Deilmann’s golf and sailing holidays on the 513-passenger ocean liner MS Deutschland include two itineraries that focus on the British Isles – the Britannia Golf Cup, July 31-Aug. 11, with play at St. Andrews and Gleneagles in Scotland and four courses in Ireland, and the Great Britain Golf Cup, Sept. 3-17, with play in Scotland, Isle of Man, Liverpool, Milford Haven in Wales and Wentworth, venue of the British Open.
The cruise line offers free air transportation on these cruises from New York and 16 other U.S. cities and low air supplements of $110 and $150 from an additional 34 cities in the Midwest and West. The sailings also provide free airport-ship transfers and deductions for non-golfers of between $800 and $1,310 per person.
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The Britannia Golf cruise combines an 11-night sailing with rounds of golf in Scotland at the 18-hole link courses at St. Andrews and the world-famous 36-hole Gleneagles and four courses in Ireland: Ballybunion in Foynes, Fota Island in Cobh, Old Kinsale Head in Kinsale and Marriott Druids Glen and Hotel Country Club in Dublin. Prices start at $5,706 per person for a twin-bedded cabin and all meals, roundtrip air from the U.S. to Hamburg, airport-ship transfers, six rounds of golf, transfers to the courses, green fees, golf escort, pull carts and tips.
The 14-night Great Britain Golf theme cruise also begins with an overnight flight from the U.S. to Hamburg and includes play at three courses in Scotland – Gleneagles in Leith, the 27-hole Greenock course and the parkland course at Mount Murray on the Isle of Man – and the Royal Liverpool Golf Club surrounded by dunes and the ocean, Tenby in Milford Haven, Wales, and the Wentworth Golf Club, site of the British Open, in Surrey near London.
A 20-night sailing with golf from Phuket, Thailand to Hong Kong, Dec. 18, 2007-Jan. 6, 2008, has overnight stays in Phuket and Singapore and two nights in Benoa on the island of Bali and in Hong Kong. The ship calls at Pare Pare on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, Sandakan, gateway to Borneo's wildlife, in Malaysia, and Puerto Princesa, known for tropical birding, in the Phillippines.
Golf is played at the Blue Canyon Country Club in Phuket, Raffles Country Club in Singapore and Mission Hills in Hong Kong, largest golf resort in the world with 10 courses designed by 10 top golfers. Deilmann passengers play on courses designed by Jack Nicklaus or Nick Faldo. Cruises rates for this sailing for U.S. participants also include round-trip air transportation from Frankfurt and one-night pre- and one-night post accommodations at the Frankfurt Sheraton Airport Hotel.
Golf theme cruises are scheduled on six Deilmann river ships beginning with the Spring Golf Cup aboard the five-star MV Casanova sailing from Basel, Switzerland, to Passau, Germany, on the Rhine and Main rivers and the Rhine-Main Canal, May 19-31. This golf package combines a seven-night cruise with five nights at the five-star Steigenberger Hotel in the resort town of Bad Kissingen in Germany and six rounds of golf. On the cruise itinerary are the Alsatian city of Strasbourg, the wine town of Rüdesheim, the baroque city of Würzburg, medieval Bamberg and historic Nüremberg.
The 12-night cruise and golf program is priced from $3,446 per person for an outside twin cabin, all meals on board, five hotel nights with breakfast, six rounds of golf in Strasbourg, Miltenberg, Bamberg, Bad Kissingen and Würzburg, green fees, guides, pull carts and half-day excursion to the High Rhön nature reserve, a UNESCO World Heritage site. Non-golfer deduction is $680.
Golfers on the two Normandy Golf cruises sail the Seine from Paris to Rouen and enjoy seven nights on the five-star MV Cezanne, seven rounds of golf and three nights at the deluxe Hotel Hostellerie de Tourgeville in a large park setting, a few minutes from Deauville, May 19-31 and Sept. 15-27. Golf is played at courses in Paris, Vernon, Le Havre, Omaha Beach Golf Club at Bayeux, the Deauville Golf Club and the St. Julien Barrier Golf Club. The 10-night cruise and golf package is priced from $4,507 per person, outside twin, and includes transfers, green fees, guides, pull carts, full-day excursion to Honfleur and Deauville and all transfers. Non-golfers deduct $1,068 from the cruise rate.
Depending on the itinerary, non-golfing river cruise companions deduct between $660 and $1,068 from the river cruise golf package price. Golfing guides for each of the river cruises are players and tour managers from different clubs in Germany. Deilmann arranges air transportation, meet and greet service, transfers between airports and ships, hotel stays and reduced-rate shore excursion packages for the river cruises. Additional cruise dates are available for groups of six or more players.
