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Ten days/nine nights. Age limits, 18 to 65. Highlights: In Muscat, OMAN, Grand Mosque/gold and silver handicrafts in Nizwa/seaside resort at Barka/in DUBAI, sand dune safari/Dubai city tour, sunset dhow cruise. Land price, $3,270. Single supp., $1,065.
Kumuka Worldwide (Brooklyn, NY; 800/517-0867).
Eight-day/seven-night gulet cruise of coast of TURKEY, Sept. 10-17, 2011. Highlights: Bay of Fethiye/ancient Lydae/Greek ruins in Kaunos/citadel of Phoenix/Halicarnassus. Cruise, £1,795 (near $2,761). Single supp., £485 ($746).
Peter Sommer Travel (Ste. 2, 96 Monnow St., Monmouth NP25 3EQ, U.K.; phone +44 [0] 1600 888 220).
Nine-day/seven-night cruise. Highlights: In NETHERLANDS, cruise canals in Amsterdam/WWII sites in Arnhem/Grote Markt in Antwerp, BELGIUM/back in Netherlands, blooming flowers in Keukenhof Gardens. Cruise, from $1,999. Cruise and air from New York, from $2,499. Single supp., 50% of twin price or 100% of twin price for junior suite.
AmaWaterways (Chatsworth, CA; 800/626-0126).
The searchlights brighten the sky, the band strikes up a sprightly tune and down the red carpet come the winners of our “Who Did You Cruise With In 2009?” game. (At the end of this column are details on the next game and a new essay contest.)
by Randy Keck (Part 1 of 2 on the UK)
by Yvonne Horn
by Philip Wagenaar (Part 3 of a series)
There are over 100 cruise lines, with more than 450 ships, listed in the bible of cruising, Kay Showker’s “The Unofficial Guide to Cruises,” 11th edition (2010. John Wiley & Sons. 690 pp., $23.99). And even Showker doesn’t list all the ships or lines, nor does she critically review some of the smaller ones of note.
by Jay Brunhouse (Third of three parts)
