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Cruise · 14 nights · with Ambassador Cruise Line
A two-week Christmas and New Year cruise around the southern Caribbean aboard Ambassador Cruise Line’s Renaissance, visiting a string of islands from Barbados to Martinique and the British Virgin Islands in between.
Highlights
Two calls in Dutch-Caribbean islands Curaçao and Bonaire
Overnight stop in Bridgetown, Barbados at start and finish
Visits to British Virgin Islands and their limestone cliffs
Port stops in French overseas territories Guadeloupe and Martinique
Varied island ports from Tobago’s Scarborough to St Kitts
Journeys
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This 14-night cruise with Ambassador Cruise Line sets out from Bridgetown, Barbados, touching down on islands that pulse with trade winds and local colour. After Barbados, there’s St George’s in Grenada and Castries in St Lucia, where rainforests meet beaches – a reminder that the Caribbean is far from one-note.
Further afield, the ship calls at Scarborough in Tobago and the Dutch-tinged ports of Willemstad on Curacao and Kralendijk on Bonaire, where salt flats and coral reefs lie just a day’s sail apart. Pointe-à-Pitre in Guadeloupe offers French-Caribbean vigour, while Road Town on Tortola offers views of the British Virgin Islands' limestone cliffs. The itinerary also includes Basseterre in St Kitts and Fort-de-France in Martinique, letting you spot colonial architecture alongside tropical market scenes.
The Renaissance is a ship with a modest size, suited to threading this varied route without long spells at sea. The midday sun on deck shines differently here than back home, and the evenings bring the kind of festive cheer that slowly drifts from port to port. The cruise starts and ends in Bridgetown, closing the circle with a few days to settle in or get ready to go home.
Itinerary
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When to go
Lowest price each month, per person.
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Need to know
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The operator
Adult-focused cruises from UK ports
A British cruise line sailing from ports around the country, which spares its passengers the airport altogether.
You book with Ambassador Cruise Line directly. They confirm your place, take payment, and look after you from the moment you leave home; Atlas & Passage’s part ends when you click through.
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