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Embarking on a New Year's Cruise

The ferry "Princess Anastasia" departs on a New Year's cruise from St. Petersburg

Setting off from St. Petersburg across the Baltic Sea on the New Year's multi-cruise aboard the ferry "Princess Anastasia", you can celebrate the New Year 2013 to the fullest. The ferry has restaurants and bars, a casino, and a sauna for tourists. Excursion programs are available to choose from. First the ferry arrives in Tallinn, then in Riga, Stockholm, and Helsinki.

No less interesting is the New Year's cruise "Scandinavian Crown", which includes visits to Finland, Sweden, and Denmark. From St. Petersburg, you will have a bus transfer to Helsinki and Turku. From there, the SILJA/VIKINGLINE ferry will take travelers to Stockholm. After a rest at the hotel, the journey continues towards Helsingør and Copenhagen. All cities will be presented with sightseeing tours, visits to museums and ancient castles. And a trip to Carlsberg will delight with tasting of various beers at the brewery. The return route lies to Turku, where active recreation is provided at the "Serena" water park.

The beginning of 2013 will be memorable if you decide to spend it on a liner traveling to the Eastern Caribbean. This tour includes a flight from St. Petersburg. On board, there are conditions to make passengers comfortable and not bored. The liner will call at Fort Lauderdale and Nassau, and the Virgin Islands. And once in Philipsburg – the only city and capital of the island of Sint Maarten – you will be transported to the times of early colonialism with narrow streets and buildings that are more than two hundred years old. The pearl of the journey to the Eastern Caribbean is Nassau. This stunning luxurious city grew out of a village once founded by pirates.

The cruise "In the Footsteps of Great Civilizations" will pave the way to the past of modern Europe and Asia. For lovers of antiquity, we offer the opportunity to visit ten ancient cities in just seven days, get acquainted with five ancient civilizations, see relics, frescoes and statues that are at least one hundred thousand years old.

A touching impression will be left by a cruise along the Mekong River on a cozy small boutique ship. Ho Chi Minh City will surprise you with the original Museum of Women of Southeast Asia, Phnom Penh with the splendor of the halls of the Royal Palace, Cai Be with its famous floating market. You will ride on small Chinese boats on the huge Tonle Sap Lake, learn how coconut candies, rice noodles, silk are handmade, and catfish are farmed. In Kampong Cham, you will see extraordinary twin mountains that locals call "Woman and Man". And a dinner with a folklore program will be a real highlight of the New Year's holiday in 2013.

Do not put off the dream of a New Year's cruise, where you will meet undiscovered countries!

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