Deborah Stone

1 month ago | express.co.uk | Deborah Stone

Celestyal Journey has spent its first winter season in the Arabian Gulf and after a summer sailing the Greek isles and Turkey will return to Qatar in November 2025 for more Desert Days cruises launched to attract British guests in search of winter sun. 14:53, Tue, Mar 18, 2025 | UPDATED: 14:53, Tue, Mar 18, 2025 Link copied Bookmark Celestyal Journey joined Greece-based Celestyal after a $20million upgrade in 2023 and is what’s increasingly referred to as a “heritage” ship.

1 month ago | express.co.uk | Deborah Stone

The Scarlet Lady with the new mermaid painting on the bow (Image: Virgin Voyages)Virgin Voyages has never made a secret of its Caribbean and Mediterranean focus – after all, its ships were built for partying – but it’s fair to say that Britain is Scarlet Lady’s spiritual home. Although launched in February 2020 the Covid pandemic delayed its first cruises until August 2021 when it offered short non-stop trips off the English coast from Portsmouth.

Jan 18, 2025 | express.co.uk | Deborah Stone

MS Michelangelo is CroisiEurope’s only river cruise ship in Italy (Image: CroisiEurope)MS Michelangelo is CroisiEurope’s only river cruise ship in Italy and one of the smallest in its 50-plus fleet, which is why it can sail in the Venice Lagoon despite a 2021 ban on larger ships.

Nov 22, 2024 | express.co.uk | Deborah Stone

Celebrity Ascent and one of its tenders for ferrying passengers (Image: Deborah Stone)Celebrity Ascent is the newest ship in Celebrity Cruises’ fleet and its fourth Edge Series vessel, with a fifth – Celebrity Xcel – due in autumn 2025. Ascent and predecessor Celebrity Beyond take 3,260 passengers while Celebrity Edge and Celebrity Apex takes just over 2,900. Surprisingly, these are not Celebrity’s biggest ships.

Jul 23, 2024 | express.co.uk | Deborah Stone

La Belle De Cadix sailing on the River Guadalquivir in Spain (Image: Deb Stone)Launched in 2005 and refurbished in 2010, MS La Belle de Cadix – The Beauty of Cadiz – was built specifically to sail both rivers and sea and is the only ship currently offering week-long river cruise holidays on the Guadalquivir in Andalucia, southern Spain. Many of its cruises are available in the UK through Voyage Jules Verne but it is owned and operated by CroisiEurope.