CRUISE NEWS
All you need to know from the high seas
Scarlet Lady weekends
SIX adults-only Summer Soirees along the British coast from Portsmouth start on August 6 on Virgin Voyages’ Scarlet Lady for UK passengers who are fully vaccinated against Covid-19. Bookings open on Tuesday ( virginvoyages.com).
Going Greek
THREE cruise lines have announced Greek Islands sailings from Athens. Silversea’s new flagship Silver Moon will welcome guests from June 18, departing on ten-day itineraries. Bookings open from April 15 ( silversea.com, 0844 251 0837).
Seabourn Ovation ( seabourn.com, 0344 338 8615) sets sail on July 3, offering two seven-night itineraries which can be combined. Bookings open on Monday.
Meanwhile, Norwegian Jade’s passengers can join seven-day sailings from July 25, visiting the ports of Santorini, Mykonos and Rhodes. Prices start from £536 pp ( ncl.com, 0333 2412319).
Wilderness and winelands
EXPLORE the Cape Winelands, Aquila Game Reserve, the Cape of Good Hope Nature
Reserve and Boulders Beach during a free land extension to Seven Seas Explorer’s Southern Atlantic Expedition cruise departing December 22. Price starts from £6,949 pp ( rssc.com, 023 8068 2280).
River romance
SECURE 30 per cent off selected 2021 Uniworld River Cruises, with prices from £1,749 pp for a seven-night Amsterdam to Basel itinerary, based on an October 31 departure. Price includes meals, drinks, sightseeing, flights and overseas transfers ( mundycruising.co.uk, 020 7399 7670).
Circumnavigate Corsica
WATCH for dolphins and whales in the turquoise sea on a circumnavigation of Corsica during Le Bougainville’s sevennight round-trips from m Nice between May and July 2022. The Wild And Authentic Corsica sailings start from £2,610 pp with a 30 per cent discount, and feature visits to Bonifacio, af Calvi and the Gulf of Santa-Manza ( ponant.com, 0800 980 4027).
Free bar perk
A FREE bar open 11 hours a day, complimentary - shore tours, s, as well as no single le supplement, makes MS Livingstone’s Magic Of The Nile an enticing deal for or 2022. Prices start from £1,375 375pp, pp, and include three nights at the Sonesta St George Hotel, Luxor, and a seven-night Nile cruise (pictured). Sailings from January to October, with flights from Heathrow ( passionforcruises.co.uk, 02920 619961).
Star turn
PONDERS Travel is offering a 14-night sailing around the Caribbean on tall ship Star Clipper from £2,900 pp. The Panama to Antigua voyag voyage on March 25, 2023, includes ca calls to Cartagena de Indias and Santa Marta, Colom Colombia; Oranjestad, Aru Aruba; Kralendijk, Bo Bonaire; Basseterre an and South Friars Bay, St K Kitts and Gustavia, St Barts. Flights are extra ( ponderstravel. co.uk, 01954 232802).
Cash C in on choice
OPT for a £1,000 on board fund, fund free drinks, wifi or shore tours on Oceania Sirena’s Sirena Western Europe round-trip from Southampton, with calls to Le Havre, St Malo, La Rochelle, Brest, Bilbao and San Sebastian. Price from £2,220 pp on June 3, 2022 ( panachecruises.com, 0161 516 5890). LESLEY BELLEW