CRUISE NEWS

DESTINATION UK

SISTER companies P&O Cruises and Princess Cruises are replacing overseas sailings with a series of UK short-break round trips from Southampton this summer. P&O’s Arcadia, Aurora, Azura and Ventura will sail in home waters until August 31, and Britannia and Iona until September 30. Regal Princess and Sky Princess will also offer week-long holidays until September 25. Sales open later this month for UK passengers only ( pocruises. com, 03453 555 111/ princess.com, 0344 338 8663). Meanwhile, Saga Cruises has announced another extension to its pause in sailing. Spirit of Discovery will restart on June 27 and Spirit of Adventure’s inaugural cruise is now planned for July 26.

NO-GO GUERNSEY

THE ‘floral island’ of Guernsey is a cruise favourite, but ships will not be calling in during 2021. Wendy Pedder, VisitGuernsey marketing manager, said: ‘Due to the operational and logistical requirements, we have taken the decision to cancel the programme for this year.’

LEADING THE WAY

ISRAEL and Royal Caribbean are gearing up for a return to cruising. The 4,284-passenger ship Odyssey of the Seas is due to set sail from Haifa on three to seven-night cruises to Greece and Cyprus in May. For now, the sailings will be for vaccinated Israeli nationals only ( royalcaribbean.co.uk, 0344 493 4005).

GO SOLO TO GREECE

SINGLE travellers can secure a cabin with a £50 deposit on Norwegian Pearl’s seven-night Greek Isles & Turkey cruise. Fly to Athens to join the ship on October 10. From £941pp ( passionforcruises.co.uk, 02920 619961).