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Oceania reveals four Speciality Voyages


Oceania Cruises has revealed four Speciality Voyages sailing in 2026. Cookbook authors Sara Moulton and Claudine Pépin will join separate sailings on May 12 and July 2 from Lisbon and Seattle. A Culinary Luminaries Cruise will sail from Belfast on September 15, and an Oceania Club Reunion Cruise will voyage from Barcelona on November 5. oceaniacruises.com


Nat Geo-Lindblad unveils first brochure with Iceland sailings


National Geographic-Lindblad Expeditions has launched its first brochure with Iceland voyages aimed at the UK market. The 24-page publication


highlights three expedition itineraries for 2025 and 2026: Fire & Ice: An Eight-Day Sail Around Iceland; a 10-day Circumnavigation of Iceland; and the six-day Exploring Iceland: Fjords, Waterfalls & Wildlife. Optional five and seven-day pre


and post-cruise land extensions to see the 2026 solar eclipse are featured. Fly-cruise prices start from £4,871 for an eight-day sailing departing on July 1, 2025. To tie in with the launch,


the cruise line is offering a UK-exclusive discount of 35% on all 2025 and 2026 eight-day Iceland departures. expeditions.co.uk


Nieuw Statendam


HAL sets sail for solar eclipse and northern lights in 2027


Ella Sagar Holland America Line has unveiled two solar eclipse


cruises and two northern lights sailings in 2027. Nieuw Statendam will sail a 28-day Legendary Solar


Eclipse & Cosmic Port Explorer voyage which will be a round trip from Dover from July 9, with prices leading in at £6,299. There will be 14 ports of call across Denmark, the


UK, Netherlands, France, Spain, Portugal, Gibraltar and Morocco, including excursions to Montjuic Hill and Observatory in Barcelona and passengers will be in the


path of the eclipse off the coast of Morocco. Oosterdam will operate a 14-day Mediterranean


Solar Eclipse & Astronomical Discovery cruise, which will sail a round trip from Piraeus (Athens) from July 31 and cost from £3,719. The ship will stop in Tunisia, Malta, Italy and Greece, with an extended call in Valletta to visit the


Celestyal offers discounts of up to 60% on more than 80 sailings


Iceland brochure 26 5 JUNE 2025


Celestyal is offering up to 60% off 87 Mediterranean Greek and Arabian Gulf sailings departing between June 2025 and March 2027. The discount can be combined with 25% off beverage and speciality dining on all pre- purchases of CelestyalPay. Complimentary excursions are also available with every pre-purchase of speciality food and beverage credits. All offers will run until August 31. celestyal.com


14Ports of call on Legendary Solar Eclipse & Cosmic Port voyage


Royal Malta Observatory and will be near the coast of


Tunisia to view the eclipse. Nieuw Statendam will also make a 15-day Arctic Journey and Northern Lights voyage from Dover, with


fares leading at £3,279. Rotterdam will sail a 14-day Arctic Journey and


Northern Lights with History Channel cruise from Rotterdam on October 3, with prices starting at £3,199. For a limited time, passengers will receive the line’s


“Have It All” early-booking bonus, which provides shore excursion credit, speciality dining credit, prepaid crew appreciation, a beverage package, premium Wi-Fi and up to $300 onboard credit per person. hollandamerica.com


Quark voyage to witness longest duration of the 2026 solar eclipse


Quark Expeditions has scheduled a second solar eclipse voyage in August 2026. The 17-day cruise on Ocean Explorer will depart from Reykjavik on August 3 and head to East Greenland’s High Arctic – location of the longest eclipse duration of two minutes, 17 seconds. Eclipse cartographer Michael Zeiler will join the sailing. quarkexpeditions.com


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