Shake those January Blues with a cruise… from only £699pp

10 night Canary Island & Morocco Cruise on Norwegian Spirit from £699pp

Virgin Holidays Cruises offers 10 nights on ‘Norwegian Spirit’ from Barcelona calling at Casablanca, Funchal, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Arrecife and Granada. Prices are per person based on two adults travelling and sharing an inside cabin on a full-board basis and includes flights from London Gatwick and resort transfers. Offer is subject to availability and includes all applicable taxes and fuel surcharges which are subject to change. Based on departures 15 Jan 2015.

12 night Orlando Stay and Bahamas Cruise on Caribbean Princess from £1,099pp

Virgin Holidays Cruises offers seven nights at Rosen Inn at Pointe Orlando on a room only basis, before joining ‘Caribbean Princess’ for five nights from Fort Lauderdale calling at Princess Cays (Bahamas). Price is per person based on two adults travelling and sharing an inside cabin on a full-board basis and includes Virgin Atlantic flights from London Gatwick and car hire. Offer is subject to availability and includes all applicable taxes and fuel surcharges which are subject to change. Based on departure date 19 Jan 2015.

Seven night Dubai and The Emirates Stay and Cruise on MSC Orchestra from £1,299pp

Virgin Holidays Cruises offers two nights at Atlantis, The Palm on a half board basis, before joining ‘MSC Orchestra’ for seven nights from Dubai calling at Abu Dhabi, Khor Al Fakkan, Muscat and Khasab. Price is per person based on two adults travelling, sharing an inside cabin on a full-board basis and includes Virgin Atlantic flights from London Heathrow and transfers. Offer is subject to availability and includes all applicable taxes and fuel surcharges which are subject to change. Based on departures 07 Jan 2015.

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Virgin Holiday Cruises winter late deals from £699

10 night Canary Island & Morocco Cruise on Norwegian Spirit from £699pp

Virgin Holidays Cruises offers 10 nights on Norwegian Spirit from Barcelona, Casablanca, Funchal, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Arrecife and Granada (Málaga). Prices are per person based on two adults travelling and sharing an inside cabin on a full-board basis and includes flights from London Gatwick and resort transfers. Offer is subject to availability and includes all applicable taxes and fuel surcharges which are subject to change. Based on departures 15 Jan 2015.

Seven night Orlando Stay and Bahamas Cruise on Carnival Sensation from £799pp

Virgin Holidays Cruises offers three nights at Rosen Inn at Pointe Orlando on a room only basis, before joining Carnival Sensation for four nights from Port Canaveral, calling at Freeport and Nassau. Price is per person based on two adults travelling and sharing an inside cabin on a full-board basis and includes Virgin Atlantic flights from London Gatwick. Offer is subject to availability and includes all applicable taxes and fuel surcharges which are subject to change. Based on departure date 27 November.

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Late offers from Thomson Cruises

Western Mediterranean – Under £450

ThomsonCruises offers a seven night Spanish Sensations cruise on Thomson Dream from £434 per person (saving £690 per couple).This cruise departs from Malaga and visits Barcelona, Toulon, Palma (above), Valencia and Cartagena. Based on two adults sharing a deck 6 or 7 inside cabin on a full-board basis, this cruise departs 13 November from Gatwick and Luton airports. Price includes return flights, transfers, port taxes, tips and service charges. 

Canary Islands & Morocco – Under £600

Thomson Cruises offers a seven night Canarian Flavours cruise on Thomson Majesty from £554 per person (saving £730 per couple).This cruise departs from Santa Cruz, and visits Las Palmas, Valle Gran Rey, Funchal, Arrecife, and Puerto del Rosario. Based on two adults sharing a deck 3 or 4 inside plus cabin on a full-board basis, this cruise departs 14 November  from Gatwick airport. Price includes return flights, transfers, port taxes, tips and service charges. 

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Virgin Cruises New Year break from just £569pp

10-night Canary Island & Morocco Cruise on Norwegian Spirit from £569pp

Virgin Holidays Cruises offers 10 nights on Norwegian Spirit from Barcelona, Casablanca, Funchal, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Arrecife and Granada (Málaga). Prices are per person based on two adults travelling and sharing an inside cabin on a full-board basis and includes flights from London Gatwick and resort transfers.  Based on 25 Jan 2015 departure.

16-night San Francisco Stay & Hawaii Cruise on Star Princess from £1,6499pp

One-night room only at the 4V Holiday inn Fisherman’s Wharf before joining Star Princess for 15 nights from San Francisco, calling at Maui, Honolulu, Kauai (Hawaii) and Ensenada (Mexico). Price is per person based on two adults travelling, sharing an outside cabin on a full-board basis with Virgin Atlantic flights from London Heathrow.  Based on 26 November departure.

