Crystal Cruises Adds Hotels to European Pre and Post Cruise Options

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Crystal Cruises Adds Hotels to European Pre and Post Cruise Options
Crystal Symphony

Venice's venerable Hotel Cipriani and Hotel Danieli, Istanbul's Ritz-Carlton and Athens' Hotel Grande Bretagne are the grand new additions to Crystal Cruises' 2007 European Crystal Adventures Hotel Program. The four new hotels join an expanded collection of Europe's most prestigious properties - 15 in all - offering savvy travelers luxurious options to extend their Crystal vacations with a pre- or post-cruise hotel stay.Crystal Symphony and Crystal Serenity offer 29 European itineraries from April through November. Click "more" for a list of some of the hotels that guest may choose from.Â Call us at 888-286-9827 to book one Crystal's European sailings. Â In several of the cruise departure and arrival cities, guests may choose from more than one hotel including:

Venice, Italy: Hotel Cipriani (new) Hotel Danieli (new); Hotel Bauer; Il Palazzo at the Hotel Bauer
Monte Carlo, Monaco: Hotel Hermitage
Rome, Italy: Grand Hotel Parco Dei Principi; St. Regis Grand
Lisbon, Portugal: Four Seasons Hotel Ritz Lisbon
Istanbul, Turkey: The Ritz-Carlton, Istanbul (new)
Stockholm, Sweden: The Grand Hotel
London, England: Renaissance Chancery Court London; The Berkeley Hotel
Copenhagen, Denmark: Copenhagen Marriott
Athens, Greece: Hotel Grande Bretagne (new); Athenaeum InterContinental Hotel

The Crystal Adventures Hotel Program is offered on each cruise in all nine departure and arrival cities, which include Athens, Copenhagen, Istanbul, Lisbon, London, Monte Carlo, Rome, Stockholm and Venice. For the two Crystal Serenity cruises that end or begin in Toulon, France, guests may extend their travels to Monte Carlo or Venice.Properties included in the Crystal's "Classic" and "Classic-Plus" Hotel Programs are carefully selected for their location, ambience, level of service and attention to detail. Each property chosen is individually regarded for its stellar reputation, and many are recognized by noted publications such as CondÃ© Nast Traveler and Travel + Leisure as some of the finest hotels in the world. The Crystal "Classic" program includes luxurious hotel accommodations, meet and assist arrangements, transfers between airport and hotel, direct transfer from hotel to ship, priority embarkation for pre-cruise guests, hotel tax and porterage, and a Hospitality Desk staffed by a Crystal representative providing valuable insights into each city's main attractions. In most locations, a Crystal "Classic-Plus" upgrade option is available offering additional services and amenities.Depending on the hotel selected, per person, double occupancy rates begin at $225 for the first night, with a reduced rate available for second and third nights.With their cruise, guests can also customize their European shoreside experience with individualized Crystal Private Adventures and choice of more than 600 boutique tours.