Azamara Club Cruises Announces 2012 Voyages Season

Miami, FL (Vocus/PRWEB) February 07, 2011

Azamara Club Cruises has unveiled 54 itineraries ranging from 5 to 16 nights, between March 2012 and February 2013, aboard Azamara Journey and Azamara Quest. The new voyages total the cruise lines 2012 deployments, which total 64 sailings that pay a visit to distinctive destinations about the globe, calling at 181 ports in 57 nations all through the Mediterranean Sea, Northern Europe, South America, India and the West Indies. Additionally, 51 percent of all port calls in 2012 function late night and overnight stays in port, delivering time for guests to appreciate a a lot more immersive expertise and take benefit of night tourism in destinations where the nightlife is even more vibrant than the days.

Azamara is delighted to present up-marketplace travelers our 2012 line-up of voyages to exclusive destinations around the globe, mentioned Larry Pimentel, president and CEO of Azamara Club Cruises. On board, guests will get pleasure from Azamaras trademark extraordinary service, fine dining and boutique wine collection, and a lot more inclusive amenities. We created our itineraries to coincide with some of the worlds most exciting events, such as Rios Carnaval, the Floriade in the Netherlands, the 52nd Annual Moldejazz Festival in Norway, and others, to offer guests the chance to attend these cultural celebrations on some of the Azamara voyages. Guests on these voyages will have the exclusive opportunity to acquire prime-seating ticket and transportation packages from Azamara, eliminating the hassle and guesswork for a truly remarkable travel experience.

South America Celebration

Azamara Quest sails to electrifying South American destinations during the height of austral summer season, beginning with a 13-evening Brazil voyage that departs Barbados on December five, 2012 and concludes with an overnight at Rio De Janeiro. The Christmas in South America voyage, departing December 18, offers guests daily port calls as properly as an overnight in Punta Del Esta, Uruguay, with its miles of lovely beaches, luxury hotels and restaurants, and glittery nightlife and the cosmopolitan city of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Guests on the December 27 New Years in Rio, nine-night voyage are in for a real treat, when after a get in touch with at Rio De Janeiro on New Years eve, Azamara Quest positions itself off of Copacabana Beach to offer guests an unforgettable view of the midnight fireworks over the seas.

The January five, 2013, Argentina &amp Uruguay voyage combines charming Brazilian destinations with an overnight at Punta Del Este and two nights in Buenos Aires. On the January 31, 2013, 12-night Carnaval voyage, guests can take pleasure in overnights in both Buenos Aires and Punta Del Esta ahead of arriving in time for two nights in Rio De Janeiro for the citys annual Carnaval festival. Guests will have the chance to purchase Land Discoveries packages that supply up-close seating to catch all the pageantry. Azamara Quest then sails an 18-night Colonial Brazil and West Indies voyage, beginning with an overnight in Rio De Janeiro on February 12, 2013 to Miami.

East Asia Discoveries

Azamara Journey follows ancient spice trade routes and colonial heritages about the Indian subcontinent to East Asia, beginning with a 13-night Spice Coast &amp Ceylon voyage from Bombay (Mumbai) to Madras (Chennai), India, departing November 29, 2012. Guests can take in the diverse cultures of Western, Southern and Eastern India with overnights in Goa (Mormugao), Cochin and Madras, and throughout maiden calls to the Maldives, in the Indian Ocean, and Colombo and Galle, Sri Lanka. The ship then continues on December 12 for an 11-night Burma &amp Andaman Sea Isles voyage, featuring a two-evening remain and maiden call at Yangon (Rangoon), Burma the former British colonial capital that characteristics a single of the regions highest quantity of period buildings and concluding with an overnight in the city-state of Singapore. On December 23, Azamara Journey embarks on fascinating 14-night Southeast Asia voyage to Hong Kong, supplying two-night calls at Bangkok (Klong Toey), Thailand and Ho-Chi Minh City, Vietnam, and an overnight at Hanoi in the UNESCO Planet Heritage Internet site of Halong Bay.

