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Rebecca Gibson |
Crystal Cruises has released its 2017 roster of global itineraries and fares, marking the first time the line has allowed guests to book two years in advance.
Unveiled on the line’s website and in Crystal’s first complete two-year Worldwide Cruise Atlas, the roster of 2017 cruises includes 57 voyages to 268 ports in 84 countries, with more than 150 overnights – the most ever offered in a single year.
In 2017, the line’s ships will make a total of 32 maiden calls to destinations such as Maroantsetra, Madagascar; Iquique, Chile; Djupivogur, Iceland; Calvi, Corsica; Sete, France; Vanuatu; New Calednoia in the Pacific Ocean; and Santa Margherita, Italy.
Crystal will also sail its first-ever voyages to New Guinea during a 99-day Grand Pacific Explorer Grand Cruise, as well as its first South Africa Holiday Cruise round-trip from Cape Town.
“We continue to offer intrepid luxury travellers new ways to explore and experience the world, whether with a new destination or simply a new perspective on a favourite one,” says Edie Rodriguez, Crystal’s president and COO.
Europe also features on the 2017 roster, with the line offering more Mediterranean cruises than ever before, as well as new itineraries that begin or end in Portsmouth, UK; Valletta, Malta; and multiple overnights. A new two-night inclusive overland programme in Paris will be offered during two summer sailings in August.
Meanwhile, Crystal Symphony will become one of the first luxury cruise ships to visit Doha in Qatar as the line returns to the Middle East, United Arab Emirates and Holy Land.
Crystal Serenity will sail a 94-day Southern Celebracion World Cruise, circumnavigating South America and enabling guests to visit the Galapagos Islands, Antarctica, the Amazon, Machu Picchu, Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego and more.
Singular voyages include journeys to the North Cape, British Isles, Canary Islands and Holy Land, while all Caribbean journeys will begin or end in Charleston, South Carolina, US.
Many of the 2017 itineraries have been designed around global events, enabling guests to enjoy events such as Sweden’s Midsummer celebration, Oman’s Independence Day and the Military Tattoo in Edinburgh, Scotland.