In our imaginary we have sun cruises and long summer days associated, however there is another way to enjoy the facilities and amazing landscapes, it is about making a Cruising in winter when occupancy is lower and prices are more affordable… Although in this sense you can also find surprises, since Christmas and the end of the year are also high season for cruises. They are considered winter cruises, in the northern hemisphere, from October to March.
Although now we are entering the summer, this is the ideal time to book your winter cruise to the Canary Islands, Europe, Asia, New Zealand… Let yourself be surprised by such remote destinations as for example Easter Island.
Luxury destinations in winter
As I said before, winter is the ideal time to discover exotic landscapes and places like the United Arab Emirates, India, or Asia… .you do have to have a little time and these cruises, departing from Barcelona, have an average duration of three weeks. If you do not have so much time to navigate and you want to get to these remote places, the option is to fly to a port of embarkation, but of course, you are going to miss a large part of the journey and the enjoyment of the ship itself. We give you a piece of information: in winter the occupation of the boats is 15% less, so that everything becomes more agile and calm.
As to price, if we compare these destinations in summer to winter, their price is reduced by approximately 25%, which gives you options to hire more excursions or upgrade your own cabin. The best prices are between the end of November and Christmas. To give you just one reference, from November 23 to 30, a cruise through the Maldives, in a standard double cabin, including the flight, can cost around 600 euros per person, can you believe it? They really are very interesting prices.
River cruises in winter
Another very interesting option for winter is river cruises on the great rivers of Europe. Very popular are the destinations in central Europe, Rhine, Danube, Seine.
Christmas and New Year's Eve are considered high season, the cities are beautiful and with that Christmas charm and the markets. But if you travel after the end of the year, or in the first days of December, you will enjoy the same thing, and with less people.
If you dare until November you can take a trip down the Volga and visit the main Russian cities for 11 days, for about 700 euros per person, including the plane, excursions and tips. On this article you will find an example of a cruise through the imperial cities of Russia.
If you have never done a river cruise, I recommend the experience, it is another way of traveling, much more leisurely and with all the comfort of reaching the city centers immediately.
Do the off-season, from winter to summer
If your thing is to follow the summer and not go cold at all then, remember that in the southern hemisphere it is summer. It's time for that journey through the Caribbean, South America, Hawaii, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, or remote Antarctica ... although in the latter case, you will not find much heat, but a magnificent adventure cruise that you will not be able to do at any other time than when it is winter here.
A destination that we find very attractive during the austral summer (winter for the Northern Hemisphere) is the Argentine or Chilean Patagonia, where to see fjords as or more spectacular than those of Norway.
The easiest thing to travel until this constant summer is to choose the luggage: sunscreen, hat, sandals, shorts, swimsuits, T-shirts, a pair of elegant dresses, and voila.
We hope these ideas have encouraged you to book your next winter cruise.