Stornoway Isle of Lewis and Harris, Scotland
United Kingdom

165 Cruises availables At departure or passage at this port

Atlas Ocean Voyages (1 Cruises)

Aurora Expeditions (2 Cruises)

Azamara Club Cruises (4 Cruises)

Crystal Cruises (4 Cruises)

Cunard (1 Cruises)

Explora Journeys (33 Cruises)

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Explora IV

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13 August 43 days One-way from Southampton to New York
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20 August 15 days One-way from Copenhagen to Reykjavik
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25 August 21 days One-way from Hamburg to Quebec City
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25 August 31 days One-way from Hamburg to New York
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27 August 19 days One-way from Southampton to Quebec City
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27 August 8 days One-way from Southampton to Reykjavik
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27 August 29 days One-way from Southampton to New York
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Holland America Line (6 Cruises)

HX Expeditions (4 Cruises)

Lindblad Expeditions (2 Cruises)

MSC Cruises (5 Cruises)

Norwegian Cruise Line (2 Cruises)

Oceania Cruises (27 Cruises)

Ponant (17 Cruises)

Princess Cruises (6 Cruises)

Regent Seven Seas Cruises (8 Cruises)

Scenic Cruises (2 Cruises)

Seabourn Cruise Line (22 Cruises)

SeaDream Yacht Club (2 Cruises)

Silversea Cruises (2 Cruises)

Viking Ocean Cruises (15 Cruises)


Frequently Asked Questions

At the deep-water terminal, recently built to take vessels of all sizes. From the quay it is under ten minutes' walk to the main streets. Depending on the ship and how busy the port is, passengers may instead be tendered to the marina.
Yes, easily. The waterfront with its shops and cafés opens directly onto the harbour basin, and Lews Castle is reached on foot along the far shore. Only trips to Callanish and the west of the island need a vehicle.
Two options fit the time: either the excursion to the Callanish stones, about thirty minutes away by road, or Lews Castle and its museum followed by a wander through the centre. Trying to do both in half a day means rushing and seeing nothing.
A neo-Gothic mansion of the 1850s built for Sir James Matheson, a merchant enriched by trade with the East. Its wooded grounds are now a public park, a rarity in an archipelago almost without trees, and since 2016 the castle has housed the Museum nan Eilean.
The culture of the archipelago: crofting life, the herring fishery, the Gaelic language, and several of the famous Lewis chessmen, carved from walrus ivory in the Middle Ages and found on a beach on the island.
A setting of standing stones raised around 5,000 years ago, older than Stonehenge, about thirty minutes away by road. They form a cross of gneiss facing the lochs and hills, with few barriers and no staging: just the stones, the wind and the sheep.
Tours often add the Carloway broch, an Iron Age defensive tower, and the restored blackhouse village of Gearrannan, where you learn about the weavers' way of life. Together they fill a good half day.
Yes, in the town centre shops: jackets, caps and blankets, often with the orb-stamped certificate of authenticity. Harris Tweed is the only cloth in the world protected by an Act of Parliament, with every metre required to be handwoven in the islanders' own homes.
English everywhere, and Scottish Gaelic, still very much alive in the Outer Hebrides: signage is bilingual and you will hear it in the shops. The currency is sterling, with Scottish banknotes in common circulation.
May to September, for the long Hebridean light and clear roads to the west of the island. Pack waterproofs whatever the season: the weather here changes several times in the same day.