagoon, geysers and waterfalls of the Golden Circle reachable on day trips.
- Hallgrímskirkja
- Blue Lagoon
- Golden Circle
Upcoming departures
- 17 May 2028
Upcoming sailings of this itinerary — a NestCruise advisor confirms current availability and your fare.
59-Night Europe Cruise from Leith FAQ
Which ports does this cruise visit?
This 59-night Europe cruise calls at Leith, Invergordon, Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, Dunrossness and Fair Isle, Lerwick, Shetland Islands, Mousa Island, Isle of Noss, Tórshavn, Tvoroyri, Klaksvik, Seydisfjørdur, Siglufjørdur - høfn, Patreksfjørdur, Dynjandi Waterfalls, Grundarfjørdur, Reykjavík, Heimaey Island, Kangikitsok, Prince Christian Sound, Qaqortoq (Julianehaab), Hvalsey, Qassiarsuk, Nain, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nachvak Fiord, Newfoundland and Labrador, Saglek Fjord, Newfoundland and Labrador, Hopedale, Newfoundland and Labrador, Indian Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador, L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland and Labrador, Saint-John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Red Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Battle Harbor, Newfoundland and Labrador, Eclipse Channel, Resolution Island, Qikiqtaaluk, Lower Savage Islands, Nunavut, Monument Island, Nunavut, Lady Franklin Island, Nunavut, Isabella Bay, Baffin Island, Nunavut, Qikiqtarjuaq, Nunavut, Sisimiut (Holsteinsborg), Kangerlussuaq Havn, Evighedsfjorden, Nuuk (Godthaab), Ivittuut, Nanortalik, Umivik Bay, Tasiilaq and Greenland's East Coast Fjords.
How many days are spent at sea?
9 days are spent at sea; the rest are in port.
Where does this cruise depart from?
It departs from Leith and ends in Reykjavík.
How long is this cruise?
59 nights aboard Seabourn Venture.
When does this itinerary sail?
Upcoming departures include 17 May 2028. A NestCruise advisor can confirm current availability.