This sailing splits neatly into two very different kinds of scenery. The first days trace Norway's south and west coast — Kristiansand's white clapboard harbor, Skagen where the North Sea and Baltic currents meet, then Stavanger before the ship turns into fjord country proper. Nordfjordeid and Molde sit inside some of Norway's narrowest and steepest fjords, where cliffs rise straight from the water and waterfalls drop hundreds of feet in a single fall — this is the stretch cruise photographers wait all year for, and July's long daylight means the light never really fades.
A day crossing open water toward Iceland is a good moment to slow down before the second half begins. Akureyri, tucked at the head of a long fjord in the north, is Iceland's second city and a jumping-off point for whale-watching and waterfalls further inland. Isafjordur sits inside the wild, sparsely populated Westfjords, about as far from anywhere as this itinerary gets. Grundarfjordur closes the loop beneath Kirkjufell, the pointed, solitary mountain that shows up on more Iceland postcards than almost anywhere else in the country. The ship ends in Reykjavik, small enough to explore easily on foot for anyone staying on afterward.
At a glance
| Cruise line | Princess Cruises |
|---|---|
| Ship | Regal Princess |
| Sails | 10 July 2027 |
| Length | 10 nights, 11 days |
| Ports | 10 calls in 3 countries, 1 day at sea |
| Embarks / disembarks | Copenhagen, Denmark → Reykjavik, Iceland |
| Price | Group rate balcony from US$2,559 per person, double occupancy, taxes and port fees included |
| Hosted by | Explora Voyage — we travel with the group |
Itinerary
Ports, arrival and departure times are taken from the cruise line's published schedule and can change — we confirm the final version with the group before departure.
| Day | Port of call | Date | Arrive | Depart |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day 1 | Copenhagen, Denmark | Sat, 10 Jul | — | 16:00 |
| Day 2 | Kristiansand, Norway | Sun, 11 Jul | 09:00 | 18:00 |
| Day 3 | Skagen, Denmark | Mon, 12 Jul | 07:00 | 16:00 |
| Day 4 | Stavanger, Norway | Tue, 13 Jul | 09:00 | 16:00 |
| Day 5 | Nordfjordeid, Norway | Wed, 14 Jul | 09:00 | 20:00 |
| Day 6 | Molde, Norway | Thu, 15 Jul | 07:00 | 15:00 |
| Day 7 | At Sea | Fri, 16 Jul | — | — |
| Day 8 | Akureyri, Iceland | Sat, 17 Jul | 10:00 | 20:00 |
| Day 9 | Isafjordur, Iceland | Sun, 18 Jul | 08:00 | 18:00 |
| Day 10 | Grundarfjordur, Iceland | Mon, 19 Jul | 07:00 | 18:00 |
| Day 11 | Reykjavik, Iceland | Tue, 20 Jul | 07:00 | — |
Ports of call
Ten calls and one day at sea.
Denmark’s capital is built across a scatter of islands and threaded with canals. The old harbour at Nyhavn is lined with gabled merchant houses and cafés, Amalienborg holds four Rococo palaces around a single square, and Tivoli — open since 1843 — sits in the middle of the city rather than on its edge. The ship leaves late afternoon, so there is a full day ashore before boarding.
The largest town on Norway’s southern coast, laid out on a grid in the seventeenth century. Posebyen, the old quarter, is a grid of small white timber houses; the beaches either side of the harbour are the reason Norwegians come here in July. Inland, the Setesdal valley climbs toward the mountains.
At the northern tip of Jutland, where the Skagerrak and the Kattegat meet in a visible line of colliding currents at Grenen sandbar. The town’s yellow-washed houses and red-tiled roofs drew a colony of painters in the 1870s who came for the light, which is still the reason to walk the beaches here.
Gamle Stavanger preserves around 170 white wooden houses along narrow lanes above the harbour — one of the best-kept timber quarters in northern Europe. The city is also the gateway to Lysefjord and Preikestolen, the flat cliff that stands 604 metres straight above the water.
A small village at the head of Eidsfjord, in the narrow inner reaches where the mountains come down to the water. It is Viking country — the Myklebust ship, one of the largest ever found in Norway, was excavated here — and the road inland leads toward the Jostedalsbreen ice cap and the Briksdal glacier arm.
Known as the town of roses, set on a sheltered strait with a panorama of more than two hundred peaks across the water. It is the natural base for the Atlantic Road and the Trollstigen hairpins, and it has run one of Europe’s oldest jazz festivals every July since 1961.
Iceland’s northern capital, at the head of the country’s longest fjord and only a little south of the Arctic Circle. It is warm enough for a botanic garden that should not exist at this latitude, and it is the starting point for Goðafoss waterfall and the volcanic country around Lake Mývatn.
The main town of the Westfjords, on a spit of land under steep sides that rise straight from the water. Timber merchant houses from the eighteenth century still stand by the harbour. This is the least-visited part of Iceland — sea kayaking, bird cliffs, and the only place in the country where Arctic foxes are protected.
A fishing village on the northern shore of the Snæfellsnes peninsula, sitting directly beneath Kirkjufell — the pointed mountain that is probably the most photographed in Iceland. The peninsula behind it holds lava fields, black beaches and the Snæfellsjökull ice cap.
The world’s northernmost capital, small enough to cross on foot. Hallgrímskirkja looks down the main street from its hill and Harpa’s glass facade faces the harbour. The Golden Circle and the Blue Lagoon are both within easy reach for anyone staying on after the ship.
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