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L'Austral, 11 Night The Iberian Peninsula and Fortified cities of the Atlantic. ex Lisbon, Portugal to Honfleur, France

Cruise L'Austral, 11 Night The Iberian Peninsula and Fortified cities of the Atlantic. ex Lisbon, Portugal to Honfleur, France
Cruise Line Ponant
Ship L'Austral
Destination EU West & Atlantic Islands
Brief Description 11 Night Cruise sailing from Lisbon, Portugal onboard L'Austral
Type of Cruise Luxury
Departure Date 08 May 2026
Cruise Description With featured guest Franck Ferrand.

From Lisbon to Honfleur, PONANT invites you aboard l'Austral for a 12-day cruise, that will take you along the Portuguese Spanish and French Atlantic coastlines.

Throughout your journey, you will benefit from an excursion included per person per port of call, to choose from a selection offered by PONANT. On this cruise, explore the Santiago de Compostela site from Vigo, visit the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, or discover the Mont Saint-Michel from Saint-Malo. The diversity of expériences on offer promises you intense and varied moments.

From the port of Leixões, you will visit Porto. The capital of Portugal's northern region, this “city of granite” is renowned for its wine but also for its remarkable historic centre, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Your journey will continue to Galicia and the city of Vigo, the biggest fishing port in Spain. Not far from here, Santiago de Compostela awaits you. This unmissable pilgrimage destination is home to a number of monuments from the Romanesque, Gothic and Baroque periods, testimony to its illustrious past.

L'Austral will then head for the capital of the Spanish Basque Country, Bilbao. Between daring architecture and the continuation of its ancestral traditions, you will be able to witness the city’s unique energy.

After a special moment in the wine capital of the world, Bordeaux, you visit the beautiful fortified town of Talmont-sur-Gironde before saluting the Cordouan lighthouse, a guardian of light designed to guide sailors at the entrance to the Gironde estuary.

Belle-Île-en-Mer, to the south of Brittany, will be one of the key ports of call on this stimulating voyage. The Impressionist painter Claude Monet lived for a while in the village of Kervilahouen on this island.

During your stop in Saint-Malo, a town famous for the legendary Route du Rhum yacht race, lose yourself in the diversity of its heritage, stroll along its rampart and fall under the charm of the city of privateers.

After stopping off in Guernsey, you head for the pretty Normandy port of Honfleur, where you disembark.
Sailing Dates
08 May 2026
Category Single Twin Triple Quad
SP3 AU $17,200 AU $9,000 AU $4,900
DEL AU $9,740 AU $9,740
PR4 AU $10,810 AU $10,810
PR5 AU $11,330 AU $11,330
PR6 AU $11,970 AU $11,970
DS6 AU $16,640 AU $16,640
PS5 AU $22,480 AU $22,480 AU $11,640
PS6 AU $23,640 AU $23,640 AU $12,220
Cruise Itinerary
Date Port Arrive Depart
8 May 2026 Lisbon, Portugal 6:00 PM
9 May 2026 Leixoes, Portugal 1:00 PM 7:00 PM
10 May 2026 Vigo, Spain 7:00 AM 7:30 PM
11 May 2026 At Sea    
12 May 2026 Bilbao, Spain 8:00 AM 6:00 PM
13 May 2026 At Sea    
14 May 2026 Bordeaux, France 7:00 AM 11:00 PM
15 May 2026 Gironde Estuary, France 10:30 AM 6:00 PM
16 May 2026 Belle Ile, France 7:00 AM 12:30 PM
17 May 2026 St Malo, France 11:30 AM 10:00 PM
18 May 2026 Guernsey, Channel Islands 7:00 AM 12:30 PM
19 May 2026 Honfleur, France
All itineraries and ports of call at the discretion of the cruise line subject to local weather conditions and may change without notice.

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