7-night Baltic cruise from Southampton on Iona

The Northern European City Escape is a 7-night Baltic cruise aboard Iona, operated by P&O Cruises. Departing Southampton on October 31, 2026, the voyage visits 4 ports including Hamburg, Germany, Rotterdam, Zeebrugge. CruiseCaptain has fare history for this sailing.

Length: 7 nights
Departs: Oct 31, 2026
Returns: Nov 7, 2026
Ports of call: 4
Days at sea: 2

Voyage code G636

7 nights · Baltic

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Why this route stands out

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Southampton

Cruises from Southampton are part of a storied maritime heritage. Famous ships have sailed from Southampton port and, before commercial air travel, it was the gateway to the world with Hollywood celebrities like Bette Davis and Elizabeth Taylor passing through to board a Southampton cruise. In its atmospheric Old Town, 12th-century churches, cobbled streets, and timber-framed houses like the impressive Tudor House & Garden sit side-by-side, surrounded by one of the most complete Medieval city walls in the UK where the Bargate – the ancient entrance – still stands intact. There are bustling marina-side bars, shiny shopping districts and a vibrant cultural quarter where the Mayflower Theatre puts on West End musicals and the SeaCity Museum catalogues Southampton’s seafaring past. Some of England’s most impressive landmarks are an easy drive away, including the Neolithic wonder Stonehenge, the picturesque spa city Bath or Buckingham Palace, Tate Modern and Tower Bridge in the bustling capital of London. Discover 5,000 years of history and more on a Southampton cruise.

Hamburg, Germany

Located between the North Sea and the Baltic Sea, Hamburg will fascinate you from the moment you first set eyes on its elegant and austere buildings looking onto the port, one of the largest in Europe. When you reach this destination on an MSC Cruise of Northern Europe, you can get a taste of its glorious history. Hamburg is a cosmopolitan, wealthy and fashionable city, with an aggressive economy, that still prides itself of the title “free Hanseatic city”. It has, in fact, never cut its umbilical cord with maritime trade that has its heart in the port where your cruise liner will be waiting for you. Many tourist come here to visit the Reeperbahn, the red light district, but if you want to take in the atmosphere of the city, you shouldn’t miss an excursion to Speicherstadt (Warehouse Town), where the cobbled streets, gables and turrets combine to make the area on the other side of Zollkanal (Tax Canal) a world apart from the city opposite. Another city icon, St Michaelis, at the western edge of the city centre by Ludwig-Erhard-Strasse, is Hamburg’s iconic church and no wonder. More than any other building, the “Michael” mirrors the city’s irrepressible spirit. Burned down after a lightning strike in1750, it was rebuilt in Baroque style under Ernst Georg Sonnin but it again accidently caught fire in1906. In 1945, the Allies obliterated the roof and decor of church number three. Reconstructed again to Sonnin’s plans, it is now the finest Baroque church in North Germany. Probably the most gratifying attraction during an excursion on an MSC Cruise is the scenery you can admire from one of the best views over Hamburg: the 360-degree panorama takes in Speicherstadt, the container port and shipping on the Elbe, the Alster lakes, and the five spires of the churches and Rathaus.

Rotterdam

Your MSC cruise will lay anchor in the largest port in the world, Rotterdam, is a no-nonsense working-class city lying at the heart of a maze of rivers and artificial waterways that together form the outlet of the rivers Rijn (Rhine) and Maas (Meuse). After devastating damage during World War II, Rotterdam has grown into a vibrant, forceful city dotted with first division cultural attractions. Your MSC cruise of Northern Europe will give you the opportunity to see that the immense land reclamation work hasn’t obliterated its earthy character though: its tough grittiness is part of its appeal, as are its boisterous bars and clubs. Amongst the most interesting attractions to enjoy during your vacation in Holland, is Rotterdam’s Kunsthal, the museum of contemporary art, and the Boijmans van Beuningen Museum, which has an outstanding art collection including representative works from almost all the most important Dutch painters: both are in the city’s designated culture zone, the Museumpark. Other interesting sites to visit on an MSC excursion are the Oude Haven, the city’s oldest harbour, ravaged during World War II but sympathetically redeveloped, and Delfs haven, an antique harbour that managed to survive the bombs pretty much intact. Rotterdam also boasts a string of first-rate festivals, including the much-lauded North Sea Jazz Festival and the colourful Summer Carnival. The postwar period saw the rapid reconstruction of the docks and, when huge container ships and oil tankers made the existing port facilities obsolete, Rotterdammers promptly built an entirely new deep-sea port, the Europoort, jutting out into the North Sea some 25 km to the west of the old town. Completed in 1968, the Europoort is able to welcome the largest ships in the world, amongst which also the MSC cruise ships.

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Cabin grades and pricing
Name	Supplier code	Type
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Deluxe Balcony with Sofa	EA	Balcony
Deluxe Balcony with Sofa	EB	Balcony
Deluxe Balcony with Sofa	ED	Balcony
Deluxe Balcony with Sofa	EE	Balcony
Deluxe Balcony with Sofa	EF	Balcony
Deluxe Balcony with Sofa	EZ	Balcony
Balcony with Sofa	GA	Balcony
Balcony with Sofa	GB	Balcony
Balcony with Sofa	GC	Balcony
Balcony with Sofa	GD	Balcony
Balcony with Sofa	GE	Balcony
Balcony with Sofa	GF	Balcony
Balcony	GX	Balcony
Balcony with Sofa	GZ	Balcony
Single Balcony	QZ	Balcony
Inside	OA	Inside
Inside	PA	Inside
Inside	PB	Inside
Inside	PC	Inside
Inside	PD	Inside
Inside	PE	Inside
Inside	PF	Inside
Single Inside	SZ	Inside
Sea View (Outside)	LB	Oceanview
Sea View (Outside)	LC	Oceanview
Sea View (Outside)	LF	Oceanview
Suite	B4	Suite
Suite	B5	Suite
Suite	B6	Suite
Family Seaview Suite	BA	Suite
Conservatory Mini Suite	CV	Suite
Conservatory Mini Suite	CW	Suite
Conservatory Mini Suite	CY	Suite
Conservatory Mini Suite	CZ	Suite

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Day 1 Oct 31, 2026

Southampton

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