14-night Orlando Stay and Eastern Caribbean Cruise on Disney Fantasy from £1,799pp 

Seven nights at the 3V+ Disney’s Caribbean Beach resort on a room only basis, before joining Disney Fantasy for seven nights from Port Canaveral calling at St. Maarten, St. Thomas and Castaway Cay (Bahamas). Price is per person based on two adults travelling and sharing an inside cabin on a full-board basis and includes Virgin Atlantic flights from London Gatwick, and car hire. Based on 22 November departure.

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See The 'Stars’ With Fred. Olsen

Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines will be offering guests the chance to take in one of nature’s most spectacular light shows, the Perseid Meteor Showers, with Braemar’s 13-night Canary Islands voyage sailing from Dover on next August.

This exciting 'experience' cruise will give guests the opportunity to view the stunning, multi-coloured Perseid Meteor Shower at the optimum time, whilst visiting the beautiful Canary Islands and Portugal. The Perseids are so-called because the point from which they appear to come, called the ‘radiant’, lies within the constellation of Perseus. 

 

Referred to by many as 'Nature’s celestial firework display', the ‘Perseid Meteor Showers are the result of material falling from the tail of the comet Swift-Tuttle. Best seen during the early evenings and nightfall within the first two weeks of August, guests on this cruise can channel their ‘amateur astronomist’ as they look out for these 'shooting stars' – which reach a rate of 60 or more per hour at their peak – in stunning surroundings.

Departing on August 4 from Dover, this cruise visits Funchal, on the lovely ‘Garden Isle’ of Madeira, for an overnight stay and then Santa Cruz in Tenerife. Braemar then calls at the largest island, Gran Canaria, where the ship docks in Las Palmas. This popular island boasts a fascinating history; in Plaza Santa Ana, there are bronze statues of dogs, referencing the Romans’ naming of the islands after legendary canines.

Arrecife, Lanzarote, is the next port of call, a bustling port with two splendid castles overlooking the harbour area. Lisbon, Portugal’s bustling capital, is the final port of call.

Prices for this ‘cruise of a lifetime’ start from £1,099 per person, based on two adults sharing a twin-bedded, inside cabin, Grade ‘I’, and include accommodation, all meals and entertainment on board, and port dues.

 

More Info: visit the website at www.fredolsencruises.com or call 0800 0355 150 (Monday to Friday, 8am 8pm; Saturday, 9am to 5pm; Sunday, 10am to 4pm).

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Fred. Olsen Launches ‘Captains’ Collection’

Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines has launched a new brochure of 73 specially-selected, ex-UK cruises for 2012/13, offering exceptional value for money – the ‘Captains’ Collection’. All the featured cruises offer additional savings and selected cruises offer both Double Savings and Free Onboard Spend for selected cabin grades, including both Boudicca and Braemar’s Christmas cruises for 2012, so there are superb deals to be had for early bookers.

The special rates are applicable on bookings made by February 29. Guests booking earlier – by January 10 – can also benefit from free coach travel or car parking, making the offer even better value for money. Fred. Olsen’s ‘No Fuel Surcharge Guarantee’ also applies on all bookings made by January 31, for departures from January 1 onwards, so value for money is guaranteed.

The ‘Captains’ Collection’ brochure includes cruises on all four Fred. Olsen ships: Balmoral, Braemar, Black Watch and Boudicca, sailing from a variety of convenient regional UK ports. Destinations include Norway, Northern Europe, the Mediterranean, the British Isles, Iberia, Canada and the Canary Islands. Savings can be up to £500 per booking, and discounts vary, depending on the cabin grade and duration of the cruise. On a cruise of 14 nights or more, savings range from £100 on a single cabin to £500 for a suite. 

For example, Braemar’s ‘The Azores & the Canaries’ cruise (M1208), a 14-night voyage from Dover on April 14, visits Lisbon (Portugal), Arrecife (Lanzarote), Santa Cruz (Tenerife), Santa Cruz (La Palma), Praia da Vitoria (Azores) and Ponta Delgada (Azores) before returning to Dover, now has prices from £1,229 per person, based on two adults sharing an inside twin cabin, Grade ‘I’. Prices also include all meals, onboard entertainment and port taxes, representing exceptional value for money.

For booking details, be sure to check out this link with the UK's top cruise agent specialists, The Cruise Line Ltd.

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