Panama Canal Cruises – Connecting The Oceans

Before the Panama Canal was completed in 1914 – an exercise which took 30 years – trade ships had little choice but to sail around Cape Horn on the southern tip of South America. While many cruise ships today offer amazing sailings around Cape Horn, the smaller trade ships of…

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An Exclusive Interview With Kelly Hoppen MBE

Right about now, Celebrity Apex should be basking in the sun somewhere in the Mediterranean on her maiden season sailings. You might have been on the new Celebrity Cruises ship, or counting down the days to joining it to criss-cross Caribbean isles later in the year. Sadly, it’s going to…

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Culinary Corner: Cunard Scones At Home

At 3.30pm, wherever in the world the three Cunard Queens may be, the clock chimes for Afternoon Tea in the Queens Room. Time-honoured and quintessentially British, the parade of fine china, silver platters, white gloves and warm scones, set to the tinkering of a Grand piano, is a signature sea…

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Culinary Corner: Easy Homemade Churros

Next up in our quest to taste our way around all the places we’re desperate to travel to is churros, the sweet, stodgy, decidedly Spanish classic that tastes as good in Seville as it does in South America. Or in this case, right here at home. We’ve stumbled head first…

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Saga Spirit of Discovery Crew Honours The NHS

For the past few weeks, the nation has gathered to ‘Clap for Carers’ each Thursday. Now the crew aboard Saga’s Spirit of Discovery have come up with their own way to show their appreciation for the hard work of healthcare workers during the Coronavirus pandemic. The newest addition to the…

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The Fred Olsen fleet make Firth of Forth its temporary home

Balmoral, Boudicca, Braemar and Black Watch are all now based temporarily in the Firth of Forth. Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines’ ocean fleet has taken up temporary residence in Scotland’s Firth of Forth, just outside the Port of Rosyth, during their pause in cruise operations which is running until 23 May 2020.  Peter Deer, Managing…

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36 Hours In Barbados

Catching a lime to calypso beats, clad in carnival colours and fuelled by Banks beer; Barbados is the epitome of island life. Here’s all you need to know about when is best to visit the Caribbean >> Things to do in Barbados DON’T MISS According to Trip Advisor, the second…

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