Cruise Destinations

The dozens of US media representatives invited to Venice for the naming of Carnival Magic have been surprisingly quiet since their arrival in Europe. Twenty-four hours after the event, few of them have so far reported on the event - and they don't have a bank holiday as an excuse. USA Today's indefatigable Gene Sloan was among the first to file and Paul Motter has written a lengthy piece for his CruiseMates website. Of the remainder there has been nothing yet to follow up their previews written before the event, although people like Anita Dunham-Potter and Chris Owen were busy [...]

After an exciting but very windy Easter Monday in Mykonos, Spirit of Adventure is heading out of Greek waters; next port of call - Messina in Sicily. There are two ways to get there: around the Pelopponese peninsula, which juts out from the Greek mainland like an outstretched hand, or through the Corinth Canal, a masterpiece of engineering which cuts through from the Aegean to the Gulf of Corinth and the Ionian Sea. Being Adventurous we chose the latter and passengers were treated to a Champagne breakfast to compensate for their early start soon after sunrise. According to Captain David [...]

Although I am fortunate enough to be able to spend a significant amount of time at sea, so much of that is visiting new ships, or making my first cruise on a vessel, it is rare that I get the chance to return to one I have sailed on before. But this is my third cruise on Spirit of Adventure, which became one of my favourites when I first sailed round the Black Sea on her in 2007. Following that expedition to Romania, Bulgaria and the fascinating ports of the Crimea, I spent another two exciting weeks on board in [...]