Cruises for the Older Generation

One of the most enjoyable aspects of retirement is the flexibility you now have when it comes to travel. No longer are your holiday options limited by work to a certain number of days a year, and your ability to travel outside of school holidays can significantly reduce the cost of trips abroad. Now you have the option of taking longer holidays and savouring the experience properly.  You may now consider a new type of holiday, such as cruises, which offer the uninitiated a new perspective on how to see the world.

Cheap cruises offer travel without many of the potential problems that can befall many holidaymakers. There’s no risk of missed connections, lost luggage, or flight cancellations as you cruise from place to place on a floating hotel.  For the duration of the cruise you can savour the holiday experience with good food, leisure facilities and entertainment laid on, whilst going to sleep moored in one harbour before waking next morning in a new country.

Cruises vary by type and destination from short breaks close to home, to whole circumnavigations of the globe.

Within Europe, the Mediterranean is a very popular cruising destination.  The combination of excellent year-round weather, spectacular natural beauty and a wealth of history and culture make cruises along the coastlines of France, Spain, Italy and the Greek islands special and memorable experiences. 

Among the many cruise lines that operate here are Princes Cruises.  Princes Cruises visit many ports throughout the Mediterranean - from Barcelona in Spain, Florence in Italy, to exotic Istanbul in Turkey - sampling the unique culture of each city with excellent excursions to see the sights.

Often the most memorable aspects of a cruise are the excursions, which make cruising such a rich and varied travel experience. Over a short space of time such as a week, your floating hotel can visit more major Mediterranean attractions with far more ease and comfort than you could by travelling over land. At each destination, excursions are very well organised to see the sights. In Venice for example, an introduction to Venice would take in all the highlights that Venice offers, such as the Doges Palace, the famous Bridge of Sighs, and St Marks Square. Alternatively, with a Venetian Islands and Gondola excursion you could ride in a motor launch through the Venetian Lagoon, passing various important landmarks and visiting a Murano glass factory, before enjoying a trip in a gondola amongst the smaller canals.

Whichever destination you choose, travelling by cruise ship with brands link P&O, Cunard and Royal Caribbean and enjoying excursions ashore is a unique and memorable experience, very well suited to life after retirement.