If you want to know which are the best cruises for 2017, I will start by telling you which are the best boats to make these trips, and then you will see their itineraries and the duration of them so that you can choose ...And, as I always tell you, don't settle for just a cruise, its prices and the quality and warmth with which they treat you on board is well worth a return.
In the Cruise Cruisers' Choice awards, the Viking Ocean shipping company was the clear winner this year, taking 10 awards in different categories.
Among the most important awards that the Viking Ocean shipping company has won is that of best overall vessel in the small and medium size ship category, best entertainment, best service, best gym, best public rooms and best shore excursions on the Viking Sea, so you already know that traveling on this ship is making it a champion of excellence. This boat will be all summer making trips from Barcelona throughout the Mediterranean and the North Sea in 8-day voyages, the shortest and the longest more than a month.
If you want to have more details about this boat you can read this article.
Its sister ship the Viking Star won for best restaurants, best cabins, and best cruises in the opinion of first-time travelers. This ship has more or less the same itinerary, its star cruise being a 50-day crossing from Athens to Stockholm in which 18 countries are visited and 36 stopovers are made.
As the best cruise ship overall, in the oversized ship category, meaning more than 2.000 passengers, the winner was the Disney Dream.
And the Celebrity Xpedition, based in the Galapagos Islands, won 6 awards in the category of small boats, less than 400 passengers. It was voted best overall boat, best boarding, best fitness, best public spaces, and best shore excursions.