Cruise Destinations

Newly-announced 2010 itineraries for Thomson Cruises will take passengers to the eastern Mediterranean, with regular voyages starting from Marmaris in Turkey. The popular Thomson Celebration, which this summer is sailing in the Adriatic and the Aegean, will next year cruise to Izmir, Santorini, Alexandria in Egypt and Ashdod in Israel, with fares starting from £779 per person including flights and transfers. Thomson Spirit will transfer from Palma, Majorca, to the Greek island of Corfu, sailing to Venice, Dubrovnik, Kotor in Montenegro, Athens and Rhodes, with fares starting at just £579. Thomson destiny will be sailing three itineraries from Palma, with [...]

The Sea of Cortez is a rich haven for marine wildlife, visited by the largest creature in the world, the blue whale, as well as humpbacks, killer whales, giant manta rays and leatherback turtles. Better known as the Gulf of California these days, the sea lies between Baja California and the Mexican mainland. It was the scene of a 1940 expedition by author John Steinbeck which led to his book, The Log from the Sea of Cortez. Until now though, it has not been a regular call for cruise ships. That is about to change with the first of three [...]

The new Genesis-class cruise ships being built by Royal Caribbean are so big - and so much bigger than anything before - that special facilities have to be built for them wherever they go. A vast new terminal is under construction at Fort Lauderdale, where Oasis of the Seas will turn round every Saturday when it enters service later this year, and which sister ship Allure of the Seas will be using every Sunday from 2010. Each time the ships arrive at their Florida base, 5,400 passengers will start their vacation, just as soon as the previous 5,400 have disembarked. [...]