Amsterdam & Antwerp City Break

5 nights from £435pp departing Thursday 21st Nov 2024

CRUISE OF THE WEEK

£50 per cabin Onboard Credit
Book by 23:59 16^th July 2024

Sailing from Newcastle Tyne, you’ll head to two of Europe’s must-see cities via Scotland’s historic Dundee. Amsterdam is certainly not short of sights and bites, with countless fascinating museums and restaurants to experience. T...

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Pre cruise London Tilbury to Newcastle: £50pp

Itinerary

Map

					Arrive	Depart
	21st21	NovNov	202424	Newcastle upon Tyne, England, embark on the Ambition		17:00
An urban city mixing culture, sophistication and heritage, Newcatle-upon-Tyne offers a range of activities and attractions. With more theatres per person than anywhere else in the UK, Newcastle has a wide range of arts and cultural attractions for visitors to enjoy, from the Theatre Royal – regional home to the Royal Shakespeare Company – to the famous Angel of the North.
	22nd22	NovNov	202424	Dundee, Scotland	06:00	16:00
	23rd23	NovNov	202424	At Sea
	24th24	NovNov	202424	Amsterdam, Netherlands	08:00	18:00
Amsterdam combines the unrivaled beauty of the 17th-century Golden Age city center with plenty of museums and art of the highest order, not to mention a remarkably laid-back atmosphere. It all comes together to make this one of the world's most appealing and offbeat metropolises in the world. Built on a latticework of concentric canals like an aquatic rainbow, Amsterdam is known as the City of Canals—but it's no Venice, content to live on moonlight serenades and former glory. Quite the contrary: on nearly every street here you'll find old and new side by side—quiet corners where time seems to be holding its breath next to streets like neon-lit Kalverstraat, and Red Light ladies strutting by the city's oldest church. Indeed, Amsterdam has as many lovely facets as a 40-carat diamond polished by one of the city's gem cutters. It's certainly a metropolis, but a rather small and very accessible one. Locals tend to refer to it as a big village, albeit one that happens to pack the cultural wallop of a major world destination. There are scores of concerts every day, numerous museums, summertime festivals, and, of course, a legendary year-round party scene. It's pretty much impossible to resist Amsterdam's charms. With 7,000 registered monuments, most of which began as the residences and warehouses of humble merchants, set on 160 man-made canals, and traversed by 1,500 or so bridges, Amsterdam has the largest historical inner city in Europe. Its famous circle of waterways, the grachtengordel, was a 17th-century urban expansion plan for the rich and is a lasting testament to the city’s Golden Age. This town is endearing because of its kinder, gentler nature—but a reputation for championing sex, drugs, and rock ’n’ roll does not alone account for Amsterdam's being one of the most popular destinations in Europe: consider that within a single square mile the city harbors some of the greatest achievements in Western art, from Rembrandt to Van Gogh. Not to mention that this is one of Europe's great walking cities, with so many of its treasures in the untouted details: tiny alleyways barely visible on the map, hidden garden courtyards, shop windows, floating houseboats, hidden hofjes(courtyards with almshouses), sudden vistas of church spires, and gabled roofs that look like so many unframed paintings. And don’t forget that the joy lies in details: elaborate gables and witty gable stones denoting the trade of a previous owner. Keep in mind that those XXX symbols you see all over town are not a mark of the city's triple-X reputation. They're part of Amsterdam's official coat of arms—three St. Andrew's crosses, believed to represent the three dangers that have traditionally plagued the city: flood, fire, and pestilence. The coat's motto ("Valiant, determined, compassionate") was introduced in 1947 by Queen Wilhelmina in remembrance of the 1941 February Strike in Amsterdam—the first time in Europe that non-Jewish people protested against the persecution of Jews by the Nazi regime.
	25th25	NovNov	202424	Antwerp, Belgium	09:30	17:30
Explore Antwerp, Belgium's second city. Known for its diamond cutting industry, fashion and the many great artists that lived in its vicinity, Antwerp is a city focused on art and culture.
	26th26	NovNov	202424	Tilbury, England, disembark the Ambition	08:00
Just 22 nautical miles down river from the Tower Bridge in London, Tilbury is a popular turnaround port for cruises visiting Baltic and Northern European destinations.

Ambition

Launch Year

1999

Refit Year

2023

Tonnage

48,123

Capacity

1,200

Cabins

713

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	5 nights aboard the Ambition
	Port Taxes and Fees
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Interior staterooms from		£435pp
INS07AFT	Inside Cabin (Aft - Deck 7)
INS08AFT	Inside Cabin (Aft - Deck 8)	£435pp
INS08FWD	Inside Cabin (Forward - Deck 8)	£435pp
INS08MID	Inside Cabin (Midship - Deck 8)	£447pp
INS09AFT	Inside Cabin (Aft - Deck 9)	£459pp
INS09FWD	Inside Cabin (Forward - Deck 9)	£459pp
INS09MID	Inside Cabin (Midship - Deck 9)	£507pp
INS10AFT	Inside Cabin (Aft - Deck 10)	£519pp

Oceanview staterooms from		£543pp
OUT07AFT	Ocean View Cabin (Aft - Deck 7)	£543pp
OUT07MIDO	Ocean View Cabin - Obstructed View (Midship - Deck 7)	£646pp
OUT08AFT	Ocean View Cabin (Aft - Deck 8)	£715pp
OUT08FWD	Ocean View Cabin (Forward - Deck 8)	£646pp
OUT08MID	Ocean View Cabin (Midship - Deck 8)	£681pp
OUT09AFT	Ocean View Cabin (Aft - Deck 9)	£750pp
OUT09FWD	Ocean View Cabin (Forward - Deck 9)	£715pp
OUT09MID	Ocean View Cabin (Midship - Deck 9)	£750pp
OUT10AFT	Ocean View Cabin (Aft - Deck 10)	£715pp

Balcony staterooms from		£985pp
BAL09AFT	Balcony Cabin (Aft - Deck 9)	£985pp
BAL10AFT	Balcony Cabin (Aft - Deck 10)	£985pp

Suite staterooms from		£1,063pp
SUI10FWD	Suite (Forward - Deck 10)	£1,063pp
SUI10MID	Suite (Midship - Deck 10)	£1,217pp
DLX07AFT	Deluxe Suite (Aft - Deck 7)	£1,466pp
DLX08AFT	Deluxe Suite (Aft - Deck 8)	£1,503pp
SUI12AFT	Suite (Aft - Deck 12)	£1,294pp
PRM07AFT	Premium Suite (Aft - Deck 7)	£1,319pp
PRM08AFT	Premium Suite (Aft - Deck 8)	£1,411pp
PRM09AFT	Premium Suite (Aft - Deck 9)	£1,503pp
PRM10AFT	Premium Suite (Aft - Deck 10)	£1,448pp
PRM12AFT	Premium Suite (Aft - Deck 12)	£1,448pp