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We are sailing

REMEMBER, remember the 5th of November! After an eight-week delay at Meyer Werft shipyard, Saga has announced the Spirit of Adventure’s inaugural cruise will be a 17-night Western Mediterranean round-trip from Southampton to ports including Gibraltar, Rome and Malaga ( travel.saga.co.uk, 0808 278 3157).

Cruise like The Nolans

GET in the mood for cruising like The Nolans! The singing sisters Coleen, Linda, Maureen and Anne sailed on board MSC Grandiosa earlier this year and you can see The Nolans Go Cruising series on the Quest Red travel show (Freeview 38 and Sky 149) from July 7. The seven-night Barcelona round-trip on MSC Grandiosa departs on October 23, from £649 pp ( msccruises.co.uk, 020 3426 3010).

Save £3,000

GIVE freezing February a miss on Oceania’s Sirena. The 24-night Bangkok to Dubai sailing on February 3, 2021, has been reduced by £3,000 to £3,799 pp and calls include Ko Samui, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Phuket, Yangon, Mangalore, Goa and Mumbai. The flycruise also includes £300 pp credit ( trailfinders.com, 020 7368 1300).

New home in Dover

HURTIGRUTEN focuses on wildlife and natural wonders and, from 2021, the Norwegian cruise line will make Dover its home port. The British Isles 13-day sailing visits include Fishguard, Iona, St Kilda, Isle of Man, Waterford and the Isles of Scilly plus Dartmouth. Register interest now for the May 25 to August 2021 trip, ( hurtigruten.co.uk, 020 3 6037 112).

Sailing soon

A-ROSA was one of the first river cruise companies back on European rivers this summer and the eight-day Classic Danube Explorer on A-Rosa Donna takes in Austria, Germany, Hungary and Slovakia. Depart Austria on August 9 from £1,799 pp, including flights and drinks ( newmarket

holidays.co.uk, 0330 160 7766).

Northern Italian gems

UNIWORLD is offering a 10 per cent discount on sailings booked by July 31. They include the eight-day Venice and the Gems of Northern Italy on SS La Venezia, the former River Countess, with prices reduced from £2,299 to £2,069 pp.