R208 Aurora Baltic Cruise Itinerary: Southampton – Gothenburg – Copenhagen – Stockholm – Helsinki – St Petersburg – Tallinn – Riga – Oslo – Hamburg – Southampton

The 17 night R208 Aurora Baltic Cruise on the 03 July 2012 visits 12 ports in 8 countries and is a cruise from Southampton with P&O Cruises.

This really is an exceptional Baltic Cruise that visits 12 great ports with the added bonus of docking alongside in three of them to give extra time to explore the surrounding area. The three ports with overnight stops are Copenhagen; St Petersburg and Hamburg.

The 8 counties visited on the cruise are Sweden; Denmark; Finland; Russia; Estonia; Latvia; Norway and finally Germany. The first of these is Sweden when the Aurora R208 Baltic Cruise docks in Gothenburg.

From Gothenburg P&O Cruises Aurora heads to the Danish capital of Copenhagen. Arriving on 6th July the ship will be alongside overnight. One thing you might want to try is a trip to Malmo; not necessarily for sightseeing, more a case of travelling on the relatively new Øresund Bridge which now connects Copenhagen with this Swedish city. It is a toll bridge and it links Northern Europe to Scandinavia; it is well known for being the bridge used in the Swedish/Danish TV series The Bridge.

After Copenhagen, Aurora heads back to Sweden visiting Stockholm before making its way to Helsinki in Finland and then the Russian city of St Petersburg where the R208 Aurora Baltic Cruise spends another night alongside. St Petersburg is a great place to visit; I will not go into details here as you will get information from P&O Cruises about what is available when you book (I believe).

The ports in Estonia and Latvia are Tallinn & Riga while Norway’s entry to this cruise; starting to sound like the Eurovision Song Contest now; is Oslo. From Oslo Aurora heads to Hamburg where the ship once more docks overnight to give you time to seek out a final memory of this cruise which ends back in Southampton on July 20th 2012.

R208 Aurora Baltic Cruise 03 July 2012 P&O Cruises

R202 Aurora Cruise Itinerary: Southampton – Ponta Delgada – Antigua – Tortola – St Maarten – St Lucia – Barbados – Madeira (Funchal) – Southampton

The R202 Aurora Caribbean Transatlantic Cruise in April 2012 is the first cruise for P&O Cruises Aurora after her return from her grueling 98 night World Cruise.

This cruise will not be suitable for everybody due to a high number of days at sea; after all you only get to see 7 ports in 6 countries during this 22 night cruise.

As is the case with many P&O Cruises, a few cabins, especially the bigger ones, are selling out already; do book early if you are thinking of going on this cruise.

The cruise itself depart from Southampton and sails to Ponta Delgada. After a day on this Atlantic island the next five ports are in the Caribbean; Antigua; Tortola; St Maarten; St Lucia & Barbados. The final destination on the R202 Aurora Caribbean Transatlantic cruise is another Atlantic Island; Madeira.

R202 Aurora Caribbean Transatlantic Cruise April 2012 P&O Cruises

R201 Aurora Cruise Itinerary: Southampton – Madeira – St Lucia – Curacao – Panama Canal (cruising) – Acapulco – San Francisco – San Francisco – Hilo, Hawaii – Honolulu, Oahu – Apia – Pago Pago – Port Denarau – Auckland – Bay Of Islands – Sydney – Brisbane – Cairns – Darwin – Bali – Nah-Trang – Phu My – Sihanoukville – Bangkok – Ko Samui – Singapore – Kuala Lumpur – Penang – Colombo – Cochin – Mumbai – Abu Dhabi, Dubai – Dubai – Dubai – Sharm El Sheikh – Port Said (Cairo) – Limassol – Haifa – Izmir – Istanbul – Istanbul – Athens (Piraeus) – Lisbon – Southampton

The R201 Aurora 2012 World Cruise is one of 3 world cruises being organised by P&O Cruises; all starting in January 2012. This cruise operates in the reverse direction to that of Arcadia’s J201 World Cruise and visits different ports of call on the way.

After visiting a few Caribbean Islands, Aurora cruises through the Panama Canal before reaching Acapulco in Mexico and San Francisco. The journey continues onto Hawaii before arriving in Australasia where highlights include Auckland & Sydney.

The return section of the R201 Aurora 2012 World Cruise takes in places in the Far East including Bali, Singapore and Mumbai. After this comes the Emirates and Egypt before the final leg of visits to Mediterranean ports and disembarkation in Southampton. In all, the R201 Aurora 2012 World Cruise visits 41 ports in 28 countries.

R201 Aurora 2012 World Cruise January 2012 P&O Cruises