The weekly Seine River cruises aboard the 50-cabin Cezanne sail to Les Andelys, the small town of Caudebec-en-Caux, the ancient city of Rouen with its fine cathedral and Musée des Beaux-Arts with paintings by Impressionists Monet, Sisley, Boudin and Pisarro and the charming town of Vernon to visit Giverney. The Cezanne cruises provide overnight stays on the ship in Paris, Caudebec-en-Caux and Rouen. Most of the cruises sail roundtrip; three will sail one way from Paris to Rouen and three from Rouen to Paris. These six will feature two nights on board ship in Paris.
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Deilmann’s optional money-saving package of Seine excursions – a Paris city tour, the majestic ruins of Château Gaillard at Les Andelys, the seaside village of Honfleur with its rich artistic and historic heritage, Rouen and the home and gardens of Impressionist painter Claude Monet at Giverny – cost just $205 when purchased in advance.
Among the ports of call on the Saône and Rhône cruises sailing from Lyon on the Princesse de Provence are Tournus, Chalon-sur-Saône, Macon, Trévoux, Tournon, Avignon and Arles. Optional excursions take passengers along Burgundy and Beaujolais wine routes to vineyards for wine tastings, to countryside chateaux, churches, tranquil villages and animated cities with tree-lined avenues, sidewalk cafes and ancient monuments dating from Roman times.
Passengers can tour the Burgundy wine region visiting medieval Beaune, center of the wine trade. At Mâcon, there is a choice of excursions to the remains of the 12th century abbey at Cluny or to the wine-growing region of the Maconnais and a wine tasting. From Trévoux, there is an opportunity to tour the lovely Saône valley and the vineyards and villages of Beaujolais wines.
In Arles, passengers have a full day to explore the city’s many Roman antiquities or visit the Camargue, the nature reserve that is home to herds of white horses, black bulls and pink flamingos. Within the walled city of Avignon are the immense 14th century papal palace, 12th century cathedral, late Gothic churches, museums, elegant town houses and cardinal’s palaces.
Deilmann offers five different cruise tours on its French cruises, both independent and escorted. One of the most popular is the 16-day “Exploring France†cruise tour that combines the Seine and Rhône cruises into one itinerary. The 15-night program begins in Lyon, ends in Paris, provides a TGV train connection from Lyon to Paris and includes 11 shore excursions. There are seven departures between April 6 and Oct. 26 and prices start at $3,100 per person, double occupancy.
Among escorted cruise tours is a 12-day “Coast of Normandy†program that combines a Seine cruise with three nights in Deauville at the Hotel Normandie Barriere with daily breakfast, four sightseeing tours, five shore excursions and the services of an experienced tour manager. Departures begin May 9 and prices start at $4,199 per person, double occupancy. The cruise line’s “Discovery Add-ons,†also allow travelers to extend their stay at a choice of destinations.
Special interest theme cruises on the Cezanne and Princesse de Provence offer biking, hiking, gardens and golf. New hiking programs are part of five cruises on the Seine and Rhône with departures between May 19 and Sept. 22. Four Cezanne sailings between June 2 and Aug. 18 offer biking theme programs, two garden themes are scheduled in June and two golf theme cruises depart Sept. 15 and Oct. 6. Details on these programs are available online at www.deilmann-cruises.com by clicking on Theme Cruises.
The fully air-conditioned MV Cezanne and Princess de Provence have attractively designed outside cabins, sun decks and stylish public rooms that include an elegant restaurant, bar, lounge and library. The restaurants accommodate all passengers in a single seating and offer French and continental cuisine and wines from many regions. The ships offer a high level of service with one crew member for every 2.5 passengers.
The MV Cezanne features twin cabins of 162 square feet and queen cabins of 178 square feet and provides all the amenities of a small luxury hotel in the heart of France. The 70 cabins of the Princesse de Provence offer full-length French doors on the upper deck and picture windows on the lower deck.
Cruise-only rates for seven-night sailings on the Cezanne range from $1,525 to $2,595 per person for a twin-bedded cabin. Princesse de Provence cruises are priced from $1,375 to $2,200 per person for a twin cabin. Deilmann arranges air transportation, meet and greet service and transfers between airports and ships.The free air offer is available from New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Washington, Atlanta, Miami, Pittsburgh and 10 others in the East. The low air supplements are $110 for Zone 2 cities such as Chicago, Cincinnati, Detroit, Dallas, Houston, Louisville, Nashville and 12 others in central states and $150 from Zone 3 cities – Los Angeles, San Francisco, Denver, Las Vegas, Phoenix, Seattle, Portland and eight other western gateways.
The free airport-ship transfers are included in any air arranged by Deilmann Cruises. For those who would like to use frequent flyer miles, Deilmann will deduct $750 per person from cruise rates. The first voyage, a 10-night cruise around Norway, June 4-14, sails to the beautiful small city of Bergen on the southwestern coast, then to Olden and Trondheim, scenic Hellesylt with dramatic waterfalls, the fjords of Geiranger and Eidfjord, home to one of the world’s largest reindeer herds. Cruise rates start at $4,324 per person double while single staterooms start at $4,892.
