There are now fewer than 50 cabins available on Ocean Village’s final cruise season in the Caribbean. Book online, and you can grab one of them for as little as £1,299 for a 14-night voyage.
Choose from two departure dates next month: fly from the UK to Barbados on either March 3 or March 10 for a cruise to 10 different islands, including Tortola, St Maarten, St Kitts, Dominica, Tobago, St Lucia and Grenada.
Ocean Village – the casual-style ship “for people who don’t do cruises” will be sailing in the Mediterranean during the summer before being transferred to P&O Australia’s fleet in the autumn.
Go to www.oceanvillageholidays.co.uk .
An Eastern Mediterranean cruise on the ship, departing on April 8 or April 22, is available from £1,049. Fly from the UK to join the ship at Heraklion, Crete; the 14-night voyage then visits Port Said, Egypt; Limassol, Cyprus; the Greek island of Rhodes; Kusadasi in Turkey; Piraeus (the port for Athens); Dubrovnik and Korcula in Croatia; Venice, and Corfu.
Go to www.gillscruise.com or call 08456 58 23 23.
Celebrate the start of spring by sailing on a seven-night cruise aboard the glistening new Costa Pacifica for only £429 (flights extra). Departs Civitavecchia (the port for Rome) on March 21 and visits Savona, Barcelona, Palma de Mallorca, Tunis, Malta and Catania, in Sicily.
Go to www.costacruises.co.uk or call 0845 351 0552.
Flights from regional airports including Manchester, Norwich and Teesside are available for an Easter cruise in the Caribbean on the Fred Olsen ship Braemar. Departing from Barbados on April 1, the 15-night cruises calls at St Lucia, St Maartin, Grand Turk, Santiago de Cuba, Aruba, Curacao, Bonaire and Grenada. Fares start at £1,199.
Go to www.fredolsencruises.co.uk or call 01473 742424
Ever heard of the three-toed gull or seen a sea eagle catching fish in its powerful claws? On a six-day cruise with Hurtigruten you could sign up for bird-watching excursions and be accompanied by a professional guide identifying some of the millions of Arctic birds returning to the Norwegian coast . Fares from £1,002 include five night’s full board on the ship travelling for Kirkenes to Bergen. Departs May 20.
Go to www.hurtigruten.co.uk or call 0844 448 7601
About the Author: John Honeywell
John Honeywell is a travel writer specialising in cruise ships and cruise travel. Winner of CLIA UK's Contribution to Cruise award 2017.
If you enjoy scenery & capitals then try a Baltic Cruise.
If you enjoy sunshine the it must be a Caribbean cruise.