Princess Cruises offers passengers adventure two opportunities in 2011 and 2012 to experience one of the largest travel the World Cruise. En route to several continents and spanning tens of precious places on the planet, these fascinating itineraries give travelers the unique opportunity to experience and enjoy the style and service of Princess Cruises.
Princess has just announced that the intimate Pacific Princess will sail on a voyage of 107 days from Ft Lauderdale to Venice, exit January 13, 2012, providing the popular online experience small ship cruise. For a world cruise Australian style, the Dawn Princess sailing roundtrip from Sydney on May 25, 2011.
Travelers from these trips will be able to experience numerous visits to sites deemed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site - as the Fiordland National Park in New Zealand, the Hiroshima Peace, and historic Cairo - and can choose to travel beyond port in some places with shore excursions to such must-see destinations like the Great Wall of China and Angkor Wat, Cambodia. Pacific Princess also will launch three new port for Princess - Santa Marta, Colombia, Puerto Quepos, Costa Rica, and Manama, Bahrain.
"As we know from our long-standing emphasis on destination cruising, our passengers are wanderers by nature," said Jan Swartz, Princess Cruises president of the executive vice president. "And these world cruises are the best way to really experience life so many places in one trip - from the Panama Canal to the pyramids of Egypt."
Pacific Princess - 107 days - January 13, 2012:
From Ft Lauderdale to Venice, this itinerary will visit 38 destinations in 28 countries, including the mighty Panama Canal, the idyllic South Pacific, as well as "Down Under" The experience of Australia and New Zealand. Passengers will explore a variety of vibrant Asian cities like Tokyo, experience the bustle of India and Egypt's legendary monuments, and see some unique European ports, as Dubrovink, before finally arriving at the stunning Venice.
Three new ports debut on this trip: Santa Marta, Colombia's oldest city, is the site of the last days of Simon Bolivar, the liberator of which Bolivia is the name. From this port, passengers can visit several historical sites including the oldest church in Spanish America, or enjoy Tayrona National Park for nature walks and time on the beach. Puerto Quepos offers an experience out of beaten-path in Costa Rica, near the ecotourism destination of Manuel Antonio National Park. Manama, Bahrain's main port, a small island in the Persian Gulf, is home to UNESCO World Heritage Site, Fort of Bahrain or Qal'at al-Bahrain (the Old Harbour and Capital of Dilmun) plus numerous other archaeological sites.
The Pacific Princess passengers will also have the opportunity to experience a variety of other World Heritage sites. These remarkable places that make up the cultural and natural heritage of the planet include Fiordland National Park in New Zealand, Sydney Opera House, the Great Blue Mountains near Sydney, the Great Barrier Reef (Cairns), the Hiroshima Peace Memorial, the center Historic Macao (Hong Kong), the Taj Mahal (Mumbai), ancient Petra (from Aqaba), historic Cairo (Alexandria) and the ancient city of Dubrovnik. Passengers can also take in the sites of UNESCO, as the Great Wall of China and Cambodia Angkor Wat, with various adventures on land available during the trip.
The full path of the Pacific Princess cruise adventure begins in the port of Fort Lauderdale, followed by Aruba and the new port of Santa Marta (Colombia), before transiting the engineering marvel of the Panama Canal. The ship then heads back to the coast port of Puerto Quepos (Costa Rica) and San Juan del Sur (Nicaragua), San Diego. Here passengers can enjoy views across the Pacific to Honolulu, Kauai (Nawiliwili), Pago Pago, Tonga (Nuku'alofa), and then Auckland, and Fiordland National Park in New Zealand. In Australia, the ship visits Burnie, Tasmania and spends two days in Sydney, Cairns, more visits to the Great Barrier Reef. Heading to Asia, the ship will stop in Guam, then Tokyo, Hiroshima, Busan, Shanghai, and two days in Hong Kong. Next is the city of Ho Chi Minh City (Phu My), Bangkok (Laem Chabang), Singapore and Phuket. In India, passengers will experience Chennai and Mumbai (for a full day tour to the Taj Mahal), then the ship arrives in Bahrain for the new port of Manama, followed by a call during the night in Dubai. Then it is to Salalah, Safaga (for Luxor / Karnak), Alexandria (Cairo / Giza), and Suez Canal transit. Once in the Mediterranean, the ship calls at Dubrovnik and Koper (the capital of Slovenia, Ljubljana) and finally to the final port of Venice.
The Dawn Princess - 104 days - May 25, 2011:
Sailing roundtrip from Sydney, the world cruise with an Australian flavor. Dawn Princess will call at 43 ports on six continents intriguing and introduce some new destinations not seen on previous trips worldwide, including Costa Rica, Morocco, Jordan, Israel, Scotland and Norway. The most popular destinations such as Singapore, Dubai, the Mediterranean, the Panama Canal and the Hawaiian Islands are also included.
The cruise itinerary, which will take passengers from Sydney to Darwin, then through the line of Ecuador to Singapore, Kuala Lumpur (Port Kelang), and Langkawi, Malaysia. Then the ship sails to India with a stopover in Cochin and Mumbai (for the Taj Mahal). The cruise continues to Abu Dhabi, Dubai (overnight), Muscat (Mina Qaboos) and Aqaba in Jordan (for Petra). Dawn Princess will sail then the Suez Canal to reach Port Said (Cairo / Giza), followed by Jerusalem (Ashdod). Then, in the Mediterranean with visits to Mykonos, and Istanbul with a cruise on Anzac Cove. The classic ports of Athens (Piraeus), Naples (for Capri and Pompeii), Rome (Civitavecchia), Florence / Pisa (Livorno), Monte Carlo, Barcelona and get to the next, followed by Casablanca (for Rabat), Lisbon, Paris / Normandy (Le Havre), and then to London (Dover). Ports of northern Europe are Amsterdam and Bergen, Norway that the ship is then to Britain and Ireland, with stops in Edinburgh / Glasgow (Greenock), Dublin and Cork (Cobh - for Blarney Castle). Dawn Princess next crosses the Atlantic with a stop in Bermuda on the way to Fort. Lauderdale. Passengers then visit Cartagena and transit the spectacular Panama Canal. Surfing the Pacific coast, the ship arrives in Costa Rica (Puntarenas), Acapulco, Manzanillo, and then Los Angeles. Passengers then enjoy sailing across the Pacific in Honolulu and Tahiti (Papeete), Bora Bora, and Apia (Western Samoa), the ship heads home with a final call before arriving in Auckland to Sydney once more.
The two World cruises can also be booked in segments ranging from 15 to 32 days. Full cruise fares start at $ 21,995 per person and segment rates starting at $ 2,495, based on double occupancy. The Pacific Princess sailing opens for sale June 17, 2010, the cruiser Aurora princess world is currently available for reservation.
Additional information about Princess Cruises is available through a professional travel agent, calling 1-800-PRINCESS, or by visiting the website of the company in http://www.princess.com
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