Cunard Line Celebrates 170th Year With New Ports and New Iti

-- Mediterranean Medley, two 12-day roundtrip voyages departing from Southampton on April 20 and August 17 with calls to Barcelona, Monte Carlo, Rome (Civitavecchia), Sardinia (Alghero), Mallorca (Palma) and Gibraltar. -- Mediterranean Mosaic, a 12-day roundtrip voyage departing from Southampton on October 26 with calls to Barcelona, Monte Carlo, Rome, Corsica, Mallorca and Gibraltar. -- Mediterranean Explorer, a 13-day roundtrip voyage departing from Southampton on June 10 with calls to Barcelona, Cannes, Florence/Pisa (Livorno), Rome, Sardinia, Mallorca and Gibraltar. -- Mediterranean Treasures, two 14-day roundtrip voyages departing from Southampton on May 6 and July 20 with calls to Vigo (for Santiago de Compostela), Lisbon, Palma, Barcelona, Cannes, Rome, Corsica (Ajaccio) and Gibraltar. -- Mediterranean Adventure, a 16-day roundtrip voyage departing from Southampton on September 2 with calls to Malaga (for Grenada), Cephalonia, Dubrovnik, Venice, Split, Corfu and Gibraltar. -- Wonders of the Mediterranean, a 16-day roundtrip voyage departing from Southampton on November 7 with calls to Malaga, Palermo (Sicily), Dubrovnik, Venice, Split, Corfu and Gibraltar. Fares for these Mediterranean voyages start from $2,395.

In addition, Queen Victoria will sail the picturesque Canaries and the Atlantic Coast on three separate itineraries, including a 16-day holiday season voyage, A Festive Celebration, which sails roundtrip from Southampton on December 19 which calls on La Coruna (for Santiago de Compostela), Lisbon, Seville (Cadiz), Gibraltar, Lanazarote, Grand Canaria (Las Palmas), Tenerife (Santa Cruz de Tenerife), La Palma and Madeira (Funchal). Shorter Canary Islands itineraries include the 10-day Iberian Serenade sailing roundtrip from Southampton on October 12 with calls to Vigo, Tenerife, Gran Canaria, La Palma and Madeira, and the 12-day Canary Island Explorer, departing roundtrip from Southampton on November 23 with calls to Madeira, La Palma, Tenerife, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, Lisbon and Vigo. Fares for these voyages start from $1,895.

In July, she will make her maiden voyage to Iceland, visiting nine ports including Akureyri, home of the northernmost golf course in the world, and Reykjavik, the northernmost capital city in the world, on the 13-day Geysers & Glaciers itinerary roundtrip from Southampton. Other port calls include Grundarfjordur, Alesund, Hellesylt, Geiranger, Flaam/Sognefjord, Stavanger and Bergen. Fares start from $3,295.

Other voyages in the Northern Europe region include: -- Norwegian Wonders, a seven-day roundtrip voyage departing from Southampton on May 20 with calls to Stavanger, Hellesylt, Geiranger, Alesund and Bergen. -- Winter Wonderland, a ten-day roundtrip voyage with overnight stays in both Hamburg and Copenhagen, departing from Southampton on December 9 with additional calls to Stavanger, Oslo and Brussels/Bruges (Zeebrugge). -- Baltic Splendours, two 14-day roundtrip voyages departing from Southampton on May 27 and August 3 with calls to Brussels/Bruges, Bremerhaven, Kristiansand, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Helsinki, St. Petersburg (overnight), Tallinn and Gottenburg. -- Land of the Midnight Sun, a 14-day roundtrip voyage departing from Southampton on June 23 with calls to Stavanger, Hellesylt, Geiranger, Honningsvag, North Cape, Ny Alesund (Spitsbergen), Tromso, Andalsnes and Bergen. Fares for these voyages start from $1,695.

Queen Victoria will also offer a set of four Gallic Getaway voyages sailing roundtrip from Southampton with stops in such classic ports as Cherbourg (for Normandy), Rotterdam (for Amsterdam) and Brussels/Bruges. The four-day voyages are scheduled for May 2, August 29, October 22 and December 5. Fares start from $995.

Queen Victoria will make her maiden voyage to New England and Canada in 2009. Her 24-day Autumn Colours voyage stops in such historic seaports as Boston, MA; Newport, RI, Quebec City and Halifax, Nova Scotia, the birthplace of Sir Samuel Cunard. Fares start from $5,295.

All referenced voyage fares are Early Booking Fares, per person and based on double occupancy.

Cunard World Club members receive 5% savings on all voyages.

For more information about Cunard''s 2009 Voyage Programme on Queen Mary 2 or Queen Victoria, call 1-800-7-CUNARD or go to

Source: Cunard Line