INCREDIBLE ENCOUNTERS on the oceans
t may be only the second largest ocean (after the Pacific), but when it comes to wonderful cruise holidays, the Atlantic is a first-rate destination. You might even say that it has a little of everything worth seeing from a ship, from the stunningly different Canary Islands and their mysterious cousins the Azores to the intriguing mixture of bustle and beauty on the Iberian coast.
P&O Cruises has a wealth of experience when it comes to sailing the Atlantic. Step onto one of this much-respected company’s ships, such as Oriana, Ventura, Arcadia, Oceana or Aurora, and you enter a home from home where you can rely on excellent standards of service and the warmest of welcomes. Superb food, comfortable cabins and fabulous evening entertainments are all part of the equation as you cast off towards the far horizon.
The joy of a cruise into the Atlantic with P&O Cruises is that they start on home shores, setting off from the port of Southampton.
Almost any direction is possible from here – south towards the Iberian peninsula to take in the Spanish seaside city of Santander, the fabled Portuguese cities of Oporto and Lisbon; further south to Portugal’s lush tropical outcrop Madeira – or west, to the Azores, where the archipelago capital Ponta Delgada is full of cobbled streets and little churches, and there is every chance of spotting dolphins off-shore. Tenerife, the largest of the Canaries, is always a splendid port of call, with the vast Mount Teide rising into the skyline.
If you’d rather escape for just a few days, P&O Cruises has a range of short breaks to destinations as varied as Amsterdam, Bruges, and Hamburg.
Perfect for those with limited time but a thirst to explore and get away, these offer a wealth of fabulous experiences. See famous sights on a relaxed schedule, with time to sample the local delicacies, whether that’s rich hot chocolate in Bruges, or deliciously decadent chips and mayonnaise from a street stand in Amsterdam.
P&O Cruises has scheduled holidays to all of these places. Why not come aboard?