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The July voyage, 19 nights, to the Norwegian Fjords, Spitzbergen, Iceland, Danish and Scottish islands also offers cruisers major cost-savings as does the 23-night August sailing to Norway, Spitzbergen, Iceland, the fjords of Greenland, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia and Ireland.
The fjord cruise, July 9-28, begins in the famous sailing city of Kiel, near Hamburg, Germany. Bergen is the first port of call in Norway and the Deutschland sails on to the fishing village of Gravdal and other towns surrounded by breathtaking views of lakes and forests. The ship heads north through the grandeur of the fjord-cut coast of Spitzbergen to Ny-Alesund and the pristine wilderness of Longyearbyen and to Reykjavik, Iceland, for an overnight stay. Thorshavn in the Faroe Islands of Denmark and Lerwick in the Shetland Islands of Scotland are port calls on the return to Kiel.
The Greenland and Canada adventure cruise, Aug. 12-Sept. 3, sails to Kirkwall in the Orkney Islands to view Neolithic tombs and bronze-age monuments and to the Danish island of Runavik to visit the maritime museum with exhibits that date from the Viking period. After a day’s visit to Reykjavik, the ship cruises through Prince Christian Sound in Greenland where passengers view majestic fjords, rocky reefs, icebergs and whales and go ashore in quaint towns. The ship continues to the town of Sydney, Nova Scotia, and St. John’s, Newfoundland, for an overnight stay. The return sailing to Hamburg makes two port calls in Ireland at Glenngariff and the seafarer town of Cobh on the Irish coast.
A classic ocean liner with just 286 staterooms, the Deutschland was launched in 1998 and is meticulously refurbished every year. The prominent styles of the nine-deck ship are art nouveau and art deco that recall earlier days of ocean travel. Three exceptionally well designed restaurants and an outdoor dining terrace provide formal and informal settings for dining, while intimate lounges with music provide before and after dining entertainment. The high level of service adds to passengers’ comfort with a 2-to-1 ratio of passengers to crew.
New this year is an expanded program of pre-arranged Wellness packages that start at just $150 for ladies’ facial beauty treatment, body bath with rose petals, milk and oil and classic back massage. Gentlemen’s grooming and relaxation packages start at $155 for a two-hour treatment. There are also daily classes in Pilates, Nordic walking and aqua jogging, make-up and fitness consulting sessions.
For solo travelers, the Deutschland offers 67 single cabins and charges considerably less for single supplements than other cruise lines.Free airport-ship transfers are among the added attractions to these sailings that depart from Hamburg and Travemunde, Germany. Air supplements cost just $110 from 19 Midwest cities and $150 from 15 cities in the West. For passengers who arrange their own air, there is a $750 reduction from the cruise fare.
An extra inducement for U.S. travelers to these Grand Hotel Voyages is the 100% free pre-arranged packages of English-language shore excursions. Prices on these cruises start at $4,571 per person twin for the 11-night sailing, including roundtrip air transportation.
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The first Baltic voyage, May 20- June 1, 2007, is 12 nights and departs from Hamburg. The cruise sails through the Canal Passage to the North Sea and Gothenburg, Sweden’s largest port, then to Stockholm, Helsinki, St. Petersburg, the Polish ports of Baltiysk and Gdansk and the historic Polish city of Stettin. Overnight stays are in Gothenburg, St. Petersburg and Gdansk.
The 11-night cruise, June 14-25, also overnights in St. Petersburg and visits Stockholm, the Finnish Island of Aland, the capitals of Helsinki, Tallinn, Riga and the lovely old city of Gdansk. The third Baltic cruise, June 25-July 5, 2007, spends two nights in St. Petersburg, and one in Stockholm. Riga, Helsinki and Copenhagen are other port calls on the 14-night cruise, which ends in the famous German sailing city of Kiel.
A classic ocean liner, launched in 1998 and meticulously refurbished every year, the nine-deck ship is richly decorated in art nouveau and art deco styles reminiscent of earlier days of ocean travel. The ship’s three beautifully designed restaurants and outdoor dining terrace provide formal and informal settings for dining, while intimate lounges and cafes with music offer before and after dining entertainment. The high level of service adds to passengers’ comfort with a 2-to-1 ratio of passengers to crew.
The Deutschland’s 286 staterooms are well appointed with ample storage space, color TV, min-bars, bathrobes and slippers; bathrooms offer quality toiletries and hairdryers. Passengers are greeted on arrival with champagne and a gift tote bag. Outdoor and indoor swimming pools, three sun decks, open-air promenade deck, an elegant theater for film screenings and lectures, fitness center, sauna, Turkish bath, grand two-level ballroom with dancing and international revue shows, shopping boutique, beauty salon and infirmary are among other features of the ship.
The ship’s expanded Wellness Spa offers Thalasso Therapy, Cleopatra Bath, a broad range of massage therapy and other health and beauty treatments. There are daily classes in Pilates, Nordic walking and aqua jogging, make-up and fitness consulting sessions.
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