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Gironde, Garonne and Dordogne Rivers round-trip from Bordeaux. The itinerary takes in wine tours in the St Émilion and the Médoc region, and tours to Cognac and Arcachon, where passengers can climb Europe’s largest sand dune. Prices from £2,495pp in November including fl ights and transfers.
THE DANUBE Scenic Tours is launching another two of its so-called 'space ships' in 2015, but unlike its other vessels they will have a pool on the sun deck. Scenic Jasper enters service in April, and will sail eight-night cruises between Amsterdam and Nuremberg, while Scenic Opal launches in May and will be sailing one-week cruises between Amsterdam and Basel; from £1,395 departing April 1 including fl ights and transfers. Emerald Waterways (
emeraldwaterways.co.uk), a less- inclusive sister company to Scenic Tours, is also launching two vessels next year. Emerald Sun will be sailing 15-day cruises between Amsterdam and Budapest from April, while Emerald Dawn launches
FOCUS ON THE RHINE &
Central photo: CroisiEurope's Loire Princess to be launched April 2015 Top right: Amadeus will launch the 84-passenger Amadeus Silver 11 in April 2015 Above: The Heritage Suite onboard Ganges Voyager featured by APT
in June, sailing the Rhine between Amsterdam and Basel; from £2,595pp on Emerald Sun departing April 4 including fl ights and transfers. For the third-year running, the award for the most new vessels goes to Viking, which is launching another 10 Longships in spring and summer 2015 on the Rhine, Main and Danube, all of them to be sold in the US only for now. But there is plenty of other choice for British clients. Amadeus is launching the 84-passenger Amadeus Silver II in April, on the Rhine, Main and Danube. The vessel will have 12 suites with walk- out balconies and a Café Vienna. US operator Tauck (
tauck.co.uk), which has just opened a UK offi ce, is launching the 118-passenger Esprit in April, while Riviera Travel (
rivieratravel.co.uk) has two new vessels – Jane Austen, which enters service next May and Charles Dickens which launches in July. Uniworld River Cruises (
uniworldrivercruises.co.uk) is launching the 155-passenger Maria Theresa next spring. The vessel will have an indoor swimming pool, cinema and leopard-themed bar and sail tulip-time cruises in spring. For the rest of the year Maria Theresa will sail between Amsterdam and Budapest on 15-day cruises. •
2015 STATS SAMPLE DEAL
ONE WEEK SAILINGS BETWEEN AMSTERDAM AND BASEL ON SCENIC TOURS' SCENIC OPAL HAVE A STARTING PRICE OF £1,395 INCLUSIVE OF FLIGHTS AND TRANSFERS. THE VESSEL WILL BE LAUNCHED IN MAY 2015.
scenictours.co.uk
The amount in euro millions being invested in river cruising
175 35
10
The number of new ships due
to be launched in 2015
The number of new Viking
Longships due to be on the water for 2015
Offering the ultimate in Luxury River Cruising, with the youngest fl eet and largest staterooms on Europe’s rivers...
To fi nd out more call 0800 440 2672 or contact
agencysales@avaloncruises.co.uk We are a member of ABTA & all our fl ight inclusive holidays are protected by the ATOL scheme. This is only applicable to 2015 bookings. Correct at time of send (21 October 2014).
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