Star Clippers launches new cruise and stay itineraries
Star Clippers has launched a new range of cruise and stay holidays for UK clients, combining 4* and 5* accommodation in some of the world’s most celebrated hotels with sailings on board its magnificent, head-turning tall ships, including return flights, transfers and port taxes.
The new itineraries include sailings through the Suez Canal, taking in Egypt and the Greek islands, a new cruise of Costa Rica’s waters and islands with stay in a magnificent 5* beachfront resort in Puntarenas, and an affordable glimpse of a millionaire’s lifestyle on a 5 night Monte Carlo luxury hotel-and-mini-cruise of the French Riviera. Prices start from £999 for the 5 night mini-millionaire package.
New - Pyramids, Pharoahs & Greek Islands
9 night sailing, plus 2 nights in 5* Cairo
Departing on 16th April Star Clippers is offering a 9 night `Pyramid’s, Pharoahs & Greek islands’ sailing from Safaga, Egypt, to Athens, Greece, on board Star Clipper, one of the company’s three head-turning tall ships, with 2 nights’ pre-cruise at the 5* Sofitel in Cairo, including breakfast. The inclusive price of £1499 per person includes 11 nights’ accommodation, with breakfast, lunch and dinner on board, international and internal flights and all non-UK transfers and port taxes. The Cruise includes a spectacular passage through the Suez Canal, and port calls at Sharm El Sheik, Port Said and Alexandria, then into Greek waters to spend a day in Rhodes and Mykonos, before arriving into Athens on 27th April.
New - Cocktails & Casinos
3 night tall ship short break plus 2 nights in 4* Monte Carlo
For a taste of a millionaire’s lifestyle Star Clippers has a 5 night Riviera short break to include two nights at the elegant 4* Ambassador hotel in central Monte Carlo followed by a 3 night sailing on board Star Flyer, Star Clippers’ elegant, 4-masted tall ship, making port calls into legendary harbours such as Monaco, L’Ile Rousse, Corsica, St. Tropez (beach and town) and Cannes. The `cocktails and casinos’ package starts in Monaco on 27th September, sailing on 29th and the price of £999 per person includes b&b accommodation at the hotel and all meals on board Star Flyer, return flights and non-UK transfers to Monaco and port taxes.
New – Where The Wild Things Are
14 night cruise and stay in 5* Costa Rica
From November 2010, Star Clippers’ is operating a new Central America cruise on board the elegant four-masted `Star Flyer’, taking passengers on a 7 night cruise through Costa Rica’s islands and waters, calling at Isla Coiba, Panama; and Golfito, Isla del Cano/Drake’s Bay, Quepos and Islas Tortugas, Costa Rica, with a day at sea to enjoy the experience of sailing on board a true tall ship.
The region is renowned for beautiful white-sand beaches, active volcanoes and unique cloud forest ecosystems, giving passengers ample chances to spot some of the world’s most diverse wildlife: humpback whales, dolphins, sea turtles, sharks, angel fish, howler monkeys, scarlet macaws and iguanas. Cruise only prices start from £1030 per person, (plus £110 port taxes), with all meals on board, or arriving on 21st November the company is offering a 14 night cruise & stay package with 7 nigihts at the all inclusive 5* Doubletree Hilton Resort, surrounded by palm trees in a sea-front location just outside the sea port of Puntarenas, Costa Rica, followed by the 7 night Costa Rica sailing. The price of £2599 per person includes return flights and all non-UK transfers and port taxes.
New – Caribbean `Spa & Cruise’
15 nights 5* LaSource / Royal Clipper cruise & stay holiday
For departures between November 2010 and March 2011 Star Clippers is offering a 15 night luxurious spa & cruise experience, starting with 8 nights in the world renowned 5* LaSource spa resort, set alongside Grenada’s Pink Gin Beach, surrounded on three sides by the sea. As well as three pools and a nine-hole golf course, there’s a stunning spa, four restaurants and three bars, complimentary yoga, tai ch’i and meditation and a wide range of land and watersports, all included in the price.
Only Royal Clipper could top such an experience and the next 7 nights are spent on board this magnificent 5-masted ship, the largest fully-rigged ship of its kind in the world, beneath thousands of feet of billowing sails. Royal Clipper will cruise the Grenadine islands, departing from Barbados and calling into Grenada, the idyllic deserted islands of Tobago Cays, Bequia, St. Vincent, Martinique and St. Lucia. Departing on 5th November, sailing on 13th November, the 15 night package costs £3485 per person, with return UK flights, non-UK transfers, port taxes, all-inclusive accommodation at LaSource and all meals on board Royal Clipper.
For more information and to book, visit starclippers.co.uk.
