Archive for the ‘Cruises Argentina’ Category
Monday, January 9th, 2012
The Silver Whisper of Silversea Cruises is a small luxury ship designed to pamper its guests and make their cruise vacation a memorable one. Although the Silver Whisper was launched in 2001, the ship underwent a major refurbishment in 2010 and looked almost new when I sailed from Buenos Aires ...
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Tuesday, December 6th, 2011
I'm in Buenos Aires today, getting ready to board the luxurious Silversea Silver Whisper tomorrow for a cruise to Uruguay, Argentina, the Falkland Islands, and Chile. Should be a great trip, and it's starting in one of my favorite cities in South America.
Buenos Aires and Argentina are fascinating cruise travel ...
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Monday, October 31st, 2011
The 2011/2012 cruise season in Buenos Aires officially opens next Wednesday with the arrival of the Norwegian flagged ‘Fram’. Until next May, 158 calls are expected in the port of Buenos Aires totalling 400.000 visitors which represents a 15% and 21% increase respectively over the previous season.
Buenos Aires authorities describe ...
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Wednesday, October 12th, 2011
Azamara Club Cruises today announced the cruise line’s 2013 line-up of voyages. Throughout the year, up-market travelers can choose among a total of 69 voyages aboard the cruise line’s two European boutique-hotel style ships, Azamara Journey and Azamara Quest. Select Azamara voyages also coincide with cultural celebrations, such as Carnaval ...
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Friday, August 26th, 2011
Crystal Cruises sails around the globe from Akureyri to Zadar in 2012, the ultra-luxe line is upping the originality with 20 new ports-of-call, a dozen new itineraries, more shorter-length cruises, and an almost 50 per cent increase in overnights in dazzling waterfront idylls around the world.
Strategic planning has most of ...
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Sunday, July 31st, 2011
From this December luxury cruise liner the Deutschland will embark on an exciting Central and South American sailing programme with eWaterways (www.ewaterways.co.uk), the niche and river cruise specialists.
Hailed as the ‘Grand Hotel at Sea’ the elegant five-star cruiser is soon to be recognised under a different moniker, as a London ...
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Friday, July 1st, 2011
A cruise catering to gay travelers will sail from Buenos Aires on Dec. 12 for a four-night trip across the Plata River Estuary and on to the Atlantic seaboard, with stops at Uruguay’s Punta del Este resort town and Montevideo.
Argentina’s legalization of same-sex marriage last year has catapulted Buenos Aires ...
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Saturday, February 19th, 2011
Latin America's first official gay cruise will leave the port of Buenos Aires for two cities in Uruguay, one of the organizers said Tuesday.
"Ego is the first cruise for gays and lesbians in Latin America," said Jorge Giorno, who owns the Thesys organizing firm. He noted demand was "very high" ...
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Tuesday, February 1st, 2011
Folks who brave the rough seas on a voyage to Antarctica are kind of nutty. Getting to know them is almost as fun as spying penguins and whales.
You won't find this information front and center in your Antarctic tour company's brochure: Even if perfect weather enables all of the scheduled ...
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Thursday, January 27th, 2011
Antarctica is not a popular vacation spot. But, for one local resident, it was the trip of a lifetime.
Sunita Puri, a doctor at the MedCare clinic on Madison Boulevard, visited the Earth’s southern most continent in December 2010.
It was incredible,” Puri said. “I’m planning to go again.”
Puri took a 12-day ...
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