Cruises

You don’t have to go far for a fabulous cruise. A five-night getaway from Tilbury on the Thames with Cruise and Maritime Voyages takes...

Celebrity Silhouette has all the trappings of a luxury hotel resort, except that this “hotel” travels with you as you go city hopping.

The Royal Clipper is the largest five masted fully-rigged sailing ship in the world. We review the Mediterranean cruise from France to Italy.

Marella has just launched its biggest ship, 1,900-passenger Marella Explorer, offering a superb holiday experience with a great deal of style.

There are plenty of river cruises in Europe but one that gets overlooked is the river cruise along The Seine. And that's a shame because these waterways pass all the way from Paris through rural Normandy and the Channel taking in chateaux, city scenes, gardens and grand riverside cliffs.

The 228,081-ton Symphony of the Seas, the world's largest cruise ship, made its debut voyage in March 2018.

Great Rail Journeys has chartered three modern luxury five-star state of the art vessels to cruise along The Rhine, The Danube and the Waterways of Belgium and Holland.

Carnival Cruise Line is launching four new ships in 2018: the family friendly Carnival Horizon, the sumptuous Holland America, the eco friendly AIDAnova and the luxuriously intimate Seabourn Ovation.

Rupert Parker takes a 14-day cruise on Fred Olsen's ship Braemar to visit historic cities in Portugal and Spain such as Lisbon, Seville and the Alhambra palace in Granada, as well as the Spanish enclave of Ceuta on the North African coast.

Which is the best cruise ship of 2017? A panel of cruising experts has highlighted the best ocean, river and luxury cruise lines.