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Cunard announces itineraries for Queen Victoria and her sisters
Hail to the queens….
Cunard Line has announced its 2013 Voyage Programme, offering an extensive range of sailings on its royal three-ship fleet featuring 106 voyages that will visit 99 ports in 35 countries. Highlighting the schedule are many maiden calls and overnight stays. Popular itineraries include the St. Petersburg & Baltic Explorer, Fjords & Waterfalls and Greek Isles & Mediterranean Treasures voyages.
Operators of ultra uxury liners, Queen Mary 2,Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth, Cunard offers a distinctively different style of cruising defined by its legendary White Star Servicecoupled with contemporary and sophisticated on board services.
Queen Mary 2 will continue to her renownedTransatlantic Crossings between New York and Southampton, as well as to Hamburg, whileQueen Victoria will spend her full 2013 season sailing Northern Europe, the Mediterranean and Atlantic Isles, Iberia and Morocco, with a new 24-day voyage to the Black Sea and Turkey. The Queen Elizabeth will spend much of her season travelling from Southampton to Northern Europe and sailing the Mediterranean from Venice, Athens, Rome and Southampton.
“In addition to our superb White Star Service and glamorous on board experiences, Cunard is famed for its extensive itineraries with visits to the world’s most stunning ports of call,” said Peter Shanks, president of the company. “We’ve expanded next year’s program to include multiple departures for our most popular itineraries, plus new ports of call and overnight stays to satisfy customer demand for these favored regions.”
In a nutshell:
The Queen Mary 2 will sail a total of 17Transatlantic Crossings between New York and Southampton from May 2013 to January 2014.
Meanwhile the Queen Mary 2 will cover Northern Europe and make roundtrip New York departures to New England and Canada – featuring an overnight stay in Quebec – and a visit to the Caribbean just in time for the holidays. Maiden calls for Queen Mary 2 include Andalsnes, Norway and Antigua, Antigua and Barbuda.
The Queen Victoria will sail a range of voyages from Southampton to Northern Europe, the Mediterranean and the Atlantic Isles, Iberia and Morocco, including the popular seven-day Fjords & Waterfalls itinerary (Norway) and the St. Petersburg & Baltic Explorer voyage, with an overnight stay in St. Petersburg.
Additionally, Queen Victoria will sail a series of Mediterranean voyages ranging from 12 to 17 days and, new for 2013, a 24-day voyage to the Black Sea and Turkey. Maiden ports include Agadir, Morocco; Isafjordur, Iceland; Palau–Costa Smeralda, Italy; Torshavn, Faroe Islands; and Warnemunde, Germany. Overnight stays include St. Petersburg, Istanbul and Madeira (two nights).
Queen Elizabeth’s 2013 schedule includes Iceland, the Norwegian Fjords, the British Isles and the Baltic Sea. Later in the season, she will reposition to the Mediterranean and embark on eight voyages from Venice, Rome (Civitavecchia) and Athens (Piraeus). These popular itineraries again include the Greek Isles and Holy Land voyages, and maiden ports include Akureyri, Iceland; Goteborg, Sweden; Isafjordur, Iceland; Izmir, Turkey; Marseilles, France; Reykjavik, Iceland; Salerno, Italy; Split, Croatia; Valencia, Spain; and Warnemunde, Germany. Overnight calls include St. Petersburg, Istanbul, Copenhagen and Venice.
See Cunard’s 2013 Voyages Preview Calendar online at Cunard.com/2013voyages.
Reservations for Cunard’s 2013 voyages open for booking on April 24, 2012. For more information call 1-800-728-6723 or go to www.cunard.com.
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