NCL to sail more port-intensive Europe cruises in 2026

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Norwegian Cruise Line will offer 22 overnights in Europe in spring/summer 2026.
Norwegian Cruise Line will offer 22 overnights in Europe in spring/summer 2026. Photo Credit: Norwegian Cruise Line

Norwegian Cruise Line is offering more European options in its 2026 spring and summer seasons, adding three new ports and itineraries with limited sea days. 

NCL's new ports of call are Portree, Scotland; Leirvik (Stord), Norway; and Palamos, Spain. 

The line will offer 22 overnights in Europe during the season. That includes overnights on select seven- to 14-day sailings in Reykjavik, Iceland; Copenhagen, Denmark; Istanbul, Turkiye; and others. 

The Norwegian Sun will sail a full Baltic season with seven- to 10-day open-jaw cruises from Copenhagen, Denmark, with Helsinki serving as a homeport for the first time for NCL. On select nine-day itineraries, the ship will overnight in Copenhagen. 

Norwegian Sky will cruise a seven-day open jaw itinerary embarking from Le Havre, France and Copenhagen with an overnight stay in Hamburg, Germany. The ship will call at Zeebrugge, Belgium; Tilbury, England; and IJmuiden, Netherlands. The ship will then sail 10- and 11-day cruises in the British Isles and make a debut call in Portree, Scotland. 

New seven-day Western Mediterranean sailings include open-jaw cruises to and from Barcelona and Rome (Civitavecchia), with calls to Nice/Monaco (Villefranche) and Marseille, France; Messina, Salerno; and late-night departures from Livorno, Italy. 

The Norwegian Dawn will feature a new open-jaw itinerary with no sea days. The ship's itineraries begin or end in Barcelona or Lisbon, with late departures from Palma de Mallorca and Ibiza, Spain; Portimao, Portugal; Gibraltar and others. 

The Norwegian Gem will sail a new itinerary, this one cruising from Barcelona and making the line's debut call in Palamos, Spain. The Gem will also call for the first time in Salerno, Italy and Nice/Monaco. The ship will then cruise to and from Venice (Ravenna) and Rome (Civitavecchia) with no sea day, calling in Greece, Montenegro and Croatia. 

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