Belgium and France
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21-night voyage departing Southampton.
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Belgium and France
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Day 1
Southampton , England
Sunday, 27/02/2028
Lying near the head of Southampton Water, a peninsula between the estuaries of the Rivers Test and Itchen, Southampton is Britain’s largest cruise port. It has been one of England’s major ports since the Middle Ages, when it exported wool and hides from the hinterland and imported wine from Bordeaux. The city suffered heavy damage during World War Two and as a result the centre has been extensively rebuilt, but there are still some interesting medieval buildings including the Bargate, one of the finest city gatehouses in England.
Day 4
Tangier , Morocco
Wednesday, 01/03/2028
Tangier can trace its origins back to the Phoenicians and ancient Greeks. It was named after Tinge, the mother of Hercules’ son, and its beginnings are embedded in mythology. It was subsequently a Roman province, and after Vandal and Byzantine influences, was occupied by the Arabs with Spain, Portugal, France and England also playing a part in the city’s history. With such a diverse past it is perhaps not surprising that Tangier is such an individual city. Overlooking the Straits of Gibraltar, the city lies on a bay between two promontories. With its old Kasbah, panoramic views, elegant buildings, squares and places of interest, there is much to discover in both the new and old parts of the city.
Day 7
La Goulette , Tunisia
Saturday, 04/03/2028
Day 8
Valletta , Malta
Sunday, 05/03/2028
Malta's capital, the minicity of Valletta, has ornate palaces and museums protected by massive fortifications of honey-color limestone. Houses along the narrow streets have overhanging wooden balconies for people-watching from indoors. Generations ago they gave housebound women a window on the world of the street. The main entrance to town is through the City Gate (where all bus routes end), which leads onto Triq Repubblika (Republic Street), the spine of the grid-pattern city and the main shopping street. Triq Mercante (Merchant Street) parallels Repubblika to the east and is also good for strolling. From these two streets, cross streets descend toward the water; some are stepped. Valletta's compactness makes it ideal to explore on foot. City Gate and the upper part of Valletta are experiencing vast redevelopment that includes a new Parliament Building and open-air performance venue. The complex, completed mid-2013, has numerous pedestrian detours in place along with building noise and dust. Before setting out along Republic Street, stop at the tourist information office on Merchant Street for maps and brochures.
Day 10
Piraeus , Greece
Tuesday, 07/03/2028
It's no wonder that all roads lead to the fascinating and maddening metropolis of Athens. Lift your eyes 200 feet above the city to the Parthenon, its honey-color marble columns rising from a massive limestone base, and you behold architectural perfection that has not been surpassed in 2,500 years. But, today, this shrine of classical form dominates a 21st-century boomtown. To experience Athens—Athína in Greek—fully is to understand the essence of Greece: ancient monuments surviving in a sea of cement, startling beauty amid the squalor, tradition juxtaposed with modernity. Locals depend on humor and flexibility to deal with the chaos; you should do the same. The rewards are immense. Although Athens covers a huge area, the major landmarks of the ancient Greek, Roman, and Byzantine periods are close to the modern city center. You can easily walk from the Acropolis to many other key sites, taking time to browse in shops and relax in cafés and tavernas along the way. From many quarters of the city you can glimpse "the glory that was Greece" in the form of the Acropolis looming above the horizon, but only by actually climbing that rocky precipice can you feel the impact of the ancient settlement. The Acropolis and Filopappou, two craggy hills sitting side by side; the ancient Agora (marketplace); and Kerameikos, the first cemetery, form the core of ancient and Roman Athens. Along the Unification of Archaeological Sites promenade, you can follow stone-paved, tree-lined walkways from site to site, undisturbed by traffic. Cars have also been banned or reduced in other streets in the historical center. In the National Archaeological Museum, vast numbers of artifacts