Marella Cruises, Central America Christmas Cruise

By The Posh Travel Blog

Date of travel : December 2019 Ship : Marella Discovery 2 Christina’s father joined Marella Discovery 2 in Malaga at the beginning of December for a transatlantic cruise to Jamaica, and then decided to stay on for the following Christmas fortnight cruise. Well, Christmas is of course a…

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Hotel Vincci Selección La Plantación del Sur, Tenerife

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Date of visit : January 2020 Flights back to the UK from our home in Malaga in January are crazy! We thought we would snap up a wonderful bargain for around £20 each no problem, but on checking Skyscanner, and trawling through all the low cost sites, we…

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Cruise Port Visit – Puerto Limon, Costa Rica (& Zip Wiring!)

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Date of visit : December 2019 Cruise ship : Marella Discovery 2 What an amazing day we had in Costa Rica. We opted for the ‘Zip Wire & Tortuguero Canal’ excursion through the cruise line, and we made the right choice.. First up was the Zip-Wire centre ‘Brisas…

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Cruise Port Visit – Cartagena, Colombia

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Date of visit : December 2019 Cruise ship : Marella Discovery 2 This has to be one of our favourite ports in the World! Stunning architecture, amazing shopping, beautiful friendly people, and even an exotic zoo at the cruise terminal! Arriving into Cartagena is wonderful, you literally disembark…

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Cruise Port Visit – Santa Marta, Colombia

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Date of visit : December 2019 Cruise ship : Marella Discovery 2 The port of Santa Marta was a bit of a disaster for us! We decided in our wisdom to take a local taxi to a beach for the day… After disembarkation we were serenaded by some…

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Sandals Royal Plantation, Ocho Ríos, Jamaica

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Date of visit : December 2019 We recently disembarked a Seabourn cruise in St Maarten and then flew to Jamaica for three nights, before joining family on a Marella cruise for Christmas. We trawled through the internet and drew on our previous travel knowledge to narrow down the…

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Seabourn – The Ultimate Cruise Line

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Date of Travel : We have travelled with Seabourn numerous times, and this last cruise was for 3 weeks in November/December 2019 on-board Seabourn Odyssey Having been very lucky in the past to have travelled on numerous cruise lines, we both unanimously agree that Seabourn is unbeatable, they…

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Cruise Port Visit – Bequia, The Grenadines

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Date of visit : December 2019 Ship : Seabourn Odyssey Having visited Bequia on two previous occasions, and being unlucky with the weather on both, we were thrilled to awake to a beautiful blue sky on our port visit this year. After tendering from our ship, the Seabourn…

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CruisePort Visit – Terre de Haut, Ile des Saintes, Guadeloupe

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Date of visit : November 2019 Ship : Seabourn Odyssey Our ship called in today at a wonderful little French gem, Terre-de-Haut, an island in the Ile Des Saintes group, part of the Archipelago of Guadeloupe. This lovely peaceful little place of boutique shops, pretty vistas, and eco…

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Cruise Port visit – St. Barts

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Date of visit : November 2019 Ship : Seabourn Odyssey Having heard numerous tales in the past of this luxurious little millionaires haven in the Caribbean, we were thrilled to be visiting it as part of our Seabourn Cruise itinerary. Mooring off the coast of the island we…

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Cruise Port visit – St Maarten

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Date of visit : November 2019 Ship : Seabourn Odyssey We’ve just had a great day exploring St Maarten, and ended the tour with a visit to the famous Maho ‘Runway’ beach! After disembarking our ship, we thought we would nip into town and enjoy the main beach…

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Cruise Port visit – Antigua

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Date of visit : November 2019 Ship : Seabourn Odyssey Having been to Antigua before, we decided on this occasion to spend the day on the beach at Dickenson Bay. On previous visits to the island we have visited Shirley Heights viewing point, and the English Harbour with…

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