CRUISE NEWS

All you need to know from the high seas

Sold on summer

BRITISH 2021 cruises have been selling out with Viking Venus’s three eight-day England’s Scenic Shores itineraries from Portsmouth in May and June fully booked ( vikingcruises.co.uk, 0800 458 6900).

P&O Cruises also saw an ‘unprecedented’ number of bookings for their cruises which are open to Covid-19 vaccinated adults. Prices from £449 pp on Britannia’s three and four-night UK breaks, which start on June 27 ( pocruises.com, 03453 555 111).

Welcome back

BOREALIS will be the first in Fred Olsen Cruise Lines’ fleet to set sail on July 5 with a three-night scenic maiden voyage from Liverpool. The company’s 11-cruise Welcome Back programme also includes departures from Dover with sailings around the Shetland and Orkney islands as well as the Isles of Scilly. Bolette will depart on a threenight maiden voyage from Dover on August 16 ( fredolsencruises.com, 0800 787 0733).

Seacations from £539

ALL-INCLUSIVE Summer Seacations on Regal Princess start on July 31 and Sky Princess on August 30. The Southampton round-trip three- to seven-night cruises will call at Liverpool, Belfast and Greenock, from £539 pp ( princess.com, 0344 338 8663).

Short and sweet

REDISCOVER England on 22-passenger Edward Elgar, on a cruise from Gloucester Docks along the River Severn and nearby canals from May 17. Choose from two- to six-night sailings visiting Tewkesbury, Slimbridge Wetland Centre and Worcester Cathedral. Prices from £360 pp ( river. englishholidaycruises.co.uk, 01452 410411).

Greece debut

NEW ship Celebrity Apex will make its debut in Greece from June 19. The seven-night Athens round-trips include Mykonos, Rhodes and Santorini as well as Haifa and Jerusalem. Bookings open on March 30 with prices to be announced. Celebrity Cruises will return to the Caribbean with sevennight trips departing St Maarten in June ( celebritycruises.co.uk, 0330 057 3826).