CRUISE NEWS
Champagne’s flowing
TRAILFINDERS is offering £1,000pp off Silversea’s Iceland, Greenland & Atlantic Canada cruise on August 28, 2021. The 19-night holiday now starts from £5,499pp, including flights, two nights in a Reykjavik hotel and one night at the Blue Lagoon’s five-star The Retreat. The 16-night sailing on Silver Whisper has unlimited drinks, including champagne (trailfinders.com, 020 7084 6502).
Island-hopping
PREFER a cruise closer to home? Fred Olsen’s Scottish and Faroe Islands cruise has been reduced to £729 pp. The five-night Edinburgh round-trip on Balmoral departs on August 5, 2021, with calls to the Orkney Islands, Lerwick and the Faroe Islands. Tips are included in the price (rolcruise.co.uk, 0800 117 0065).
In the footsteps of St Paul
TO MEET demand, Celestyal Cruises (pictured) has added extra departure dates to the Steps Of St Paul cruise. The journey takes in holy sites including the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, Turkey, and the Vlatadon Monastery in Thessaloniki, Greece. The ancient city of Ephesus is also on the seven-night itinerary. Departing Athens on October 16 and November 13, 2021, and October 15 and 22, 2022, with cruise-only price from £979pp
(celestyalcruises.uk, 0800 411 8038).
Short and sweet
PICK from five new mini-cruises to hop across the English Channel in summer 2021 on Spirit of Discovery or Spirit of Adventure, with all-inclusive prices from £1,012pp. Guernsey, Ireland, Hamburg, Holland and Brittany are among the options from Southampton or Dover (saga.co.uk, 0800 50 50 30).
Buy one, get one free
SAIL from Bristol to Brazil on Cruise & Maritime Voyages’ 42-night round-trip to the Amazon to look for sloths and anacondas. Marco Polo departs Avonmouth on January 5, 2021. Fares start from £2,999 pp with a buy one, get one free offer if booked by May 31 (cruiseand
maritime.com, 0844 998 3877).
Cosmopolitan Havens
THE Med awaits this autumn on Marina’s seven-night Cosmopolitan Havens cruise from Rome to Monte Carlo. It’s a tempting itinerary with calls to Livorno for Florence and Pisa, plus Corsica, Valencia, Barcelona and Marseille. Price from £1,259pp includes flights, four shore tours and a drinks package
(oceaniacruises.com, 0345 505 1929).
Treasures of the Pacific
THIRTEEN free tours are included in Viking Sun’s new 40-day Tropical Treasures of the Pacific cruise on January 4, 2021. Sail from Los Angeles to Sydney, with calls in the South Pacific and New Zealand, before arriving in Australia. Fly-cruise prices from £12,990 pp
(vikingcruises.co.uk, 0800 298 9700).