Sail Europe on your choice of three incomparable ships. History and culture are always important elements of any European adventure, as are experiencing local cuisine and discovering those idiosyncrasies that make one country so different from another. On our European voyages, we’ve designed itineraries that highlight famous and not-so-famous ports, making these journeys exciting and insightful.

Explore Scandinavia and the Baltics aboard National Geographic Endeavour, our 110-guest expedition ship. We approach European towns as they were envisioned—through the front door, by sea—enhancing the appeal of historic places. You’ll explore eight countries spread out along the Baltic Sea, including the great Scandinavian capitals of Stockholm and Copenhagen, old Hanseatic towns like Lubeck, medieval Visby and the Baltic cities of Tallinn and Riga. And we spend three nights in Peter the Great’s city, St. Petersburg, staying at the five-star Grand Hotel Europe.

Sea Cloud II, a three-masted barque with 30,000 square feet of sail, brings us back to the exhilarating and romantic tradition of hand-sailed square-rigged tall ships—there is no other ship that offers this level of comfort combined with an authentic sailing experience. The sails are not for show. And, we’ve built in plenty of time to use them. So a “day at sea” becomes not a necessity of getting from one port to another, but a day that is anticipated and relished. On Sea Cloud II we follow the coasts of Spain and Portugal to Northern France and continue to England, Belgium, the Netherlands and Scandinavia.

On the Danube, River Cloud is more than familiar to us. Lindblad Expeditions was instrumental in the design and development of the ship in 1997. She is very comfortable with a permeating sense of relaxed freedom from which to explore. Our Danube itineraries take advantage of the grand cities, the lush landscapes and the time of year: autumn, when the forests and vineyards are in full color, grapes are newly pressed, the wines are fresh and the focus is on love of life. Begin with an exploration of Budapest or Prague and continue aboard River Cloud along the river often described as the “heart of Europe.”

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