Olden, Norway – Cruise Port Guide

Nordfjord extends 66 miles inland from the sea and Olden sits on the southern branch, at the entrance to the scenic Oldedalen Valley. The most popular attractions in the area are the Jostedal Glacier – the largest glacier in mainland European – the Briksdal Glacier and the Loen Skylift.

Princess Pamper Day at Sea

There is really nothing better than a sea day – and even more when it unexpectedly turns into a Princess Pamper Day at Sea! Emma and I were recently guests of Princess Cruises on a 5 day itinerary from Southampton. We visited Zeebrugge, Rotterdam and Guernsey. This was a huge treat in itself and we already felt very lucky to be aboard Enchanted

Masterchef Stars for Enchanted Princess Cruise…

sterchef Stars will join Enchanted Princess for a culinary inspired cruise. judges John Torode and Rachel Allen from Ballymaloe Cookery School which featured in the Finals of the last series will be onboard in late August. Alongside Matt Tebutt from Saturday Kitchen they will join Cruise Addicted favourite, Daniel Tanchev – Executive Chef of Enchanted Princess, for this wonderful voyage.

Sports Legends join Princess

The ‘Sports Stars’ cruise will take place on a seven-night Spain and France voyage departing August 5, 2022. It will be hosted by Olympian Gail Emms MBE, who will run a series of Q&A sessions with sport names spanning rugby, cricket and the Olympics.

The impressive achievements of the guest speakers include:

Ambassador delays inaugural cruise

The maiden Ambassador voyage to Hamburg, originally planned for 6th April 2022, has now been re-scheduled to depart on 20th April. The two subsequent sailings to the Norwegian Fjords have also been cancelled.

UK homeport for Enchanted Princess!

In a surprise announcement from Princess Cruises this morning we heard some great news. Southampton will be the UK homeport for Enchanted Princess this summer! She will be based in Southampton for this year’s UK summer season beginning in May 22

Le Havre Cruise Port Guide

Le Havre is in the Département Seine Maritime part of the Normandy region, situated on the north coast of France. I think of it as the ‘marmite’ of cruise destinations – as many people love it as hate it – ‘m in the former group! Le Havre is often labelled ‘for Paris’ which is actually 140 mile and about 3 hours away. Normandy is a region of France famous for its food, in particular apples. sea-food and dairy products.