LAND CRUISE NEWS
Our newest section in World of Cruising, looking at exclusive, luxury tours by rail
who will offer you face-to-face insight. Find out what life is like onboard, view the newest ships, discover the many cruise styles and accommodation types, plus get the latest on the hottest new destinations and trends. Theatre 3 – Adventure Cruise: A focus on small-ship cruises, exotic destinations and specialist cruise operators, who can take you to remote parts of the world. This is the ideal platform for those with a sense for adventure and will explore cruises to the Polar Regions, Cambodia, Galapagos Islands, the Amazon River and more.
Daily Telegraph Cruise Clinic Visit the Daily Telegraph’s special Cruise Clinic for expert advice on planning your next cruise. From comprehensive cruise news to analysis, comment and debate, plus celebrity speakers, Telegraph Travel provides all the latest tourism news and detailed info to help find the perfect trip.
The Deck Lounge & Bar Relax with a glass of wine or indulge with some champagne at The Deck – a great place to catch up with friends, mull over your next cruise or simply take a break from the excitement of the show.
Exclusive show-only offers With only the cruise lines and specialist cruise operators exhibiting, you will find exciting and exclusive show-only offers, not normally available on the high-street.
WIN a superb cruise for 2 with Celebrity Cruises All visitors will have the chance to win an amazing 14-night cruise for 2 on superb Celebrity Eclipse, sailing June 18 from Southampton to the Baltic, including Helsinki, Tallinn, Stockholm and a breathtaking overnight stay in St Petersburg. The Eclipse encapsulates excep- tional service and style, with a host of ground-breaking features, and represents a wonderful opportunity to sample the way Celebrity Cruises cosset and pamper their guests. Eclipse has also been enhanced especially for her ex-UK sailings.
Visit the competition page on www.
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terms and conditions and to enter. Rail and Opera
Top long-distance rail-tour operator GW TRAVEL has an exciting new tour option on their luxury Crimean Express journey this year. The exclusive Golden Eagle train, which operates between Moscow and Yalta, will now have an exclusive opportunity to take in an opera and ballet tour as part of the Moscow- St Petersburg leg of the journey. The programme has been developed in connection with the world-famous Mariinsky Theatre and will include four evening performances at some of the most famous opera houses in Russia and the Ukraine, including the Mariinsky (Kirov) in St Petersburg and the Bolshoi in Moscow. The nine-day itinerary departs November 9, 2011, and runs from Moscow to Vladimir, Suzdal, Kiev, Odessa and St Petersburg. Prices start from £4,795 per person (based on a Silver Class, twin- share) and include one night in Moscow, two nights in St Petersburg and five nights on board the superb Golden Eagle. More info: call 0161 928 9410 or visit
www.gwtravel.co.uk.
Now skip ahead to page 82 for our full, in-depth feature on the Crimean Express.
Moscow-Nice Opens Up
International train travel got another boost late last year with the maiden journey of the new Moscow to Nice service, from the Belorussky Station, travelling via Poland, Austria and Italy. With an initial journey time of 50 hours – which they hope to reduce to 36 by the end of the year – the joint venture between the Federal Passenger Company and SNCF Europe has been a huge success in its first few months. The train has three deluxe carriages, six first-class carriages and one second-class carriage, plus two restaurant carriages offering Russian and European cuisine with menus in Russian and English. Staff speak Polish, Russian and English. Ticket prices for the whole journey range from €306 for second-class up to €1,200 for a deluxe-class compartment occupied by a single passenger. A flexible pricing system is in place for children up to 12, young people up to 26 and passen- gers over 60, as well as for groups of six or more passengers and travelling couples. The ticket cost includes hand luggage of up to 35kg for each adult ticket and 15kg per child under 12.
High-Speed to Russia
The new high-speed link between Russian and Finland is now open fol- lowing the departure of the first Allegro train from Helsinki to St Petersburg. The launch ceremony at Helsinki
Central Station was attended by Finnish President Taria Halonen, Russian Railways president Vladimir Yakunin, VR Group CEO Mikael Aro and other dignitaries and marked the culmination of years of joint work by the two countries. Yakunin said: “It’s symbolic that this has happened during a year when we’re marking 140 years since railway
services between our contries began. I am confident both European and Russian passengers will highly appreci- ate this new transport product.” Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin
boarded the Allegro for its maiden journey in December, and prices from St Petersburg-Helsinki cost €84 in second class and €134 for first class.
IN BRIEF
Paris-Hamburg Sleeper Reinstated: The German City Night Line sleeper train company is to reinstate the direct Paris-Hamburg sleeper train that was withdrawn a few years ago, once more giving the chance to leave London in the afternoon and arrive in Hamburg in time for business the next day. Faster & More Frequent Paris- Geneva TGVs: What was a single- track local line in south-east France has been rebuilt as a main line cutting quite a few miles off the Paris-Geneva distance. The Paris to Geneva journey will now be cut from 3hr 20min to 3hr 4min, and the seven daily TGVs will be increased to 9, most with connections from London by Eurostar. For info & inclusive packages, call 020 3327 0766 or
www.railbookers.com
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