Baltic Cities Cruise on Arcadia from Southampton

Southampton

Southampton offers a perfect port for the best cruise ships that sail from the UK due to its size, design and great organization. It's also an ideal port for all those ships visiting the UK. Southampton offers various parking options around the area if needed and also a wide range of hotels if you need a pre-cruise stay before sailing. See our amazing cruise deals sailing from Southampton. Please contact us if you need information about Southampton's cruise terminals.

Kiel (Germany)

Kiel is the capital and most populous city in the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein.Kiel lies approximately 56 mi north of Hamburg. Due to its geographic location in the north of Germany, the southeast of the Jutland peninsula, and the southwestern shore of the Baltic Sea, Kiel has become one of the major maritime centres of Germany. For instance, the city is known for a variety of international sailing events, including the annual Kiel Week, which is the biggest sailing event in the world. Kiel is an important sea transport hub, thanks to its location at the Kiel Fjord and the busiest artificial waterway in the world, Kiel Canal A number of passenger ferries to Sweden, Norway, Russia and other countries operate from here. Moreover, today Kiel harbour is an important port of call for cruise ships touring the Baltic Sea.

Helsinki

Helsinki, also called Daughter of the Baltic or City of the Sea, is the capital and the largest city of Finland. The harbour is the heartbeat of this southern coastal city built on the peninsulas and islands of the Baltic Sea and Gulf of Finland. A piece of history can be found visiting the citys green domed Lutheran Cathedral, situated in Senate Square. There are fantastic museums like Suomenlinna and the Helsinki City Museum, where visitors can learn all there is to know about the worlds northernmost urban area. This city highly regarded for its design, a rich tradition that continues at stores like Arabia, which specializes in signature Finnish dishware, glassware, functional sculpture and pottery. Marimekko specializes in simple, bold, colourful clothing, and even offers bedding and house wares. The Kauppatori, or the market square, offers visitors all kind of toothsome treats, from traditional Finish goodies to fresh fruits and vegetables. Helsinkis popular Linnanmaki Amusement Park, where you can scream your heart out on the notoriously rickety wooden roller coaster.

Helsinki

Helsinki, also called Daughter of the Baltic or City of the Sea, is the capital and the largest city of Finland. The harbour is the heartbeat of this southern coastal city built on the peninsulas and islands of the Baltic Sea and Gulf of Finland. A piece of history can be found visiting the citys green domed Lutheran Cathedral, situated in Senate Square. There are fantastic museums like Suomenlinna and the Helsinki City Museum, where visitors can learn all there is to know about the worlds northernmost urban area. This city highly regarded for its design, a rich tradition that continues at stores like Arabia, which specializes in signature Finnish dishware, glassware, functional sculpture and pottery. Marimekko specializes in simple, bold, colourful clothing, and even offers bedding and house wares. The Kauppatori, or the market square, offers visitors all kind of toothsome treats, from traditional Finish goodies to fresh fruits and vegetables. Helsinkis popular Linnanmaki Amusement Park, where you can scream your heart out on the notoriously rickety wooden roller coaster.

Helsinki

Helsinki, also called Daughter of the Baltic or City of the Sea, is the capital and the largest city of Finland. The harbour is the heartbeat of this southern coastal city built on the peninsulas and islands of the Baltic Sea and Gulf of Finland. A piece of history can be found visiting the citys green domed Lutheran Cathedral, situated in Senate Square. There are fantastic museums like Suomenlinna and the Helsinki City Museum, where visitors can learn all there is to know about the worlds northernmost urban area. This city highly regarded for its design, a rich tradition that continues at stores like Arabia, which specializes in signature Finnish dishware, glassware, functional sculpture and pottery. Marimekko specializes in simple, bold, colourful clothing, and even offers bedding and house wares. The Kauppatori, or the market square, offers visitors all kind of toothsome treats, from traditional Finish goodies to fresh fruits and vegetables. Helsinkis popular Linnanmaki Amusement Park, where you can scream your heart out on the notoriously rickety wooden roller coaster.

Tallinn (Estonia)

Tallinn is a medieval city, a fairytale city and mystery, which through its iron street lights and its winding cobblestone streets, we can meet the oldest pharmacy in Europe, dating from the fifteenth century and it still operates as a pharmacy, selling modern productss or St. Olav Church, the fourteenth century church that dominates Tallinns skyscraper of its age and is still a major attraction.

Stockholm

Sweden’s capital city spreads out over 14 islands in Lake Mälaren and looks out proudly to the Baltic Sea to the east. Her grand public buildings, palaces, rich cultural history and museums tell her 700 year-old history beautifully. Nowhere is this better illustrated than in the Old Town (Gamla Stan); expect and get cobblestone streets, crooked but beautifully preserved buildings, the Royal Palace, gothic churches and excellent cafés, bars, restaurants and Swedish design-ware shops

Klaipeda (Lithuania)

The third largest city in Lithuania, Klaipeda is situated on the Curonian Lagoon where it meets the Baltic Sea. With its rich and complex history the main attractions are the historic buildings in the city's centre, dating from the 13th to 18th centuries including the remains of Klaipeda Castle, built by the Teutonic Order in the 13th century. For sunseekers, Neringa and Palanga on the Baltic Coast are popular during the summer months offering clear waters and white sand beaches.

Warnemunde

Warnemunde is a an important seaside resort and the northernmost district of Rostock in Mecklenburg Vorpommern, located on the Baltic Sea at the estuary of the river Warnow. Places of Interest: The Lighthouse was built in 1897, and still currently in use and has approximately 121 ft high, allowing visitors to enjoy an impressive view over the Baltic Sea. The Teapot with its Hyparschale curved roof, is an interesting example of the East German architecture and houses various restaurants and a sea voyage exhibition. The Old Channel, the vicinity to the canal with its various restaurants, pubs and traditional fishing boats, regional specialties are offered in a fish market. Warnemundes sandy beaches stretch out over a length of 1.9 miles and are the broadest on the German Baltic Sea coast.

Aarhus (Denmark)

Aarhus is the second-largest city in Denmark. The principal port of Denmark, Aarhus is on the east side of the peninsula of Jutland in the geographical centre of Denmark. The city is beautifully situated in typical East Jutland countryside, in a green valley with beaches and woods within easy reach. Århus offers an elegant combination of cosmopolitan city and quaint small town charm, with wonderful pubs, restaurants and romantic places. There is a large student population which makes for a vibrant nightlife. A major tourist attraction in Aarhus is The Old Town, which is a collection of historic Danish buildings gathered from all around the country. The city also hosts the Tivoli Friheden amusement park as well as the Deer Park situated in the large nearby public forest.

Skagen (Denmark)

Skagen is a small touristic city where the main activity is fishing. A picturesque place that outstands for it's low yellow coloured houses with red tiled roofs. A wellknown time of the year in Skagen is the festivity or celebration on the night of Saint John (Sankt Hans Aften) in the beach where bonfires are it and songs are sung around them.

Southampton

Southampton offers a perfect port for the best cruise ships that sail from the UK due to its size, design and great organization. It's also an ideal port for all those ships visiting the UK. Southampton offers various parking options around the area if needed and also a wide range of hotels if you need a pre-cruise stay before sailing. See our amazing cruise deals sailing from Southampton. Please contact us if you need information about Southampton's cruise terminals.