Ships will sail 40 cruises in the Mediterranean and Northern Europe, visiting 26 new ports
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Rebecca Gibson |
Windstar Cruises has doubled the number of its 2018 sailings in Europe to 40, adding eight new itineraries in Northern Europe and 12 in the Mediterranean.
Available from April to October, the 20 additional itineraries will range from shorter week-long sailings to longer multi-week voyages. They will take guests to 26 new European ports, enabling Windstar to visit a total of 93 maiden ports worldwide in 2018.
The small size of Windstar’s ships will also enable them to cruise where larger vessels cannot, such as down the narrow Trollfjord in Norway’s Lofoten Islands, underneath London’s Tower Bridge, or sailing into the exclusive San Remo on the Riviera of Flowers, known as Italy’s own Monte Carlo.
Highlights will include the seven-day ‘Secrets of the Faroe, Shetland & Orkney Islands’ cruise, and eight-day ‘Norway’s Famous Fjords’ roundtrip from Copenhagen, Denmark to ports like Geirangerfjord and Sognefjord. Meanwhile, the 11-day ‘Sailing Southern Italy & Croatia’ voyage will explore the Italian and Croatian Riviera, and the ‘Hidden Harbors of the Côte d’Azur’ will take guests from Nice, France to Barcelona, Spain over eight days so they can visit less-frequented ports of call on the coastline. These include Bastia, Corsica; Le Lavandou, Marseille, and Sanary-sur-Mer in France; and Palamos in Spain
“These 20 new itineraries are just the latest development in response to our growing customer demand, we’re keenly focused on offering more and varied sailings that effectively leverage our fleet of six small ships,” said John Delaney, Windstar’s president. “Our team constantly seeks out new experiences, lesser known ports and harbours everywhere we sail – hidden treasures that only true small ships can access. Unveiling these new itineraries further demonstrates our commitment to destination authenticity – delivering incredible experiences in a highly customised way.”