12 Night Cruise sailing from Seville to Portland aboard Quest for Adventure.

Picture yourself among beautiful scenery and stunning beaches on this journey around Western Europe. This springtime cruise will take you to unforgettable destinations such as Seville with its Moorish fort or Lisbon and its UNESCO listed Belem Tower. Many of the ports you'll visit produce fine wines, and you can make the most of sampling them with the expert tutorage of John Taylor, Master of Wine.

Highlights of this cruise:

Portimao
Set on Portugal's sunny coast, the city of Portimão lies in a natural harbour at the mouth of the River Arade. Once a Phoenician, Greek and Carthaginian trading port, the city has a fascinating heritage.

Highlights include a 14th-century church, the 18th-century fortress of Armacao de Pera and St John of Arade, a fort built to protect the city from pirates.

You can also visit the former Moorish capital of Silves with its enchanting white-washed houses or perhaps you'd prefer to relax in the popular district of Praia da Rocha where you'll find an attractive yachting harbour and numerous restaurants.

Lisbon
Set on seven hills on the banks of the River Tagus, Lisbon has been the inspiring capital of Portugal since the 13th century when the Moors were finally vanquished.

It is a city strewn with majestic architecture, old wooden trams, historic Moorish features and more than twenty centuries of history.

Following disastrous earthquakes in the 18th century, Lisbon was rebuilt by the Marques de Pombal who created an elegant city with wide boulevards and a great riverfront and square, Praça do Comercio.

Santander
The port city of Santander is the capital of the autonomous community and historical region of Cantabria situated on the north coast of Spain.

Beautiful and quiet, Santander is surrounded by amazing scenery and lined by 11 sandy and extremely clean beaches.

As well as its beaches, Santander also has plenty of interesting museums, beautiful gardens and nature preserves to explore.

Bordeaux
The 18th-century city of Bordeaux recently became a UNESCO World Heritage site and lies at the centre of one of France's finest wine producing areas. The city's wine heritage can be traced back to the Romans and the elegant city of today is the legacy of extensive rebuilding during the 18th century.

Bordeaux's waterfront is lined with wine warehouses and along the quay lies an 18th-century square, home to the old Maritime Exchange. With its 11th-century cathedral, many museums, a grand theatre and the Museum of Contemporary Art, this fascinating city has a heritage worthy of exploration.

Lorient
Lorient, Brittany's fourth largest city, lies on an immense natural harbour protected from the ocean by the Île de Groix.
During the last war, Lorient was a major target for the Allies, but the Germans held out until the very end and by the time they surrendered in May 1945, the city was almost completely destroyed. The only substantial remains were the U-boat pens, which have subsequently been expanded by the French for their nuclear submarines.

One of the biggest attractions at Lorient is the German submarine base that remains here from the Second World War.