Tagged: Saga Cruises

Saga Cruises has released artist’s impressions of its new ship which will be launched in summer 2019. (more…)

Harmony V is a sleek 55-metre mega yacht with 25 cabins offering Saga guests an exclusive taste of luxury while sailing around the Canary Islands. (more…)

Fifteen years ago Debra Searle completed the 3,000-mile Atlantic Rowing Challenge from Tenerife to Barbados to become the youngest woman to row solo across the Atlantic. (more…)

Saga Travel are offering a whole host of incentives in January. For every ocean cruise booking made agents will receive £100 in shopping vouchers, and £20 in vouchers for every holiday. (more…)

Every year the Danes each drink an average of 90 litres of beer – which places them in the Top 10 of European beer lovers. (more…)

Bucks Fizz singer Bobby Gee is a cruise holiday fan and thinks they are ‘absolutely the best kind of holiday people can have’. Bobby, 63, says he can’t wait be performing on Saga Sapphire’s 80s themed ‘Springtime in the Fjords’ cruise which departs from Dover on May 12, 2017. (more…)

Every year the Saga Travel team reports which celebrities will be reaching ‘the Big 50’ and 2017 will see plenty! These well-known faces will join the exclusive club of over 50s and will be eligible to experience Saga’s selection of global adventures – proving there is life and excitement after 50 – you’ll be surprised by the names! (more…)

Saga is so confident that first-time guests will love life on board its award-winning cruise ships that it is offering early flights home and a refund of the cruise fare to anyone who does not enjoy the sailing. (more…)

Saga passengers can watch the Northern Lights from the comfort of an insulated luxury Sami tent, complete with floor-to-roof window to maximise the view, during Saga Pearl II’s Bright Lights in Norway cruise. (more…)

TV celebrity chef Rustie Lee will be cooking up a recipe for laughter when she sails on Saga Pearl II’s all-inclusive Grand Caribbean Adventure cruise this November. Rustie, who has also a cabaret background, will be singing and baking her way through lively cookery demonstrations aboard the 449-passenger ship. (more…)

Saga has got in touch with its artistic side to create a cruise where passengers can immerse themselves in a world of art and architecture. (more…)

Captain Burgess will take command of Saga Sapphire on the ‘Canaries to Casablanca’ cruise, sailing out of Southampton on December 1, 2016 headed for Madeira, Tenerife, La Gomera, Gran Canaria, Morocco and mainland Spain. (more…)

Saga Cruises has released its new programme of 2018 sailings which include putting West Africa back on the cruise map. The 20 night Saga Pearl II ‘Traditions of the Canaries and Africa’ Cruise gives guests time to go ashore in Banjul, in The Gambia, and Dakar, in Senegal. (more…)

Saga Sapphire’s newly released 2018 getaway cruise takes guests into Poldark country where they can tour the wild headlands, harbours and beaches featured in Winston Graham’s novels. (more…)

Step ashore in Guadeloupe, the setting for the popular BBC TV series Death in Paradise; solve a crime during an on board murder mystery evening and learn about novelist Agatha Christie’s life and works on Saga Sapphire’s new Mystery in the Caribbean cruise. (more…)

Radio and TV broadcaster ‘Diddy’ David Hamilton has so many stories about compering shows for The Beatles, Cliff Richard, The Rolling Stones and David Cassidy that he is likely to need more than a fortnight on Saga Sapphire’s Canaries to Casablanca cruise to tell them all. (more…)

Saga has launched a brand new ‘Cruise Trade team’ focused on promoting Saga cruises to trade agents. (more…)

Master Chocolatier Mark Tilling, who led his team to victory in BBC2’s “Bake Off: Crème de la Crème” will be on board Saga Sapphires ‘Spanish Adventure’ cruise, to demonstrate the tricks of his trade and share his wealth of patisserie knowledge. (more…)

Sail away on a Bank Holiday Getaway to discover what makes Saga Pearl II such a special ship ¬– the small, yacht-like vessel has a traditional nautical feel, right down to her teak decks. (more…)

If the Panama Canal is on your bucket list there is no better time to sail than on Saga Sapphire in 2017. The 700-passenger ship will sail through the canal on January 30 and again on February 17 for the return leg of her 66-night Central American Discovery cruise. (more…)

Saga guests can join professional naturalist Diarmid Doody to search for fin, humpback and sperm whales on Saga’s wildlife tour of the Azores.