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The River Cruise Line is offering free excursion packages worth €208pp on their 10-day Vienna and Budapest cruises on the Danube, departing regularly until the end of October. The trip on Serenity also visits Bratislava, capital of Slovakia. Prices from €1,029pp include return coach travel from various UK departure points, excursions and the services of a cruise manager throughout. rivercruiseline co.uk, 00441858 435 655

Join Fred Olsen’s Boudicca for a 16-night Rugged and Rural Canada cruise, sailing from Liverpool on July 29. The itinerary explores the country’s eastern seaboard calling at Newfoundland’s historic capital St John’s, Unesco-listed archaeological site L’anse aux Meadows and French heritage in the Saint Pierre and Miquelon archipelago. Prices start from €1,485pp. fredolsencruises.com, 0044 800 0355 242

Discover Northern Spain and Normandy on a seven-night cruise on Royal Caribbean’s Independence of the Seas. She departs on a round trip from Southampton on October 14 and calls at Gijon, Bilbao, Cherbourg and Le Havre, with ocean view cabins costing from €727 per person. royalcaribbean.co.uk, 0044 844 493