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CroisiEurope charts more sailings for 2022 An expanded CroisiEurope sailing programme for 2022 features 55 ships on 16 major rivers. In addition, the French line’s new ocean ship, La Belle des Oceans, will offer two new itineraries, in the Canary Islands and in Corsica. Prices for the seven-night Canary Islands cruises between Lanzarote and Tenerife between November 2021 and April 2022 start from £2,175 per person. croisieurope.co.uk


Crystal Cruises to base Symphony in Antigua


Crystal Cruises is to base a ship in Antigua for the first time as part the luxury line’s restart plans. Crystal Symphony will run 15 cruises from August 15. The 10-night itineraries include stops at Barbados, Saint Lucia, Sint Maarten and the British Virgin Islands. Cruise-only fares start at $2,999, with early-booking discounts of up to $1,000. crystalcruises.com


Riviera reveals 2022 itineraries in Adriatic


Riviera Travel will operate five Adriatic itineraries on its 40-passenger yachts between May and October 2022. The 70-departure programme includes two itineraries solely for solo travellers: Split, Dubrovnik and the Splendours of Dalmatia; and Split, Rab and Undiscovered Islands of the North. Fares across the range start at £1,499 and include tours and port taxes. rivieratravel.co.uk


Liverpool Marella Explorer


Marella unveils UK cruises out of Southampton and Newcastle


Samantha Mayling


Marella Cruises has put its domestic summer cruises on sale on board two ships. Marella Explorer will depart Southampton from


June 25 on seven UK itineraries, calling at Belfast, Dublin and Liverpool. A three-night Sail the South Coast cruise,


visiting Dover for Canterbury Cathedral and Portland for Abbotsbury Swannery & Gardens, starts from under £450. A Sail the Irish Sea itinerary will depart


Passengers aged 18-plus will be required to have


had both Covid-19 vaccination jabs at least seven days before travelling. Under-18s on Explorer will be asked to have a lateral flow test. Infants under the age of two will not be able to sail as they are exempt from testing. All guests must also provide proof of a negative lateral flow test before boarding. Chris Hackney, Tui UK and Ireland


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managing director of cruise, said: “Domestic sailings are a great step for the industry and give us the opportunity to take our customers to destinations full of culture


in August from Southampton, visiting cities including Liverpool, Dublin and Cobh in the Republic of Ireland. Scottish itineraries include British Sights and Seas,


featuring Invergordon, Kirkwall, Leith, Edinburgh and Newcastle, before returning to Southampton. A Taste of the West Coast will sail to Greenock,


Belfast and Holyhead. Adult-only Marella Explorer 2 will offer Newcastle


departures from July 10, which will go on sale by the end of this month when details are confirmed.


and history while still being close to home.” Marella Cruises will continue the pause


in operations for Marella Discovery and Marella


Discovery 2 until July 31. These ships are due to homeport in Palma and Corfu this summer. Those booked on cancelled Explorer or Explorer 2 international cruises will be offered a UK sailing with an incentive or a full refund.


tui.co.uk/cruise i Destinations, page 22


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