CRUISE NEWS
What you need to know from the High Seas
Ready for the rodeo?
CALGARY’S Stampede bills itself as ‘The Greatest Outdoor Show On Earth’, and tickets for the rodeo are included in Celebrity Eclipse’s 15-night Alaska & Canadian Rockies cruise-and-stay holiday, which departs on July 10, 2021. The trip also features a six-night mountaineer tour and stay in Vancouver, before sailing the Inside Passage. Prices from £4,599 pp ( rolcruise.co.uk, 0800 204 4660).
Voice of cricket
FORMER England cricketer Jonathan Agnew, now the BBC’s voice of cricket, will give a series of talks aboard new boutique river ship Spirit of the Rhine this autumn. The Castles and Vineyards of the Rhine sailing departs Amsterdam on October 18, ahead of the Ashes series in November. Prices from £1,599 pp ( travel. saga.co.uk, 0808 278 3157).
Extra cash to splash out
RECEIVE up to £595 spending money when booking selected Cunard voyages in 2021 and 2022, which you can use to splash out on spa treatments, shopping or drinks. Cruises include Queen Victoria’s seven-night Norwegian Fjords voyage (pictured), which costs from £799 pp, departing Southampton on September 10 ( cunard.com, 0344 3388 641).
Discover the Last Continent
VIKING Cruises’ first expedition ship, Viking Octantis, has been ‘floated out’ at Fincantieri Vard shipyard in Norway. The 378-guest ship will debut in 2022 with sailings to Antarctica via the Drake Passage and Cape Horn. Bookings are open and the 13-day Antarctic Explorer voyage departs Buenos Aires for Ushuaia on January 12, 2022. Prices from £12,995 pp ( vikingcruises.co.uk, 0800 458 6900).
Russia’s Royal Riverways
PUT down a £49 pp deposit to secure an 11-day sailing from Moscow to St Petersburg on MS Rublev. The Russia’s Royal Riverways May 31 cruise costs from £1,749 pp and features tours taking in the Kremlin and Armoury Chamber, Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery, Kizhi Open-Air Museum of Architecture and the Hermitage Museum ( titantravel.co.uk, 0800 988 5823).
No-fly Canaries
BASK in winter sunshine on new ship Iona’s 14-night Canary Islands cruise, with fares starting from £999 pp. The Southampton departure on February 19, 2022 includes entertainment for all the family in between calls to Madeira, Tenerife, Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura, Lanzarote, Cadiz and Lisbon ( pocruises.com, 03453 555 111).