Belfast is one of the great transformation stories in European urban history — a city that was synonymous with conflict for three decades and has emerged as one of the most vibrant, culturally rich, and…
VV calls at Greenock, the historic Clyde port 27 miles west of Glasgow — the gateway to Scotland’s largest city and most vibrant cultural scene. Glasgow is not Edinburgh: it is grittier, louder, more industrial…
Lisbon is one of Europe’s most beautiful and underrated capitals — a city of steep hills and spectacular viewpoints (miradouros), historic neighborhoods built on volcanic basalt, extraordinary tiles (azulejos) covering buildings from the 15th century…
Qaqortoq is a small town of about 3,000 people in southern Greenland — the largest town in South Greenland and the most accessible entry point into the extraordinary fjord landscape of the southern coast. Surrounded…
Nuuk is the capital of Greenland and one of the most extraordinary port calls in the entire VV network — a city of 18,000 people that is simultaneously a functioning modern Scandinavian capital and a…
Isafjordur is Iceland’s Westfjords capital — a small town of 2,600 people at the end of a dramatic fjord in the most remote and rugged region of the country. The Westfjords is the part of…
The Baltics and Nordic Nights sailing from Portsmouth visits the capitals of northern Europe with an overnight in Hamburg and calls at Stockholm, Copenhagen, Tallinn, and other Baltic destinations — a 14-night itinerary through the…
The Emerald Isles and Highland Wonders — a 14-night round trip from Portsmouth visiting Cork, Belfast, Dublin, Liverpool, Glasgow (Greenock), Stornoway, Kirkwall, Invergordon, and Edinburgh — is one of the most extraordinary and least-known itineraries…
The Canary Islands are a Spanish autonomous community in the North Atlantic, 100 kilometers off the coast of West Africa — seven volcanic islands with a subtropical climate, extraordinary natural landscapes, world-class beaches, and a…
Casablanca is Morocco’s largest city and its commercial and industrial capital — a different city from the Marrakech of popular imagination, more modern and cosmopolitan, oriented toward the Atlantic rather than the Sahara. The Hassan…