Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines has announced nine maiden calls will be included in its 2017/18 programme, which goes on sale on March 28.

The cruise line’s four small ships – Balmoral, Braemar, Boudicca and Black Watch – will be  visiting 220 destinations in 70 countries, including the new ports of call: Lipari, Italy; Heligoland, Germany; Amalfi, Italy; Lajes das Flores, Azores; Southwold, England; Ghent, Belgium; Olbia, on the island of Sardinia, Italy; Sorrento, Italy and Pula, Croatia.

Nathan Philpot, Sales and Marketing Director for Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines, said: “At Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines, we have a very clear vision for our 2017/18 cruise season. It’s all about the experience!

“We are renowned for giving our guests a different kind of cruise holiday, tailoring our itineraries to celebrate great events and festivals, providing authentic shore tours and creating memories that ‘last a lifetime’.

“For 2017/18, we have worked even harder than ever to create over 100 unique and innovative sailings, which will enable our guests to see the world in a very different, and very special, way.”

Fred. Olsen is offering guests the chance to experience a ‘location vacation’, visiting film settings featured in blockbusters and hit TV series, including James Bond’s Skyfall, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Braveheart, Game of Thrones, Broadchurch and Poldark. The ‘UK Set-jetting’ cruises in 2017/18 will be the ‘UK Scenes from the Silver Screen’ is a 10-night cruise aboard Braemar and an eight-night adventure aboard Balmoral.

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