illustrate the many millennia of Greek civilization; smaller museums such as the Goulandris Museum of Cycladic Art Museum and the Byzantine and Christian Museum illuminate the history of particular regions or periods. Athens may seem like one huge city, but it is really a conglomeration of neighborhoods with distinctive characters. The Eastern influences that prevailed during the 400-year rule of the Ottoman Empire are still evident in Monastiraki, the bazaar area near the foot of the Acropolis. On the northern slope of the Acropolis, stroll through Plaka (if possible by moonlight), an area of tranquil streets lined with renovated mansions, to get the flavor of the 19th-century's gracious lifestyle. The narrow lanes of Anafiotika, a section of Plaka, thread past tiny churches and small, color-washed houses with wooden upper stories, recalling a Cycladic island village. In this maze of winding streets, vestiges of the older city are everywhere: crumbling stairways lined with festive tavernas; dank cellars filled with wine vats; occasionally a court or diminutive garden, enclosed within high walls and filled with magnolia trees and the flaming trumpet-shaped flowers of hibiscus bushes. Formerly run-down old quarters, such as Thission, Gazi and Psirri, popular nightlife areas filled with bars and mezedopoleia (similar to tapas bars), are now in the process of gentrification, although they still retain much of their original charm, as does the colorful produce and meat market on Athinas. The area around Syntagma Square, the tourist hub, and Omonia Square, the commercial heart of the city about 1 km (½ mi) northwest, is distinctly European, having been designed by the court architects of King Otho, a Bavarian, in the 19th century. The chic shops and bistros of ritzy Kolonaki nestle at the foot of Mt. Lycabettus, Athens's highest hill (909 feet). Each of Athens's outlying suburbs has a distinctive character: in the north is wealthy, tree-lined Kifissia, once a summer resort for aristocratic Athenians, and in the south and southeast lie Glyfada, Voula, and Vouliagmeni, with their sandy beaches, seaside bars, and lively summer nightlife. Just beyond the city's southern fringes is Piraeus, a bustling port city of waterside fish tavernas and Saronic Gulf views.
Day 11
Cruising by Transit Dardanelles
Wednesday, 08/03/2028
Day 12
Istanbul , Turkey
Thursday, 09/03/2028
The only city in the world that can lay claim to straddling two continents, Istanbul—once known as Constantinople, capital of the Byzantine and then the Ottoman Empire—has for centuries been a bustling metropolis with one foot in Europe and the other in Asia. Istanbul embraces this enviable position with both a certain chaos and inventiveness, ever evolving as one of the world’s most cosmopolitan crossroads. It’s often said that Istanbul is the meeting point of East and West, but visitors to this city built over the former capital of two great empires are likely to be just as impressed by the juxtaposition of old and new. Office towers creep up behind historic palaces, women in chic designer outfits pass others wearing long skirts and head coverings, peddlers’ pushcarts vie with battered old Fiats and shiny BMWs for dominance of the noisy, narrow streets, and the Grand Bazaar competes with modern shopping malls. At dawn, when the muezzin's call to prayer resounds from ancient minarets, there are inevitably a few hearty revelers still making their way home from nightclubs and bars. Most visitors to this sprawling city of more than 14 million will first set foot in the relatively compact Old City, where the legacy of the Byzantine and Ottoman empires can be seen in monumental works of architecture like the brilliant Aya Sofya and the beautifully proportioned mosques built by the great architect Sinan. Though it would be easy to spend days, if not weeks, exploring the wealth of attractions in the historical peninsula, visitors should make sure also to venture elsewhere in order to experience the vibrancy of contemporary Istanbul. With a lively nightlife propelled by its young population and an exciting arts scene that’s increasingly on the international radar—thanks in part to its stint as the European Capital of Culture in 2010—Istanbul is truly a city that never sleeps. It’s also a place where visitors will feel welcome: Istanbul may be on the Bosphorus, but at heart it’s a Mediterranean city, whose friendly inhabitants are effusively social and eager to share what they love most about it.
