This week’s top cruise deals

Plenty of opportunities this week to snap up a good value cruise on a ship returning to Europe after a winter sailing in the sunny Caribbean.
Fly to Barbados on March 19 to board P&O’s Oceana, and visit St Lucia, St Maarten, Tortola, Antigua and finally Madeira before arriving in Southampton on April 2. The fare of £1,016 per person for two sharing an inside cabin includes flights, all meals and entertainment, and works out at £73 per day. Go to www.pocruises.co.uk or call 0845 3 555 333.
Or fly to Barbados on March 12 to join the family-friendly Ventura, and spend a night in port before calling at St Vincent, St Lucia, St Maarten and Tenerife, finally docking in Southampton on March 26. Fares start at £999 per person for two sharing an inside cabin, and include £150 per cabin on-board credit which will help meet the bar bills. Go to www.gillscruise.com or call 08456 58 23 23
Royal Caribbean ship Vision of the Seas will set off across the Atlantic from Rio de Janeiro. Fly from the UK on April 4 and spend a night in a hotel before boarding the ship and sailing to Salvador de Bahia in north-east Brazil, Tenerife, Madeira, and Seville in Spain before docking in Lisbon, Portugal, for the flight home. Fares start at £899, including flights, transfers and hotel. Go to www.iglucruise.com or call 020 8544 6447.
Want to get away sooner? Then fly to Tenerife on January 29 to board Thomson’s Island Escape for a seven-night cruise calling at Madeira, Agadir in Morocco, Lanzarote and Las Palmas, Gran Canaria. Fares start at £599. Go to www.cruise118.com or call 0800 280 2614.
Take a peek at the tallest building in the world on your way to an eight-night cruise aboard Royal Caribbean’s Brilliance of the Seas starting in Dubai on February 1 and calling at Muscat, Fujairah, Abu Dhabi and Bahrain. Fares start at £949 per person, including flights, for two sharing a balcony cabin. Go to www.gillscruise.com or call
08456 58 23 23
Or head further east for a 14-night cruise to Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand on board Costa Allegra. Starting in Singapore on February 6, the voyage calls at Ujung Pandang and Komodo Island, Bali, Jakarta, Malacca, Phuket and Kuala Lumpur. Fares start at £844 per person, cruise-only. Go to www.costacruises.co.uk or call 0845 351 0552.