A voyage of discovery with ‘Cruise and Walk’

Ramblers Worldwide Holidays has teamed up with Fred Olsen Cruises to provide a superb range of holidays featuring the luxury and comfort of sea voyages with wonderful walks on terra firma.

Following the enormous success of its previous ‘Cruise and Walk’ holidays, the operator has greatly extended its 2008 programme to include fabulous voyages around Britain, Holland, France, Spain, Portugal, The Baltic, The Mediterranean, The Aegean, Black Sea and Norway.

Here is a glimpse of some of these superb holidays, which will surely whet the appetite of the most ardent landlubber!

KINGDOMS BY THE SEA
7 nights on Boudicca – 15 – 22 June 2008
Departing Southampton, visiting Cherbourg, France; Cobh, Ireland; Dublin, Ireland; Portree, Isle of Skye; Kirkwall, Orkneys; Ivergordon, Scotland and Leith, Scotland.
£712. per person sharing a twin cabin.

ROAMING AROUND BRITAIN
9 nights on Black Prince – 9-18 August 2008
Departing Liverpool, cruising Hebrides and visiting Kirkwall, Orkneys; Leith, Scotland; Harwich, St Peter Port, Guernsey; Isles of Scilly, Waterford, Ireland and Liverpool.
£1023. per person sharing a twin cabin

ROAMING AROUND BRITAIN
9 nights on Balmoral – 26 August – 4 September 2008
Departing Dover, visiting Kirkwall, Orkneys; Portree, Hebrides; Douglas, Isle of Man; Dublin, Ireland; Cobh, Ireland; Falmouth; St Peter Port, Guernsey and Dover.
£952 per person sharing a twin cabin

CHRISTMAS CANARIES CANVAS
16 nights on Boudicca – 21 Dec 2007 – 06 Jan 2008
Departing Southampton visiting Lisbon; Funchal; Las Palmas, Gran Canaria; Santa Cruz, La Palma; La Gomera; Santa Cruz, Tenerife; La Coruna and Southampton
£1787 per person sharing a twin cabin

TALES OF THE ARMADA
11 nights on Black Watch – 21 April – 2 May 2008
Departing Dover visiting La Rochelle, France; Bilbao, Spain; Lisbon, Portugal; Cadiz, Spain; La Coruna, Spain; L’ Orient, France; St Peter Port, Guernsey and Dover
£1,089 per person sharing a twin cabin

ATLANTIC CONTRASTS
11 nights on Boudicca – 1 – 12 June 2008
Departing Falmouth, visiting Glengariff, Ireland; Reykjavik, Iceland; Helmaey, Westmann Islands; Tobermory, Scotland; Dublin, Ireland and Southampton
£1335 per person sharing a twin cabin.

FROM THE FJORDS TO THE CANALS
8 nights on Boudicca – 24 May – 1 June 2008
Departing Southampton, visiting Stavanger, Rogaland; Eidfjord, Hardangerfjord; Flam, Sognefjord; Gudvangen, Sogn og Fjordland; Bergen, Hordaland; Amsterdam, Holland and Southampton
£1,599 per person sharing a twin cabin.

IN THE WAKE OF THE WINE TRADERS
8 nights on Black Watch – 15-24 August 2008
Departing Southampton, visiting La Rochelle, France; Bilbao, Spain; La Coruna, Spain; Oporto, Portugal; St Peter Port, Guernsey; Southampton
£844 per person sharing a twin cabin.

THE BALTIC
Two cruises through the Baltic Sea and northern Europe’s capitals of culture.

WHITE NIGHTS ON THE BALTIC
12 nights on Balmoral - 22 June – 4 July 2008
Departing Dover, visiting Brunsbuttel/ Holtenau, Kiel Transit; Warnemunde, Germany; Helsinki, Finland; St Petersburg, Russia; Tallinn, Estonia; Copenhagen, Denmark; Oslo, Norway; Dover.
£1330 per person sharing a twin cabin.

BALTIC DISCOVERY
12 nights on Boudicca – 11-23 August 2008
Departing Newcastle, visiting Brunsbuttel/ Holtenau, Kiel Transit; Warnemunde, Germany; Helsinki, Finland; St Petersburg, Russia; Tallinn, Estonia; Klaipeda, Lithuania; Copenhagen, Denmark; Newcastle.
£1314 per person sharing a twin cabin.

JEWELS OF THE MEDITERRANEAN
14 nights on Braemar 4 – 18 September 2008
Departing Civitavecchia, Italy, visiting Livorno, Italy; Villefranche, France; Barcelona, Spain; Palma, Mallorca; Tunis, Tunisia; Kotor, Montenegro; Venice, Italy; Dubrovnik, Croatia; Corfu, Greece; Civitavecchia, Italy.
£1410 per person sharing a twin cabin (includes flights from London Gatwick to Civitavecchia)

MEDITERRANEAN, AEGEAN AND BLACK SEA
14 nights on Braemar - 18 September – 2 October 2008
Departing Civitavecchia, Italy, visiting Naples, Italy; Thira, Santorini; Istanbul, Turkey; Constanta, Romania; Odessa, Ukraine; Mykonos, Greece; Palermo, Sicily and Civitavecchia, Italy.
£1445 per person sharing a twin cabin (includes flights from London Gatwick to Civitavecchia)

NORWAY
Ramblers Worldwide Holidays offer eleven superb ‘Cruise and Walk’ holidays in Norway. Here are just a few:

FJORDS OF NORWAY
7 nights on Balmoral - 4 – 11 July 2008
Departing Dover, visiting Bergen, Hordaland; Olden, Sogn og Fjordane; Flam/Gudvangen; Eidfjord and Dover
£810 per person based on two sharing a twin cabin.

FJORDS OF NORWAY
7 nights on Boudicca – 18 – 25 July 2008
Departing Leith, Scotland visiting Olden, Sogn og Fjordane; Flam, Sognefjord; Gudvangen, Sogn of Fjordane; Bergen, Hordaland; Ulvik/Eidfjord, Hardangerfjord and Leith, Scotland.
£810 per person based on two sharing a twin cabin

LAND OF THE MIDNIGHT SUN
13 nights on Black Watch – 11 – 24 June 2008
Departing Dover, visiting Bergen, Hordaland; Skjolden, Sogn of Fjordane; Leknes, Lofoten Isl; Tromso, Froms; Honningsvag, Finnmark; Trondheim, Sor Trondelag; Olden, Sogn of Fjordane; Stavanger, Rogaland and Dover.
£1599 per person based on two sharing a twin cabin.

ECHOES OF THE LONGSHIPS
8 nights on Black Prince – 23 – 31 July 2008
Departing Liverpool, cruising Hebrides, visiting Kirkwall, Orkneys; Alesund, More og Romsdal; Flam/Gudvangen; Bergen, Hordaland; Douglas, Isle of Man and Liverpool.
£878 per person based on two sharing a twin cabin.

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