Cruise Holidays?

Question

Can anyone give me a list of cruise companys that do cruises from and back to the uk?

(That depart from the uk and do not involve flying)

Answer 1

p and o

Answer 2

P & O and Princess go from Southampton - you arrive at the dockside and if you have a car it is driven into a secure compound while your luggage is carried away for you.  Into Customs, then board the ship; so simple.

What you should do is to read Berlitz book "Ocean Cruising and Cruise Ships" published annually; your library should have a copy.  It makes for very good bedtime reading, describes every cruise ship afloat, evaluates the facilities and service.  It answers all the usually asked questions, and really tells you which ship you shouldn't use, so if you hate kids, you will look at the "adults only" liners, if you love Italians, go for Costa.

I bought a copy when we were going on our first cruise in 2005 and decided the Oriana was our sort of ship.  It was fabulous for us (and I didn't put on weight!).

Answer 3

All of the cruise lines which I have listed below have cruises leaving from various ports in the UK.  The cruises will have itineraries to the British Isles, the Baltic, and the Mediterranean.   You can in most cases just go to the cruise line web sites and select the departure ports available for that line.  Some will cruise from Dover, others from Southampton and others from Harwich.

Last May we did a cruise from Dover to the Baltic on the Celebrity cruise ship, Constellation.  Great ship and great cruise.  It was a 14 day round trip from Dover and we took the train from Waterloo to Dover.

The Cunard cruise line does Transatlantic cruises from the UK almost weekly and if you do not want to fly back home you can just book back to back cruises for your return.  Or book a return on a different cruise line since a few do also have transatlantic cruises to the UK.

Crystal cruise line even has a cruise or two that leave from London.  They have smaller ships but provide 5 star service; they also cost much more than other lines but you get what you pay for.

Answer 4

P&O lines,

princess cruiselines.

celebrity.com

Answer 5

The best are definitly P&O Cruises there are no better, they set sail fron Southampton to Southampton which is great and the ships are great for all the members of the family and they go to great places i would really recomend it as i have been on 4 of there cruises.

Good luck

Answer 6

All of Fred Olsens are UK to UK unless you come home half way through the itinery as they also do staggered intake. Also Voyages of Discovery, P & O, Noble Caledonia, and Carnival cruises

Answer 7

costa cruises go from southampton, this is an italian cruise line and the ships are amazing, have sailed with costa 4 times to different parts of the world, its just as their brochure says " cruising Italian Style.

restaurants are brill the food its good, midnight buffets are something else, theme nights are funny, shows are as good as the theatre, something for everyone

Answer 8

Princess Cruises go from Southampton

Answer 9

There are plenty of cruises that start in and return to the UK.  The main disadvantage is that you spend a lot of time getting to somewhere more interesting.  Try doing a web search on "cruise" "no flying" UK sites only.