subject: You Can Cruise With P&o From The Uk [print this page] Southampton cruises sail from the UK to ports across the world. Cruise deals range from Mediterranean extravaganzas on board resort-style superliners like the Independence of the Seas, to world cruises in more formal, sedate surroundings, such as Cunard's new Queen Elizabeth.
Between these two extremes there are dozens of other no-fly cruise deals, from popular lines like Fred Olsen, Princess, NCL and that perennial British favourite, P&O.
P&O deals for everyone
While the American cruise companies offer much appeal, especially to younger travellers, P&O deals have a particular attraction for UK travellers. British to the core, P&O ships represent all that is great about British cruising, offering luxury, refinement and superb cuisine alongside resort-style facilities and entertainment.
The fleet of 8 sleek, superfast transatlantic vessels includes the newly-built superliner Azura, the sleek and beautiful Artemis (which like the Arcadia, specialises exclusively in adult-only cruise deals); the speedy long-distance cruise liner Oriana and the activity-packed Ventura, specially built for British tastes, and decorated with Tate Modern artworks.
P&O (along with Cunard) are now part of the British-American Carnival group. This has allowed them to retain the key British elements that have made P&O cruise deals a by-word in elegance and design, at superbly low prices. Many of today's port-a-day cruises feel more like floating excursion tours. Not so P&O, who offer a leisurely, on-board experience in opulent surroundings, to ports around the world.
Southampton cruises with no flying involved
The majority of P&O cruises begin and end in P&O's home port of Southampton. Although there some mini-cruise deals to local European ports, the emphasis is on longer cruises of 11 days or more. This is especially true in January and February, when the majority of P&O deals are 3 weeks or more in duration.
P&O's Southampton cruises come with a range of benefits, including free parking, on-board spending money and free child places. Coupled with fascinating visits to ports in all seven continents, it's no wonder that P&O cruise deals are so popular with the British public. .
