CRUISE NEWS
All you need to know from the high seas
Scarlet Lady weekends
SIX adults-only Summer Soirees along the British coast from Portsmouth start on August 6 on Virgin Voyages’ Scarlet Lady for UK passengers who are fully vaccinated against Covid-19. Bookings open on Tuesday (virginvoyages.com).
Going Greek
THREE cruise lines have announced Greek Islands sailings from Athens. Silversea’s new flagship Silver Moon will welcome guests from June 18, departing on ten-day itineraries. Bookings open from April 15 (silversea.com, 0844 251 0837).
Seabourn Ovation (seabourn.com, 0344 338 8615) sets sail on July 3, offering two seven-night itineraries which can be combined. Bookings open on Monday.
Meanwhile, Norwegian Jade’s passengers can join seven-day sailings from July 25, visiting the ports of Santorini, Mykonos and Rhodes. Prices start from £536 pp (ncl.com, 0333 2412319).
Wilderness and winelands
EXPLORE the Cape Winelands, Aquila Game Reserve, the Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve and Boulders Beach during a free land extension to Seven Seas Explorer’s Southern Atlantic Expedition cruise departing December 22. Price starts from £6,949 pp (rssc.com, 023 8068 2280).
River romance
SECURE 30 per cent off selected 2021 Uniworld River Cruises, with prices from £1,749 pp for a seven-night Amsterdam to Basel itinerary, based on an October 31 departure. Price includes meals, drinks, sightseeing, flights and overseas transfers (mundycruising.co.uk, 020 7399 7670).
Circumnavigate Corsica
WATCH for dolphins and whales in the turquoise sea on a circumnavigation of Corsica during Le Bougainville’s sevennight round-trips from Nice between May and July 2022. The Wild And Authentic Corsica sailings start from £2,610 pp with a 30 per cent discount, and feature visits to Bonifacio, Calvi and the Gulf of Santa-Manza (ponant. com, 0800 980 4027).
Free bar perk
A FREE bar open 11 hours a day, complimentary shore tours, as well as no single supplement, makes MS Livingstone’s Magic Of The Nile an enticing deal for 2022. Prices start from £1,375pp, and include three nights at the Sonesta St George Hotel, Luxor, and a seven-night Nile cruise (pictured). Sailings from January to October, with flights from Heathrow (passionforcruises.co.uk, 02920 619961).
Star turn
PONDERS Travel is offering a 14-night sailing around the Caribbean on tall ship Star Clipper from £2,900pp. The Panama to Antigua voyage on March 25, 2023, includes calls to Cartagena de Indias and Santa Marta, Colombia; Oranjestad, Aruba; Kralendijk, Bonaire; Basseterre and South Friars Bay, St Kitts and Gustavia, St Barts. Flights are extra (ponderstravel. co.uk, 01954 232802).
Cash in on choice
OPT for a £1,000 on board fund, free drinks, wifi or shore tours on Oceania Sirena’s Western Europe round-trip from Southampton, with calls to Le Havre, St Malo, La Rochelle, Brest, Bilbao and San Sebastian. Price from £2,220 pp on June 3, 2022 (panachecruises.com, 0161 516 5890).