During our week outside of Houlgate we visited Giverny, the D-Day beaches, Trouville and of course Houlgate itself
Travel blog
August 2024: Bordeaux and Portugal: Lisbon
An enjoyable day in Lisbon after two full sea days
October 2024: Spain and Portugal: First day in Lisbon, Portugal
We took an extended tuk-tuk ride around Lisbon looking at street art and in the evening watched Gary Barlow
May 2024: Italy and the Western Mediterranean: Toulon, France
November 2025: Spain and the Canaries: Southampton and 3 sea days
A mixed experience with cabin issues, dreadful food in the Quays, poor experience in Club 710 contrasted with great shows, art talks and food
October 2024: Spain and Portugal: Vigo, Spain and two sea days
An earlier than planned visit to Vigo was followed by two sea days when Iona sailed almost to Morocco to avoid bad weather
October 2024: Spain and Portugal: Southampton and a sea day
Our October cruise on Iona had a change of itinerary on the second day after leaving Southampton
August 2024: Bordeaux and Portugal: Dover and two sea days
This was our first departure from Dover and then we had two sea days before our first port
May 2024: Italy and the Western Mediterranean: Gibraltar
Our first port was Gibraltar and we took an organised tour around the rock
March 2025: Portugal and the Tropical Azores: Southampton
Our cruise on Spirit of Adventure started from Southampton and we had two full sea days until we reached our first port
Yorkshire in August 2025
Five days in Yorkshire staying in the middle of Harrogate and then at Nidd Hall
May 2024: Italy and the Western Mediterranean: Portsmouth
After leaving Portsmouth we had three days on Spirit of Discovery as we sailed South to the Mediterranean