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Latest Featured Stories from our Destinations
Believe it or not, Bordeaux is about much more than wine. Yes, the
capital of southwest France is renown for chateaux that produce
award-winning vintages, but Bordeaux offers much more than finely
fermented grapes, particularly for those arriving by cruise ships.
The first thing travelers need to know about IJmuiden is how to
pronounce it.
Rostock/Warnemunde: Should You Be Berlin Bound?
It's not often that you visit destinations where the locals and tourist
authorities advise you to "get out of town." But in Rostock, Germany,
and the nearby seaside resort, Warnemunde, that's exactly what many
cruise passengers are hearing.
Call me biased because I live there, but Helsingborg, Sweden, is
certainly among Europe's most beautiful cities. For tourists,
Helsingborg already boasts quite a lot of worthwhile sites and
attractions: There's a Royal Castle, an ancient watch tower, Sweden's
first and oldest pedestrian shopping street, and some of Scandinavia's
finest restaurants.
Stockholm, Sweden: Two Perfect Days, Day One
On your first of two perfect days in Stockholm, you’re going to set out
on a quest to find your own fika. Don’t worry: Fika has no strict rules.
If you can drink, eat and talk, you’re qualified to fika.
News
Calls to Torshavn in the Faroe Islands in 2010 number 47 compared to 45 last year.
Kristiansand is expecting 31,700 passengers this year compared to 24,000 in 2009, a significant rise.
From mid March 2010, Klaipeda is offering a 20% discount on all port dues on second and third calls during the calendar year and a 50% discount for the fourth and further calls.
Flam is placing more emphasis on family activities in order to hold on to the bigger ships, says Sivert Bakk manager port operations Port of Flam.
On July 23, Iberocruceros’ 1,248-passenger 48,200gt Grand Mistral will visit Reykjavik for the first time bringing Spanish passengers on what appears to be the first ever fly/sail cruise to Iceland and Greenland.
Stockholm is investing E800,00 in a new cruise centre at Stadsgarden as well as upgrading the facilities at Masthamnen and Nynashamn, says David Schubert, marketing manager passengers at Ports of Stockholm.
Bergen in Norway is expecting 242 calls and up to 290,000 passengers this year.
Hamburg is expecting a record 100 calls and more than 200,000 passengers this year, the latter showing a 57.7% increase on 127,000 in 2009.
Almost 4.95 million Europeans took a cruise in 2009 which is up 12% on 2008, according to figures released by the European Cruise Council (ECC) on March 16 in Miami.
