British Isles – Historic Ports of the English Channel and Irish Sea

3 nights from £637pp departing Saturday 7th May 2022

Set sail from Portsmouth along the picturesque coasts of England and Ireland before arriving in Liverpool. On this short cruise you’ll explore fascinating English city ports, the attractive Cornish fishing village of Fowey, and set foot in Ireland as we visit the ancient castles, cathedrals and abbeys from the medieval and Viking eras.

Itinerary

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					Arrive	Depart
	7th07	MayMay	202222	Portsmouth, England, embark on the MS Fridtjof Nansen		18:00
Portsmouth is one of the most densely populated cities in Southern England, and is unusual as most of its built-up area occupies Portsea Island, linked to the mainland by road and rail bridges. Although there is a Roman fort at nearby Portchester, occupied later by the Saxons and Normans, there was no settlement on the site of Portsmouth at the time of the 1086 Domesday Book. The town developed in medieval times and received its first charter in 1194 from King Richard I; soon afterwards it became a major naval base. It has the world’s oldest dry dock, and is home to several famous ships, including HMS Victory, HMS Warrior and the Mary Rose, raised from the Solent in 1982. Portsmouth remains an important naval base and is home to a large proportion of the British service fleet. The waterfront area is now dominated by the Spinnaker Tower, 560 feet high, the United Kingdom’s tallest building outside London. Other things to see in the city include the house where Charles Dickens was born, and the City Museum, which contains a permanent exhibition devoted to another famous writer, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who lived in the town.
	8th08	MayMay	202222	Fowey, England	09:00	16:00
Nestled in the mouth of a wooded estuary, Fowey (pronounced Foy) is still very much a working china-clay port as well as a focal point for the sailing fraternity. Increasingly, it's also a favored home of the rich and famous. Good and varied dining and lodging options abound; these are most in demand during Regatta Week in mid- to late August and the annual Fowey Festival of Words and Music in mid-May. The Bodinnick and Polruan ferries take cars as well as foot passengers across the river for the coast road on to Looe.A few miles west of Fowey are a pair of very different gardens: the Eden Project, a futuristic display of plants from around the world, and the Lost Gardens of Heligan, a revitalized reminder of the Victorian age.
	9th09	MayMay	202222	Waterford, Ireland	08:00	16:00
The largest town in the Southeast and Ireland's oldest city, Waterford was founded by the Vikings in the 9th century and was taken over by Strongbow, the Norman invader, with much bloodshed in 1170. The city resisted Cromwell's 1649 attacks, but fell the following year. It did not prosper again until 1783, when George and William Penrose set out to create "plain and cut flint glass, useful and ornamental," and thereby set in motion a glass-manufacturing industry long without equal. The famed glassworks closed after the 2008 financial crisis, but Waterford Crystal has triumphantly risen again from the flames in a smaller, leaner version, opened in 2010 and now relocated to the Mall.
	10th10	MayMay	202222	Liverpool, England, disembark the MS Fridtjof Nansen	08:00
From world-class attractions and sports to legendary music, Liverpool offers old-world charm with modern sophistication, underpinned by a rich cultural history.

MS Fridtjof Nansen

Launch Year

2020

Tonnage

20,889

Capacity

530

Cabins

265

Accessible

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Holiday Summary

	3 nights aboard the MS Fridtjof Nansen
	Full-board dining included
	Tipping is neither required nor expected
	Shore excursions available
	Port Taxes and Fees
	ABTA and ATOL Protection*

Oceanview staterooms from		£637pp
RR	Polar Outside: Large Outside Cabin (Middle Decks)	£637pp
TT	Arctic Superior: Large Outside Cabin (Lower/Middle Deck)	£743pp
TY	Arctic Superior: Large Outside Cabin (Wheelchair Accessible)	£743pp

Balcony staterooms from		£879pp
XT	Arctic Superior: Spacious Outside Cabin with Balcony	£914pp
XTD	Arctic Superior: Spacious Outside Cabin with Balcony	£914pp
XY	Arctic Superior: Outside Cabin with Balcony (Wheelchair Accessible)	£914pp
XTJ	Arctic Superior: Outside Cabin with Balcony	£879pp

Suite staterooms from		£1,050pp
MA	Expedition Suite: XL Corner Suite with Private Balcony	£2,017pp
MB	Expedition Suite: XL Corner Suite	£1,486pp
MC	Expedition Suite: Corner Suite with Private Balcony	£1,592pp
MD	Expedition Suite: Large Suite with Private Balcony	£1,268pp
ME	Expedition Suite with Private Balcony	£1,121pp
MF	Expedition Suite: Corner Suite	£1,050pp