Mediterranean Odysseys

Azamara Club Cruises also provides up-market travelers 27 voyages for immersive adventures throughout the Mediterranean, Black and Red seas. Departing Could eight, Azamara Quest returns to the Mediterranean from Suez (Sokhna), Egypt, by means of the Holy Lands and Egypt to Athens (Piraeus), Greece. The only quick cruise presented by Azamara, a five-night, roundtrip voyage from Good, France, departs on Could 24 and provides an overnight at and midnight departure from St. Tropez, France, and two late-night departures from Monte Carlo, Monaco, and Portofino, Italy. Guests sailing for this voyage will have the selection to acquire tickets to the Monaco Grand Prix.

Azamara Quest then proceeds to the Eastern Mediterranean, offering eight voyages to the Greek Isles, Adriatic Coast, and Italy. These seven- to 12-night voyages feature overnights and late night departures in a range of exciting ports, such as Kotor, Montenegro Venice, Amalfi, and Capri, Italy Athens and Mykonos, Greece and Istanbul, Turkey. On the Black Sea &amp Transylvania voyage, departing July 22, Azamara Quest gives guests an opportunity to pay a visit to Draculas castle on a Land Discovery choice in the course of the contact at Constanta, Romania. Azamara Journey also gives an 11-night Very best of Italy &amp Greece voyage, departing October 4.

From August through October, each Azamara Journey and Azamara Quest will sail 10 voyages, ranging from seven- to 11-nights, through the Spanish, French and Italian Rivieras, with departures from Athens, Barcelona, Lisbon, Monaco, and Rome. On the October 16 sailing, Azamara Quest features Northern African destinations, and will make maiden calls at Al Khums and Tripoli in Libya.

Northern Europe Explorations

Azamara Journey makes the most maiden calls for the cruise line in the North and Baltic seas in 2012, going to new destinations with nearly daily port calls on nine voyages that celebrate the vibrant cultures of Northern Europe. On the seven-evening round-trip Belgium and South England voyage from Paris (Rouen), departing April 29, the ship will make maiden calls at and midnight departures from Bruges (Zeebrugge), Belgium, a UNESCO Planet Heritage Web site Dover, England and Portland, Dorset in the U.K. and conclude with an overnight in port. The 11-evening Mothers Day sailing, departing Could six, consists of a maiden call at the Isles of Scilly in the U.K., a midnight departure from the medieval walled city of St. Malo, France, and overnights in culture-rich Antwerp, Belgium and Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Guests can totally immerse themselves in a number of North Sea cultural capitals on the 12-evening Chelsea Flower Show voyage, departing May possibly 17, which begins with an overnight in Amsterdam features very first-time calls at Flushing (Vlissingen), the Netherlands, and Southampton, England and stays for two nights in Antwerp, Paris, and London (Greenwich), providing guests the chance to attend the annual RHS Chelsea Flower Show. The May possibly 29, 12-night British Isles in Bloom voyage overnights in Dublin, Ireland, and Edinburgh (Leith), Scotland, and involves maiden calls at Isle of Skye (Portree) and Invergordon, Scotland. On a later July 28 Castles, Distilleries &amp Pubs voyage from Edinburgh (Leith), guests enjoy two-evening stays at and post-midnight departures from Dublin, Ireland, and Paris (Rouen).

Azamara Journey continues eastward for three voyages that discover the vibrant Nordic cultures and Baltic jewel cities. A 10-evening voyage from Amsterdam on June 10 delivers guests overnights in Copenhagen, Denmark and Stockholm, Sweden a maiden get in touch with at and late departure from the charming Danish-island Ronne, Bornholm and an overnight at and late departure from St. Petersburg, Russia, for guests to join in the citys annual White Nights Festival. The nine-evening Scandinavia Russia

Azamara Club Cruises Announces 2012 Voyages Season