Things To Do in Spanish Cruise Ports

Barcelona

Incredible architecture and design awaits you in Barcelona. As you wander around the city, admire the work of Spanish Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí – the best-known practitioner of Catalan Modernism. Gaudi’s most famous building – the Sagrada Familia really is a sight to behold! It’s been under construction for 130 years and it’s estimated it won’t be completed until 2026. If you’ve worked up an appetite after visiting the Sagrada Familia you’ll be pleased to know the tapas bar Tossa (voted in the Guardian’s top 10 Barcelona tapas bars) is nearby and where better to have tapas than Barcelona?

If you’re interested in exploring more of the great outdoors, take …

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Cruise and Rail Holidays

Discover popular cruise and rail itinerary combinations for your next holiday…

Experiential cruise holidays are quickly rising in popularity and now it’s not uncommon to find a cruise holiday package that includes excursions, tours and other land based activities. However, perhaps the quickest to grow in popularity are rail and cruise holidays.

The main appeal of a cruise and rail holiday, is the chance to explore a destination in two very different ways. Arriving by ship into a cruise port can showcase the coastal scenery or links to some of the world’s most incredible cities whilst a train journey allows those on board to explore the stretches of landscape …

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Family Cruising

This is Why Everyone Cruises…

16th August 2016

Find out why we think cruise holidays are for everyone…

There’s something special about cruising. It’s a holiday which every type of can person enjoy. Young, old, straight, gay, married, single, thrifty people and those who like luxury experiences too.

This hasn’t always been the case however as cruises have previously earned a reputation as being for ‘the overfed, newly wed and nearly dead’. When cruising first originated it was primarily only an option for the wealthy, and cruise lines such as Cunard who have been in operation for as long a 175 years were a popular leisure-time choice for golden-era celebrities and members of royalty who would embark on …

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The A to Z of Cruise Holidays

The A to Z of Cruise Holidays

15th June 2016

Find out what cruise holidays are all about with our quick-read A to Z guide below…
Wave Rider and Sky Diving on Royal Caribbean ship
A: Activities

From libraries, cinemas and casinos to mini golf, rock climbing walls and surf simulators; there’s a whole host of activities to keep you occupied whilst you cruise.

Wine Tower on the Celebrity Silhouette
B: Bars

Treat yourself to a colourful cocktail… or two! Or for wine lovers, it’s hard not to be impressed with the wine tower on Celebrity Cruises which holds as many as 500 different labels!

Chef Curtis Stone for Princess cruise line
C: Cuisine

From stacked burgers loaded with onion …

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Cruise ideas for a gap month

The Greatest Way to Have a Gap Month

22nd October 2015

Taking time out to travel is no longer just for students… Gap Months are for anyone and everyone!

Some say that Gap Month’s are the new Gap Year, with more and more people taking time out of their busy work and life schedules to make some time to travel and have memorable life experiences.  Whilst taking a year out But how can you make the most of 30 days of freedom and see as much as the world, but without spending a small fortune doing so? Well, we’re going to go ahead and let you in on our not-so-secret secret. You can travel the world in a month from just £64 …

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Cruise Consierge

8 Tips for Your Next Cruise Holiday from a Cruise Concierge

1st October 2015

Discover insider tips for making the most of your cruise holiday…

Here at Cruise Nation we pride ourselves on employing some of the most knowledgeable cruise travel experts in the industry. Several of our Cruise Consultants have worked on cruise ships – some for as many as 15 years! With an abundance of insider tips to share, we decided to pick the brains of our team member Hannah Graham. Hannah previously worked as a Concierge with Royal Caribbean, visiting far-flung destinations such as Alaska, Canada and the Caribbean. Read on to find out 8 of Hannah’s top tips for first time cruisers.

Hannah

1. Working on cruise ships for such …

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