Classic cruise offers special moments

P&O has a stunning the Mediterranean Experience cruise on the Oceana. The top of the range cabin: outside twin with balcony and shower, will cost anything from £3,759, but less expensive cabins and various offers and discounts are available and can take the price down to £1,209.

What makes this cruise so special? Well to begin with, it starts and finishes at Southampton, which makes it a civilised process for British travellers who don’t have to fly/cruise. Then it visits Vigo, Lisbon, Barcelona to take in the cultural delights of Gaudi, Picasso and Miro, Villfranche – one of the most beautiful ports in southern France and a gateway to Nice and Monte Carol. In Italy there’s Florence for its palazzos or Pisa for the tower, the joys of great food, superb architecture, wonderful history and excellent shopping, all contained in the city of Rome, on to Alghero in Sardinia and then Gibraltar, before arriving home on 28 June.