Day 13
Istanbul , Turkey
Friday, 10/03/2028
The only city in the world that can lay claim to straddling two continents, Istanbul—once known as Constantinople, capital of the Byzantine and then the Ottoman Empire—has for centuries been a bustling metropolis with one foot in Europe and the other in Asia. Istanbul embraces this enviable position with both a certain chaos and inventiveness, ever evolving as one of the world’s most cosmopolitan crossroads. It’s often said that Istanbul is the meeting point of East and West, but visitors to this city built over the former capital of two great empires are likely to be just as impressed by the juxtaposition of old and new. Office towers creep up behind historic palaces, women in chic designer outfits pass others wearing long skirts and head coverings, peddlers’ pushcarts vie with battered old Fiats and shiny BMWs for dominance of the noisy, narrow streets, and the Grand Bazaar competes with modern shopping malls. At dawn, when the muezzin's call to prayer resounds from ancient minarets, there are inevitably a few hearty revelers still making their way home from nightclubs and bars. Most visitors to this sprawling city of more than 14 million will first set foot in the relatively compact Old City, where the legacy of the Byzantine and Ottoman empires can be seen in monumental works of architecture like the brilliant Aya Sofya and the beautifully proportioned mosques built by the great architect Sinan. Though it would be easy to spend days, if not weeks, exploring the wealth of attractions in the historical peninsula, visitors should make sure also to venture elsewhere in order to experience the vibrancy of contemporary Istanbul. With a lively nightlife propelled by its young population and an exciting arts scene that’s increasingly on the international radar—thanks in part to its stint as the European Capital of Culture in 2010—Istanbul is truly a city that never sleeps. It’s also a place where visitors will feel welcome: Istanbul may be on the Bosphorus, but at heart it’s a Mediterranean city, whose friendly inhabitants are effusively social and eager to share what they love most about it.
Day 14
Cruising by Transit Dardanelles
Saturday, 11/03/2028
Day 16
Messina , Italy
Monday, 13/03/2028
Home to the Museo Regionale of Messina, known for featuring two of Caravaggio's paintings, the city is also famous for having been the capital of the ancient kingdom of Sicily.
Day 19
Cádiz , Spain
Thursday, 16/03/2028
Believed to be the oldest town on the Iberian Peninsula, the Andalusian port of Cádiz enjoys a stunning location at the edge of a six-mile promontory. The town itself, with 3,000 years of history, is characterised by pretty white houses with balconies often adorned with colourful flowers. As you wander around be sure to take a stroll through the sizeable Plaza de Espãna, with its large monument dedicated to the first Spanish constitution, which was signed here in 1812. Cádiz has two pleasant seafront promenades which boast fine views of the Atlantic Ocean, and has a lovely park, the Parque Genoves, located close to the sea with an open-air theatre and attractive palm garden. Also notable is the neo-Classical cathedral, capped by a golden dome.
Day 22
Southampton , England
Sunday, 19/03/2028
Lying near the head of Southampton Water, a peninsula between the estuaries of the Rivers Test and Itchen, Southampton is Britain’s largest cruise port. It has been one of England’s major ports since the Middle Ages, when it exported wool and hides from the hinterland and imported wine from Bordeaux. The city suffered heavy damage during World War Two and as a result the centre has been extensively rebuilt, but there are still some interesting medieval buildings including the Bargate, one of the finest city gatehouses in England.
Room Type & Prices
All prices per person based on double occupancy. Solo traveller prices — single occupancy. Contact our cruise experts for the latest availability and best fares.
Inside Cabins
161–170 sqft · Up to 4 guests
Single Inside Cabins
