Cruise to the spectacular bulb fields of Keukenhof

Spend a day at the world’s largest spring flower garden with Saga. The 79-acre Keukenhof garden will be a blaze of colour with tulips, hyacinths, daffodils and other spring bulbs filling the flower beds.

The river cruiser Regina Rheni II will depart for The Hague, via Gouda. For a complete change of scenery, the 154-passenger Regina Rheni II, chartered exclusively for Saga, will sail on to Kinderdijk for passengers to view the UNESCO-protected windmills.

The cruise also visits Arnhem,  Zwolle, Kampen, Hoorn, and the fishing village of Volendam before cruising to Amsterdam. An early arrival in Amsterdam offers a full day of sightseeing in this lively city. 

Seven nights from £1,049, departing on 1 April from St Pancras on Eurostar or fly from Aberdeen, Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh, London Gatwick Newcastle or Norwich. A further option is to travel by coach from Folkestone on Eurotunnel.

Price includes all meals, wine, beer and soft drinks with lunch and dinner, cocktail party and Saga dinner, cruise director, Saga cruise escort, entertainment and activities on the ship, travel insurance and additional cancellation cover.

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AMA's Tulip-Time Savings!

Award-winning river cruise line AmaWaterways is offering savings of up to £450 per person on its Tulip Time cruises along the waterways of Belgium and The Netherlands this spring. Sailing round-trip from Amsterdam, this seven-night cruise offers a chance to see the lavish displays of tulips and other cultivated flowers that form dazzling carpets across the flat Dutch countryside from March to May. 

The voyage also visits Volendam and Edam, both famed for their cheese production; Arnhem; Nijmegen; and the city of Antwerp, known for its diamond production and fashion scene. There are tours to the pretty Belgian cities of Ghent and Bruges, as well as Kinderdijk, where the landscape is dotted with windmills. Sample more cheese at Gouda and visit Delft, home of the famous pottery. Finally, visit the legendary Keukenhof Gardens, planted with seven million tulips, daffodils and hyacinths. This year, the gardens have a British theme and a highlight is a vast flower mosaic of Big Ben and Tower Bridge, created from some 60,000 bulbs.

The seven-night cruise on the state-of-the-art, 164-passenger AmaCerto departs March 25 and costs from £1,199 per person (reduced from £1,649), including flights from London, transfers, tours every day, all meals, wine, beer and soft drinks with dinner, complimentary wi-fi and use of the ship’s fleet of bicycles. Other departure dates include April 1, 8, 12 and 23.

For bookings, follow this link to The Cruise Line Ltd, the UK's luxury river-cruise specialists.

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Avalon's New Tulips Cruise

Avalon Waterways is offering savings of £600 per person on its newly introduced 8-day ‘Tulips of Northern Holland’ voyage next spring aboard its newest ship the Avalon Visionary.

Now priced from £1,335 per person, based on an April 24 departure, it cruises from Amsterdam and highlights include the ‘Tulip Road’ excursion in North Holland, guided sightseeing in Makkum, Friesland, Hoorn, Lelystad, Arnhem and Rotterdam, plus an excursion to the spectacular Keukenhof gardens and seaside town of Volendam, Edam and a canal cruise in Amsterdam itself.

The price includes private door-to-door home pick-up service within 75 miles of chosen airport/station, 7 nights deluxe cruise with complimentary soft drinks with lunch and regional wines/beer, with return flights from London Heathrow, gratuities for cruise director and crew, all meals, excursions, all transfers, local port charges and airport taxes. 

For bookings, follow this link to The Cruise Line Ltd, the UK's river-cruise specialists.

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