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Cruise · 14 nights · with Ambassador Cruise Line
Two weeks aboard Ambassador’s Renaissance cruising the Caribbean’s Lesser Antilles, calling at Guadeloupe, Martinique, Antigua, St Lucia and Bonaire among others, with a route that loops back through key islands before returning to Barbados.
Highlights
Two nights in Fort de France, Martinique
Calls in both Dutch and French Caribbean islands
Overnight stays in Castries, St Lucia
Visit to Road Town, British Virgin Islands
Return visits to Pointe a Pitre and Fort de France
Ambassador Cruise Line’s Renaissance sets out for a 14-night round trip from Bridgetown, Barbados, tracing a wide arc through the Caribbean’s Lesser Antilles. The voyage calls first at Guadeloupe’s Pointe a Pitre, where creole markets cluster near colonial architecture, before moving south to Fort de France on Martinique, a place where French influences and tropical vegetation meet.
Journeys
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The ship then turns through the British Virgin Islands’ Tortola and on to the lively harbours of Saint Maarten and Antigua’s capital, St John’s. Castries, St Lucia, offers rainforest slopes seen from the port, while Bonaire and Curacao on the Dutch Leeward Islands introduce drier, cactus-dotted landscapes with colourful Dutch colonial towns.
The cruise returns the same way to Barbados with multiple calls allowing familiarisation with favourite spots or a second visit to highlight places. The Renaissance is a ship sized to handle passage between the islands with ease, staying close enough to shore to hear the bustle of markets or the occasional church bell. A holiday that balances time in port and at sea, with enough variety to make the days feel different without the rush of constant change.
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When to go
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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.
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