134 sqft · Up to 1 guests
Balcony Cabin (Fully Obstructed View)
205–212 sqft · Up to 2 guests
Balcony Cabin
205–212 sqft · Up to 4 guests
Deluxe Balcony Cabin
281 sqft · Up to 4 guests
Suite
382–689 sqft · Up to 4 guests
Inside
| Cabin | Grade | Per Person | Avail. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inside Cabins · 161–170 sqft | PE Inside (PE) | Enquire → | ||
| PF Inside (PF) | Enquire → | |||
| PD Inside (PD) | Enquire → | |||
| PB Inside (PB) | Enquire → | |||
| PC Inside (PC) | Enquire → | |||
| PA Inside (PA) | Enquire → | |||
| OB Larger Inside (OB) | Enquire → | |||
| OA Larger Inside (OA) | Enquire → | |||
| Single Inside Cabins · 134 sqft | SF Single Inside | Enquire → |
Inside Cabins · 161–170 sqft
PE Inside (PE)
Inside Cabins · 161–170 sqft
PF Inside (PF)
Inside Cabins · 161–170 sqft
PD Inside (PD)
Inside Cabins · 161–170 sqft
PB Inside (PB)
Inside Cabins · 161–170 sqft
PC Inside (PC)
Inside Cabins · 161–170 sqft
PA Inside (PA)
Inside Cabins · 161–170 sqft
OB Larger Inside (OB)
Inside Cabins · 161–170 sqft
OA Larger Inside (OA)
Single Inside Cabins · 134 sqft
SF Single Inside
Balcony
| Cabin | Grade | Per Person | Avail. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balcony Cabin (Fully Obstructed View) · 205–212 sqft | JC Balcony (Obstructed View) (JC) | Enquire → | ||
| JE Balcony (Obstructed View) (JE) | Enquire → | |||
| JB Balcony (Obstructed View) (JB) | Enquire → | |||
| IE Balcony with Sofa (Obstructed View) (IE) | Enquire → | |||
| IC Balcony with Sofa (Obstructed View) (IC) | Enquire → | |||
| IB Balcony with Sofa (Obstructed View) (IB) | Enquire → | |||
| Balcony Cabin · 205–212 sqft | HF Balcony (HF) | Enquire → | ||
| HE Balcony (HE) | Enquire → | |||
| HC Balcony (HC) | Enquire → | |||
| HD Balcony (HD) | Enquire → | |||
| HB Balcony (HB) | Enquire → | |||
| GF Balcony with Sofa (GF) | Enquire → | |||
| HA Balcony (HA) | Enquire → | |||
| GE Balcony with Sofa (GE) | Enquire → | |||
| GD Balcony with Sofa (GD) | Enquire → | |||
| GC Balcony with Sofa (GC) | Enquire → | |||
| GB Balcony with Sofa (GB) | Enquire → | |||
| GA Balcony with Sofa (GA) | Enquire → | |||
| Deluxe Balcony Cabin · 281 sqft | DC Superior Deluxe Balcony (DC) | Enquire → | ||
| DB Superior Deluxe Balcony (DB) | Enquire → | |||
| DA Superior Deluxe Balcony (DA) | Enquire → |
Balcony Cabin (Fully Obstructed View) · 205–212 sqft
JC Balcony (Obstructed View) (JC)
Balcony Cabin (Fully Obstructed View) · 205–212 sqft
JE Balcony (Obstructed View) (JE)
Balcony Cabin (Fully Obstructed View) · 205–212 sqft
JB Balcony (Obstructed View) (JB)
Balcony Cabin (Fully Obstructed View) · 205–212 sqft
IE Balcony with Sofa (Obstructed View) (IE)
Balcony Cabin (Fully Obstructed View) · 205–212 sqft
IC Balcony with Sofa (Obstructed View) (IC)
Balcony Cabin (Fully Obstructed View) · 205–212 sqft
IB Balcony with Sofa (Obstructed View) (IB)
Balcony Cabin · 205–212 sqft
HF Balcony (HF)
Balcony Cabin · 205–212 sqft
HE Balcony (HE)
Balcony Cabin · 205–212 sqft
HC Balcony (HC)
Balcony Cabin · 205–212 sqft
HD Balcony (HD)
Balcony Cabin · 205–212 sqft
HB Balcony (HB)
Balcony Cabin · 205–212 sqft
GF Balcony with Sofa (GF)
Balcony Cabin · 205–212 sqft
HA Balcony (HA)
Balcony Cabin · 205–212 sqft
GE Balcony with Sofa (GE)
Balcony Cabin · 205–212 sqft
GD Balcony with Sofa (GD)
Balcony Cabin · 205–212 sqft
GC Balcony with Sofa (GC)
Balcony Cabin · 205–212 sqft
GB Balcony with Sofa (GB)
Balcony Cabin · 205–212 sqft
GA Balcony with Sofa (GA)
Deluxe Balcony Cabin · 281 sqft
DC Superior Deluxe Balcony (DC)
Deluxe Balcony Cabin · 281 sqft
DB Superior Deluxe Balcony (DB)
Deluxe Balcony Cabin · 281 sqft
DA Superior Deluxe Balcony (DA)
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Britannia
Celebrating 10 years as part of the fleet, Britannia’s a firm favourite, especially among families. She’s sure to take your breath away the moment you step on board and into her atrium. Sip a glass of fizz underneath her Star Burst sculpture, browse Market Cafe and grab a sweet treat or visit the ELEMIS pop-up for a spot of relaxation – the choice is yours.
