Our Ships
For many years we have specialised in providing ex UK 'no fly' crusing holidays aboard smaller and medium sized classic and more traditional style ships. We believe these vesels, which are generally owned by independent and privately owned shipping companies, offer a more leisurely and friendly 'home from home' style of cruising and maritime experience and are accessible to a much wider choice of interesting and remote ports of call.
It was from here that the origins of Cruise & Maritime Voyages began in realising that many seasoned and first time British cruisers alike from our seafaring nation, indeed, still prefer the more traditional cruising experience. However, if you are looking for vast shopping malls and atriums, swimming pools with large flumes, ice skating, and even rock climbing options, the Cruise & Maritime Voyages cruising experience is not for you. These features plus many more can be found on one of the newer breed of mega resort style ships where you will be in the company of up to 3,500 passengers.
Our emphasis will be very much on attaining high levels of customer satisfaction and attentive and friendly service standards and we will be striving to ensure that our passengers return home with many fond memories and will cruise with us again and again.
The ever popular Marco Polo
Over recent years the 800 passenger, 22,000grt Marco Polo has built up a strong following and reputation on the British market offering a fine tradition of destination cruising and we aim to continue in this vein and to provide a great value cruising experience. In 2010, Marco Polo will be positioned as a ‘child free’ ship operating exclusively for adult passengers and her home port will be the London Cruise Terminal in Tilbury.
A new fleet mate
We are proud to welcome the 800 passenger, 17,500grt Ocean Countess to the fleet following a £3 million refurbishment programme prior to joining us in spring 2010. She began service as the popular Cunard Countess and at the time became one of the best-known ships to sail the Caribbean Sea and a favourite on the British market. Ocean Countess will operate year round sailings from seven different British ports:- Hull, Newcastle, Edinburgh Leith, Greenock, Liverpool, Falmouth and Plymouth bringing cruising closer to home and added convenience for many of our new and past passengers.
