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New Year on board Boudicca which will set t sail from Liverpool on December 18. The liner will be festively decked out to include a gingerbread village.
As well as the Canary y islands of Lanzarote, Gran Canaria, La Gomera, ra, Tenerife and La Palma, the ship will also drop anchorh at t Vi Vigo, Cádi Cádiz and d Casablanca.
Madeira is where you will welcome in the New Year in spectacular style with the island’s famous fireworks display. SPLASH OUT: Book by October 12 to save up to £520pp on Fred Olsen’s 18-night Canaries Christmas & Funchal Fireworks cruise now starting at £1,899pp. CONTACT: fredolsencruises.com, 0800 0355 242. SHAVE up to £780 off a five-star week in paradise next month with Tropical Sky. The exotic holiday specialist has the £959 B&B offer at theDusit Th Thani Kr abi Beach Resort, w which is surrounded by lush g gardens, in Thailand. The hotel el is the perfect GETG ON BOARD: If you dream of sailing through the Pa Panama Canal you can do it twice on this mega trip.
Saga Sapphire will visit 24 Latin American and Ca Caribbean ports, 18 of which are new for the ship. H Highlights include Cartagena in Colombia, Oranjestad in Aruba, Caldera in Costa Rica, Acajutla in El Salvador, plus sites in Mexico, Guatemala, N Nicaragua, Honduras, Belize, Cuba and Jamaica. SPLASHSP OUT: Saga Sapphire sails ils from Southampton on January 11 on the 66-night Central American an Discovery cruise costing from £9,821pp including all meals on board with wine, gratuities, visas, travel insurance and UK mainland travel. CONTACT: saga.co.uk/cruises, 0800 50 50 30. place to chill or you can take a trip to the busy town centre, a couple of miles away. Book by the end of October and fly out from London airports during November to take advantage of the deal. Call 01342 886 941 or see tropicalsky.co.uk. GET ON BOARD: P&O’s Britannia will set sail from St Lucia with the first departure on November 12. The lush volcanic island has risen in popularity thanks to its breathtaking mountain scenery dominated by the twin peaks of Les Pitons along with spectacular rainforest and golden beaches. Fly-cruises on Britannia depart from either St Lucia or Barbados for seven and 14-night trips. SPLASH SPLASHO OUT: A seven-night fly-cruise leaving from B Barbados on December 3 will call at Arub Aruba, Curacao in the Dutch Antilles, Gre Grenada, St Vincent and St Lucia for the fli flight back to the UK. Fares start at £1,099pp based on two sh sharing an inside cabin including return fli flights from Gatwick on December 2 and shi ship transfers. CONTACT:CON pocruises.com, 0843 373 0111. £285 IT’S our 25th wedding anniversary this time next year and we fancy a cruise or US trip. Which would you go for? WHY not combine the two for a dream holiday? Cunard has an 18-night cruise on board the Norwegian Jade on the way out and on the fleet’s flagship Queen Mary 2 on the return.
The first port of call is Lerwick, capital of the Shetland Islands, followed by Reykjavik in Iceland. There are stops at St John’s in Newfoundland as well as in Canada and the United States, where you transfer for a seven-night, fullboard return from New York.
Go to cruise1st.co.uk or call 0800 953 4963 to get more details on the £1,599 break.