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I'm up to 78 countries and 110+ cruises worldwide, and it's the small ship journeys that I love writing about most. And so QuirkyCruise.com was born, an excellent research tool for planning your own unforgettable small ship trip.

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PATRICIA Cruises (DEFUNCT)

PATRICIA Cruises (DEFUNCT)

Patricia Cruises by Karl Zimmermann & Ted Scull Update: Trinity House ceased its cruise business sideline in Oct 2020. The Trinity House Vessel PATRICIA serves as a working ship for Trinity House, the British agency that looks after lighthouses and buoys in the...

Biking & Beer 🍺 on the Danube River with Scenic

Biking & Beer 🍺 on the Danube River with Scenic

Biking & Beer on the Danube River By John Roberts. It’s just after sunrise in the town of Durnstein, Austria, a place known for the castle ruins looming high above the village that served as the prison for Richard the Lionhearted in the late 12th century. For...

QUARK Expeditions

QUARK Expeditions

Quark Expeditions Quark Expeditions has been in business since 1991 offering lots of creative itineraries in the Polar Regions (Arctic, North Pole, & Antarctica) using a fleet of chartered ships including a pair of Russia’s finest icebreakers. The firm was the...

SEADREAM Yacht Club

SEADREAM Yacht Club

SeaDream Yacht Club SeaDream was created for lovers of luxury who shun formality and stiff upper lips and instead embrace a casual “no-jackets-required” elegance on route to the British Virgin Islands, Cuba, Italian Riviera, Adriatic Sea, and other chic pockets of the...

SILVERSEAS Cruises

SILVERSEAS Cruises

Silversea Cruises Originally family-owned and operated by the Lefebvres of Rome, Royal Caribbean now has a 67% stake in Silversea Cruises. The line has been offering high-end cruises since the early 1990s when it first launched the SILVER CLOUD, joining Seabourn as...

SEATREK Sailing Adventures — Indonesian Sailing Ships

SEATREK Sailing Adventures — Indonesian Sailing Ships

Indonesian Sailing Ships SeaTrek’s two traditional Indonesian sailing ships take adventurous souls to remote corners of the vast Indonesian archipelago, the single-minded focus of the company for more than 25 years. Itineraries zero in on the islands east of Bali —...

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