DESTINATIONS ROUND-BRITAIN CRUISE
LEFT: Hebridean Princess in Tobermory BELOW: Cunard’s Queen Victoria
sailings in favour of voyages around Scotland because so many of its passengers had done the former and wanted something different. Clare Ward, director of product and customer service, says: “Around-Scotland itineraries enable guests to experience the lesser-explored, more inaccessible and remote parts of the country. Our Scottish guests also enjoy cruising around their homeland because many have not seen it from the water, which is often the best vantage point.” Among 2019 itineraries, a nine-night cruise round-trip from Liverpool in May visits Greenock, Tobermory, Ullapool, Kirkwall, Lerwick in the Shetland Islands and Invergordon, while an eight- night voyage from Liverpool in August will be in Edinburgh during the Military Tattoo. Fred Olsen also has a seven-
night cruise around Ireland in September that calls at Belfast, Dublin, Cobh, Galway and Killybegs. From £1,049 per person. Hebridean Island Cruises’
50-passenger Hebridean Princess sails around the Scottish islands round-trip from Oban or Greenock in Scotland and is selling out fast for 2019. Cruises range from four to
nine days and include themed departures – cycling over the Minch, Gastronomic Scotland,
Around-Scotland itineraries enable guests to experience the more remote parts of the country
Whisky Galore – as well as Footloose itineraries with guided walks or hikes most days. From £2,540 per person cruise-only for a seven-night Outlook on the Clyde cruise round-trip from Greenock, departing April 2, 2019. Others sailing around the UK include Disney Cruise Line, which is sprinkling a little pixie dust over Dublin, Belfast, Greenock and Liverpool on a seven-night voyage from Dover in September 2019; and P&O Cruises, which has a 13-night west coast voyage from Southampton to Kirkwall and back in June 2019, and a 12-night sailing in August 2020. Crystal Cruises has a 14-day golf-themed cruise from Dover in July 2020, which visits England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales, from £5,207 per person. Among more unusual calls, Seabourn is visiting Bantry in Ireland and Cowes on the Isle of
Wight on a 15-day voyage around Ireland from Dover, departing July 1, 2019, while Regent Seven Seas Cruises and Oceania Cruises are calling at Portland – the gateway to Stonehenge and Dorchester – on four round- Britain sailings next year. Saga Cruises’ Spirit of
Discovery and Saga Sapphire will both also be visiting Portland next July – the latter’s 11-night Highland Heritage sailing has an optional excursion to Abbotsbury Gardens for a live jazz concert. Cunard has two British Isles cruises on Queen Victoria in 2019 – a west coast voyage from Southampton in June that visits Greenock, Oban, Kirkwall, Dublin, Liverpool, Cobh and St Peter Port, and a circumnavigation in August that includes calls at Newcastle, Invergordon and Liverpool. Both are 12 nights with prices from £1,499 per person.
Saga Cruises’ Saga Sapphire 50
travelweekly.co.uk 25 October 2018
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