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LA to Vancouver
WITNESS the beauty of North America’s West Coast on Viking Orion’s new Pacific Coast Explorer cruise from Los Angeles to Vancouver. The nine-day trip takes in San Diego, Santa Barbara and Victoria. Prices from £2,640 pp based on April 2022 departures (viking. com, 0800 319 6660).
Free upgrade
BOOK before December 31 for a free upgrade to a veranda stateroom on Crystal Symphony’s seven-night sailings to the Caribbean and Bahamas from Miami from November to March 2022. Fares from £1,277pp and solo fares from £1,382 pp, cruise only (crystalcruises.co.uk, 0207 399 7603).
Magical Mississippi
SAIL the Mississippi on American Queen’s River Of Legends cruise on March 5, 2022, from New Orleans to Memphis. The ten-day holiday includes two nights in a hotel and a seven-night cruise, plus drinks package with prices from £3,395pp (lightbluetravel.co.uk, 01223 568 904).
Alaska Adventure
HOLLAND America Line celebrates its 75th anniversary of cruising in Alaska next year with new itineraries including Seattle Triple Denali on the Nieuw Amsterdam, departing May 8, 2022. Spend three nights in Denali, North
America’s highest mountain, before cruising Glacier Bay and the Inside Passage. Prices from £2,448pp ( hollandamerica.com,
0344 338 8608).
Caribbean deal
ALL-INCLUSIVE Regent Seven Seas Splendor’s Glimmering Shores cruise from Miami on December 8 has been reduced from £5,229pp to £4,942 pp and features a choice of 52 free shore tours during calls including San Juan, St Kitts and Antigua ( panache cruises.com, 0161 513 8200).
Cooking up a treat
CHEF James Martin has been sailing on Uniworld’s SS Bon Voyage ship in Bordeaux this week to create a fourcourse meal for guests and present cooking demos. He told Escape: ‘As a schoolboy I used to stay in St Emilion during the summer holidays, so it’s great be back in this region. I’ve loved this trip so much that I am going to arrange to do four more next year.’ (uniworld. com, 0808 168 9110).