Portsmouth, England

Location

Portsmouth is one of the most densely populated cities in Southern England, and is unusual as most of its built-up area occupies Portsea Island, linked to the mainland by road and rail bridges. Although there is a Roman fort at nearby Portchester, occupied later by the Saxons and Normans, there was no settlement on the site of Portsmouth at the time of the 1086 Domesday Book. The town developed in medieval times and received its first charter in 1194 from King Richard I; soon afterwards it became a major naval base. It has the world’s oldest dry dock, and is home to several famous ships, including HMS Victory, HMS Warrior and the Mary Rose, raised from the Solent in 1982. Portsmouth remains an important naval base and is home to a large proportion of the British service fleet. The waterfront area is now dominated by the Spinnaker Tower, 560 feet high, the United Kingdom’s tallest building outside London. Other things to see in the city include the house where Charles Dickens was born, and the City Museum, which contains a permanent exhibition devoted to another famous writer, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who lived in the town.

Portsmouth, England Itineraries

14 Nights

Mediterranean Discoveries

Departure Date
03 Jan 26
Cruise Line Viking Ocean Cruises
Cruise Type Ocean
Ship Viking Vela
Region Northern Europe
Departure Port Civitavecchia
Destination Port Tilbury
Itinerary
Civitavecchia, Livorno, Livorno, Villefranche-sur-Mer, Marseille, Sète, Barcelona, Barcelona, Cartagena, Málaga, Vigo, Portsmouth and Tilbury

From £5,580pp

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7 Nights

Iberian Explorer

Departure Date
10 Jan 26
Cruise Line Viking Ocean Cruises
Cruise Type Ocean
Ship Viking Vela
Region Mediterranean
Departure Port Barcelona
Destination Port Tilbury
Itinerary
Barcelona, Cartagena, Málaga, Vigo, Portsmouth and Tilbury

From £2,145pp

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14 Nights

Mediterranean Discoveries

Departure Date
13 Jan 26
Cruise Line Viking Ocean Cruises
Cruise Type Ocean
Ship Viking Neptune
Region Northern Europe
Departure Port Civitavecchia
Destination Port Tilbury
Itinerary
Civitavecchia, Livorno, Livorno, Villefranche-sur-Mer, Marseille, Sète, Barcelona, Barcelona, Cartagena, Málaga, Vigo, Portsmouth and Tilbury

From £7,080pp

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7 Nights

Iberian Explorer

Departure Date
20 Jan 26
Cruise Line Viking Ocean Cruises
Cruise Type Ocean
Ship Viking Neptune
Region Mediterranean
Departure Port Barcelona
Destination Port Tilbury
Itinerary
Barcelona, Cartagena, Málaga, Vigo, Portsmouth and Tilbury

From £2,695pp

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14 Nights

British Isles Explorer

Departure Date
28 Mar 26
Cruise Line Viking Ocean Cruises
Cruise Type Ocean
Ship Viking Neptune
Region Northern Europe
Departure Port Bergen
Destination Port Tilbury
Itinerary
Bergen, Bergen, Lerwick, Shetland Islands, Aberdeen, Newhaven/Edinburgh, Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, Ullapool, Belfast, Holyhead, Liverpool, Dun Laoghaire, Portsmouth, Dover and Tilbury

From £5,990pp

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28 Nights

28-Day Atlantic Passage & Iberian Peninsula

Departure Date
04 Apr 26
Cruise Line Seabourn
Cruise Type Ocean
Ship Seabourn Ovation
Region Transatlantic and Mediterranean
Departure Port Bridgetown
Destination Port Dover
Itinerary
Bridgetown, Casablanca, Tangier, Portimão, Lisbon, Porto, La Coruña, Gijón, Bilbao, Bordeaux, Bordeaux, Bordeaux, Rouen, Rouen, Rouen, Plymouth, Isle of Portland, Portsmouth and Dover

From £8,159pp

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15 Nights

15-Day Bay Of Biscay: Spain & France Explorer

Departure Date
17 Apr 26
Cruise Line Seabourn
Cruise Type Ocean
Ship Seabourn Ovation
Region Northern Europe
Departure Port Lisbon
Destination Port Dover
Itinerary
Lisbon, Porto, La Coruña, Gijón, Bilbao, Bordeaux, Bordeaux, Bordeaux, Rouen, Rouen, Rouen, Plymouth, Isle of Portland, Portsmouth and Dover

From £5,864pp

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29 Nights

29-Day Spain, France & British Isles Explorer

Departure Date
17 Apr 26
Cruise Line Seabourn
Cruise Type Ocean
Ship Seabourn Ovation
Region Northern Europe
Departure Port Lisbon
Destination Port Dover
Itinerary
Lisbon, Porto, La Coruña, Gijón, Bilbao, Bordeaux, Bordeaux, Bordeaux, Rouen, Rouen, Rouen, Plymouth, Isle of Portland, Portsmouth, Dover, Isle of Portland, Cork, Fishguard, Douglas, Rothesay, Isle of Bute, Greenock, Belfast, Oban, Ullapool, Leith and Dover

From £11,729pp

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14 Nights

Trade Routes of the Middle Ages

Departure Date
16 May 26
Cruise Line Viking Ocean Cruises
Cruise Type Ocean
Ship Viking Saturn
Region Northern Europe
Departure Port Barcelona
Destination Port Bergen
Itinerary
Barcelona, Barcelona, Cartagena, Málaga, Leixões, Falmouth, Portsmouth, Honfleur, Zeebrugge, Amsterdam, Bergen and Bergen

From £5,490pp

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14 Nights

Trade Routes of the Middle Ages

Departure Date
20 May 26
Cruise Line Viking Ocean Cruises
Cruise Type Ocean
Ship Viking Jupiter
Region Northern Europe
Departure Port Barcelona
Destination Port Bergen
Itinerary
Barcelona, Tarragona, Cartagena, Málaga, Leixões, Falmouth, Portsmouth, Le Havre, Zeebrugge, Amsterdam, Bergen and Bergen

From £5,290pp

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13 Nights

Highlands, Teatime And Royal Traditions

Departure Date
29 May 26
Cruise Line Hapag-Lloyd Cruises
Cruise Type Ocean
Ship MS EUROPA 2
Region Western Europe
Departure Port Hamburg
Destination Port Hamburg
Itinerary
Hamburg, Portsmouth, Falmouth, Saint Mary's, Isles of Scilly, Dun Laoghaire, Liverpool, Belfast, Portree, Isle of Skye, Invergordon, Newhaven/Edinburgh and Hamburg

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22 Nights

Scotland & Ireland Cruise: Glasgow, Dublin & Belfast

Departure Date
28 Jul 26
Cruise Line Azamara
Cruise Type Ocean
Ship Azamara Quest
Region Northern Europe
Departure Port Leith
Destination Port Portsmouth
Itinerary
Leith, Leith, Aberdeen, Invergordon, Lerwick, Shetland Islands, Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, Ullapool, Oban, Greenock, Douglas, Dublin, Dublin, Waterford, Cobh, Bantry, Foynes, Killybegs, Londonderry, Belfast, Belfast and Portsmouth

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