From being a holiday for well-bred golden oldies, cruising has become the holiday of choice for almost two million Brits. This is a holiday option that’s gone from hip-replacement to …
Mini-Break Cruises
Can there be a better way for first-timers to get a taste of life on the ocean wave than a short break cruise? The rise in popularity of these ‘taster’ …
Taster Cruises
Can there be a better way for first-timers to get a taste of life on the ocean waves, than a short break cruise? The rise in popularity of these ‘taster’ …
Luxury at Sea
If ever there was a word that’s been battered and bruised over recent years, it’s luxury’. This commonplace descriptor now seems to precede every utterance of ‘cruise’ and has frankly …
Fred Olsen Cruises Sailing from Rosyth
Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines has been refining the cruise experience for over a century and a half. As a family-operated company, they are justly proud of their lineage and heritage …
Cunard’s make-over for Queen Victoria
Cunard is splashing out £34 million on a major makeover for their 90,000-tonne Queen Victoria. The ship which entered service in 2007 is having a section of the aft decks …
Celebrity Cruises ‘wine show’
This summer there’s the chance to sit back, relax and enjoy a glass of wine from the world’s best vineyards aboard Celebrity Cruises. Always the innovator, this company is a …
Yangtze in Focus
The Yangtze river is the third longest river in the world after the Nile and Amazon. At 3,553 miles long it rises in the frozen glaciers of the Tibetan Plateau …
Cruises for Foodies
For many people, sea cruises are a long day’s journey into dinner, undoubtedly the main event of the day. As mealtimes roll relentlessly past, the captain has the good grace …
Irrawaddy in Focus
The broad, meandering Irrawaddy was immortalised in Kipling’s poem of 1890 as ‘The Road to Mandalay’. The writer travelled through Burma in 1889 and was enchanted by the shimmering golden …