From: Portugal, Lisbon
To: France, Honfleur
Dates: 08.05.2026 - 19.05.2026
Duration: 12 Nights
Ship: L'AUSTRAL

The Iberian Peninsula and Fortified cities of the Atlantic

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 (to discover the full range of excursions, go to the itinerary tab). 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 Herm, you head for the pretty Normandy port of Honfleur, where you disembark.

L'AUSTRAL

  • Guests: 264
  • Suites: 132
  • Crew: 145
  • Spa: 1
  • Restaurants: 2
  • Length: 466 ft
  • Beam: 59 ft
  • Draft: 15.3 ft
  • Ice class: 1C
  • Classification: Bureau Veritas
  • Flag: French
  • Decks: 6
  • Guest: 264
  • Zodiacs: 11
  • Tonnage: 10 944 UMS
  • Motors: 2 x 2300 KW
  • Power: 6 400 KW
  • Construction: Fincantieri-Ancône-Italy
Ship in Details

Cruise Itinerary

Day
Date
Location
Arrival
Departure
1
May 8, 2026
Portugal, Lisbon
16:00*
18:00
2
May 9, 2026
Portugal, Leixoes
-
-
3
May 10, 2026
Spain, Santiago De Compostela
-
-
4
May 11, 2026
cruising
-
-
5
May 12, 2026
Spain, Bilbao
-
-
6
May 13, 2026
cruising
-
-
7
May 14, 2026
France, Bordeaux
-
-
8
May 15, 2026
France, Talmont-Sur-Gironde
-
-
9
May 16, 2026
France, Belle-Ile-en-Mer
-
-
10
May 17, 2026
France, Saint-Malo
-
-
11
May 18, 2026
United Kingdom, Herm
-
-
12
May 19, 2026
France, Honfleur
-
08:00**
The itinerary is subject to change without prior notice at the discretion of the cruise line or due to operational, weather, port, or safety considerations. The cruise operator reserves the right to substitute ports, alter the order of calls, or modify the program as necessary to ensure the safety and comfort of passengers.

Cabins & Accomodations

Window or Porthole Stateroom

  • Cabin: 21 m²
  • Pax: 3
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Lower deck balcony stateroom

  • Cabin: 21 m²
  • Pax: 3
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Upper decks balcony stateroom

  • Cabin: 21 m²
  • Pax: 3
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Deluxe Suite

  • Cabin: 27 m²
  • Pax: 2
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Prestige Suite

  • Cabin: 37 m²
  • Pax: 4
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Owner Suite

  • Cabin: 45 m²
  • Pax: 2
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