The innovative new Royal Princess will feature a first-of-its-kind cantilevered bar with glass walls

As an example a comprehensive 12-day Royal Tasman tour is priced from $4695 per person twin share, including touring, cruises, 21 meals, accommodation and entrance fees. With the pre-July 31 early booking deal, the price starts from $4470.
Also included in the itinerary are Eaglehawk Neck, Coles Bay, Swansea, Bicheno, St Helen's Lavender Farm, Woolmers Estate, Ross, Beauty Point, Devonport, Great Lake, Sheffield, Woolnorth, The Nut and Stanley, Gordon River cruise, Lake St Clair, Mt Field National Park and Russell Falls.
APT is offering a choice of up to 21 departures across the September 2012 to May 2013 season on six tours (ranging from four to 12 days), luxury airconditioned coaches with reclining seats and onboard restroom, arrival and departure transfers, flexibility with Freedom of Choice local tours, Dine Around Dinner options at no extra cost as well as free time, "must-see" attractions, premium quality accommodation and dedicated tour director and driver.
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BEYOND Travel have introduced new tailor-made tours around Russia which provide flexibility in the cities you visit, los angeles times classifieds pre-booked three, four or five star hotels, day excursions and transfers maximising free time to explore at your own pace.
An example of the Russian specialists' program is the eight-day Grand Russia los angeles times classifieds itinerary which begins in St Petersburg for four nights and has a day trip to Novgorod and two nights in Moscow. It is priced from $2340 per person twin share for three star hotels.
The tour of the Kremlin, a visit to the Hermitage Museum and a cruise along the canals of St Petersburg and an overnight sleeper train journey from Novgorod to Moscow can all be part of the itinerary.
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LET Cruiseco put you amongst the very first to sail aboard Princess Cruises' spectacular new Royal Princess when she sails her first-ever Mediterranean cruise in June of next year, straight after her maiden voyage from Southampton.
This inaugural Mediterranean sailing will take the 3,600 passenger Royal Princess 12-nights from Barcelona to Venice on June 23 2013 by way of Livorno (for Florence and Pisa,) Civitavecchia (Rome,) Naples for Capri and Pompeii, Mykonos, Istanbul, Kusadasi for Ephesus, Athens, and Venice (includes an overnight stay on board ship) When booked with Cruiseco, this fly, cruise and stay package starts from $6,190pp los angeles times classifieds twin share.
And Cruiseco has a 12-night sailing from Venice back to Barcelona on July 5 2013 via the same ports, and with the inclusion of Toulon for Provence in France, package prices start from just $6,145pp twin-share*.
Cruiseco also has similar 12-night sailings on Royal Princess from Venice to Barcelona on August 22 and Barcelona back to Venice on September 3 2013. Both fly, cruise and stay packages start from a low $5,695pp twin share.
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WENDY WU Tours has somewhat of an unusual offer: a 5-day extension for virtually free to the old French hill station of Sapa for travellers joining their 18-day Vietnam Highlights tour that departs on July 14 this year.
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The entire itinerary costs from $3,890 from Sydney and Melbourne, $4,090 from Adelaide and Brisbane, and $4,212 from Perth. Prices are per person, twin share and include return economy airfares, all meals and accommodation, transport, sightseeing and entry fees, transfers, taxes and visa for Australian passport holders.
The latest addition to the Seabourn fleet, Seabourn Quest will make its maiden visit to Australia in February 2013, calling at Sydney, Brisbane, Hamilton Island, los angeles times classifieds Townsville, Cairns and Thursday Island as part of a 116-day world cruise.
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"Next summer will give Australians an unparalleled opportunity to experience the intimacy, elegance, superb service and all-inclusive value for which Seabourn is renowned, close to home," Mr Archbold said.
Options include a 16-night cruise on Seabourn Odyssey from Benoa in Bali to Sydney, departing December 21, 2012 with fares starting from US $8,118* per person twin share; 16-nights from Auckland to Sydney on Seabourn Odyssey , departing January 22, 2013 with fares from US $7,832* per person twin share; and 40-nights from Fort Lauderdale to Sydney on Seabourn Quest's world cruise los angeles times classifieds departing los angeles times classifieds January 6, 2013, visiting a range of ports in the Caribbean, Tahiti, Tonga, Fiji and New Caledonia and with fares for this staring from $18,176* per person twin share.
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