Alaska

From gourmet dining to exclusive excursions, from spa treatments to shopping sprees, it’s time to explore just some of the ways you can enhance your luxury cruise.

MSC will be sailing to Alaska for the first time in 2026, with MSC Poesia homeported in Seattle.

Whether you have your sights set on uncovering the mystique of the Middle East or retracing the footsteps of great explorers, a luxury cruise offers a passage to places of profound historical and cultural significance.

Here are just some of the best Northern Lights cruises departing over the coming months, which take in some pretty incredible destinations along the way.

Witnessing the wonders of wildlife in its natural habitat is one of travel’s greatest adventures. A journey not to be forgotten, there is something quite amazing about coming face to face with creatures you may never have dreamed of encountering.

Heading off on an Alaska cruise? Take a look at our handy Alaska packing list to help your preparations go without a hitch.

Holland America Line will be offering longer Alaska cruises in 2024, allowing guests a deeper exploration of the US state. Eurodam, Koningsdam, Nieuw Amsterdam, Noordam, Westerdam and Zaandam will be sailing the programme, which gets underway in April 2024. Among the season’s highlights will be a 28-day Alaska Arctic Circle…

The family cruise holiday has opened up the big wide world, making multi-generational breaks easier than ever before. Much of Europe is only a short shuffle from the UK, jewels of the Scandinavian crown glimmer on the not-so-distant horizon, and lazy shores of the Greek Islands remain tantalisingly close. Then…

Cunard will return to Alaska in 2019, with Queen Elizabeth becoming the cruise line’s first ship in the region for more than 20 years. Beginning with a voyage from Yokohama, Japan, on 5 May 2019, Queen Mary will sail to Alaska, where the youngest ship in the Cunard fleet will…