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35 per cent discount

THe Greatest Deal ever event from Norwegian Cruise Line offers 35 per cent off all cruises and fly-cruises to summer 2024. It includes Norwegian epic’s new ten-day Mediterranean voyage: Greece, Turkey & Israel to Venice sailing from Haifa, Israel, with ten calls including Ashdod, with time to tour Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. Depart December 12, 2023 from £1,022pp (ncl.com, 0333 241 2319).

Sail and cycle

HIre a bike or bring your own to pedal across the islands of Hvar and Korkula during Sail Croatia’s Cycling Croatia Cruise from Split. The seven-day holidays, from £639pp on a choice of three small ships, also include rides across Mljet and Krka National Parks with an expert guide (sailcroatia.com, 0204 525 7534).

Back by demand

ALMOST half of MSC Cruises in 2021 were filled by new cruisers, so MSC Virtuosa will sail from the UK in summer 2022. Itineraries include Norway, the Baltic and the Med plus a three-nighter to rotterdam (pictured), on September 24, 2022, from £299 pp. Antonio Paradiso, managing director MSC Cruises UK & Ireland, said: ‘We had such an amazing response to MSC Virtuosa we had to bring her back’ (msccruises.co.uk, 0203 426 3010).

Go large

THe world’s largest cruise ship Wonder Of The Seas launches next spring with eight neighbourhoods, an aqua theatre and Playscape, climbing walls and games. A sevennight Western Mediterranean cruise on the 6,988-passenger ship starts at £874pp on May 19, 2022 departing Civitavecchia, rome (royalcaribbean.com, 0344 493 4005).

Sunshine solos

SAVe 50 per cent or, for solo travellers, pay no single supplement on MV Pegasos’s Seychelles island-hopping trips on January 1 and 22, February 26 and March 5, 2022. The eight-day Mahé round-trip starts at £1,187 pp (varietycruises.co.uk, 0208 324 3114).

Arctic savings

SeLeCTeD sailings on Ambassador Cruise Line’s 1,400-guest ship Ambience are being discounted by more than 30 per cent including the 21-night Arctic Voyage to Greenland & Iceland which leaves London Tilbury on June 21, 2022. Price is now £1,699 pp (ambassadorcruiseline.com, 0808 102 8349).

Guernsey again

NeXT spring St Peter Port in Guernsey will re-open to cruise passengers after a twoyear break. P&O Cruises’ Aurora will be one of the first ships to call in during a threenight Southampton round-trip on May 2. Price from £299pp with a deposit of £15pp (pocruises.com, 03453 555 111).

LESLEY BELLEW