Cruise Deals

National Cruise Week runs from September 20-27. The packages on offer have been put together by members of the Association of Cruise Experts (ACE). For more information on all the offers here go to www.discovercruises.co.uk Save up to £300 per state room on a 12-night Med cruise aboard Ruby Princess, with fares reduced to £1,149pp including flights and transfers. Check out the on board spending credit offers with Crystal Cruises and Costa Cruises. P&O Cruises are offering discounts on 50 sailings to the Med, Caribbean and Baltic. A 25-night cruise around the Med, leaving on October 22 visiting 15 ports [...]

Join Royal Caribbean's Splendour of the Seas on a seven-night cruise around the Greek Islands departing on October 1. The fare of £782 per person includes return flights from Heathrow to Venice and the itinerary fits in calls at the walled city of Dubrovnik, in Croatia; Corfu, Athens, Kusadasi in Turkey - for a tour to the ancient city of Ephesus - and Heraklion in Crete. See www.royalcaribbean.co.uk or call 0844 493 2061 Explore the Mediterranean for seven nights on a cruise aboard the informal Island Escape. Flights are available from Gatwick, Stansted or Bournemouth on October 6 to join [...]

Savour the sights of Shanghai, the Japanese cities of Nagasaki and Fukoka, and Cheju, South Korea's "Island of the Gods", aboard the Costa Classica. Fares (cruise only) from £409 based on two adults sharing an inside cabin. Leaves Shanghai on Sept 25. Call 0845 351 055 or www.costacruises.co.uk. Sail from Barcelona on September 26 aboard Celebrity Century for a seven-night cruise to Cannes, Portofino, Livorno, Civitavecchia and Naples. Fares (cruise only) from £493 pp. www.thelca.com or call 0870 122 5115. Seven nights on Norwegian Jade from Barcelona on September 27 cost from £919. Ports include Naples and Cannes. www.cruise118.com or [...]

* HERE'S an unusual opportunity, to sail from the UK with Costa. The Italian line has Europe's largest fleet of cruise ships, but they rarely visit these shores. On September 12 the Costa Magica leaves Dover for Cherbourg and then heads to Vigo and Lisbon in Portugal before visiting Cadiz and Malaga in Spain. The cruise ends in Savona, Italy. Fares for the eight-night voyage start at £579pp, cruise-only, for two sharing an inside cabin. Log on to www.costacruises.co.uk or call 0845 351 0552. * SEVEN nights on a Mediterranean cruise aboard the Thomson Destiny available from Cruise118.com from £699. [...]

Royal Mail Ship St Helena makes only two voyages a year between the UK and the remote Atlantic island from which she takes her name. Here's a rare opportunity to travel on this unique vessel - part liner, part cargo ship - from the Canary Islands to Portland in Dorset. The £589 fare includes a flight from Gatwick on September 21, a night in a Tenerife hotel, and five nights on the ship. Log on to www.rms-st-helena.com/tenerife-short-cruise.html or call 020 7575 6480. Party animals might prefer to fly to Miami for a seven-night cruise to Grand Cayman, Isla Roatan, Belize [...]