A significant winter cruise vacation spot in Europe, the Canary Islands is seeing record-breaking visitors for the 2022-2023 season.
Capacity Breakdown:
AIDA Cruises
Ships: Four – AIDAnova, AIDAsol, AIDAbella and AIDAstella
Homeports: Puerto del Rosario, St. Cruz de Tenerife, Gran Canaria and Palma de Mallorca (Spain); Hamburg (Germany)
Itinerary highlights: Funchal, La Palma, La Gomera, Tenerife, Gran Canaria, Puerto del Rosario, Arrecife and extra
AIDA Cruises has two ships crusing usually within the Canary Islands this winter, together with the AIDAsol and the AIDAnova – the biggest ship crusing within the area.
In addition to the Canaries-based ships, the AIDAbella can be visiting the vacation spot throughout its winter program. Sailing roundtrip from Germany, the vessel provides a 21-night voyage to Iberia and the Canary Islands, Madeira and the Iberian Peninsula in March.
A fourth vessel, the AIDAstella can be providing longer itineraries to the area crusing from Palma de Mallorca, its homeport within the Mediterranean.
TUI Cruises
Ships: Three – Mein Schiff 4, Mein Schiff 3 and Mein Schiff Herz
Homeports: Grand Canaria and Tenerife (Spain); Bremerhaven (Germany)
Itinerary highlights: La Gomera, La Palma, Puerto del Rosario, Arrecife, Funchal, Mindelo, Praia, Agadir and extra
The Mein Schiff 4 and the Mein Schiff Herz are spending the winter season crusing within the Canaries for TUI Cruises.
Offering common cruises within the area, the vessels sail from two totally different homeports – Grand Canaria and Tenerife – and likewise go to different close by locations comparable to Madeira, Morocco and the Cape Verde archipelago.
The Mein Schiff 3 can be set to go to the area in early 2023, as a part of its program of longer roundtrip cruises departing from Germany.
P&O Cruises
Ships: Five – Azura, Iona, Arvia, Ventura and Aurora
Homeports: Tenerife (Spain); and Southampton (England)
Itinerary highlights: Gran Canaria, La Palma, Arrecife, Puerto del Rosario, Funchal, Arrecife and extra
With the Azura based mostly within the vacation spot for the primary time, P&O Cruises is deploying 5 ships within the Canary Islands this season.
Sailing from Tenerife on a weekly foundation, the vessel is being joined by the Iona, the Ventura and the Aurora, which supply longer cruises to the Canaries from P&O’s homeport in Southampton as a part of their broader winter packages.
Before repositioning to the Caribbean in January, the brand new Arvia additionally visited the area throughout its maiden voyage.
Marella Cruises
Ships: One – Marella Explorer
Homeports: Gran Canaria and Tenerife (Spain)
Itinerary highlights: La Gomera, Arrecife, Puerto del Rosario, Funchal, Agadir and extra
Marella Cruises is providing fly-cruises to the Canary Islands onboard the Marella Explorer.
Spending your complete winter season within the area, the vessel provides three totally different seven-night itineraries to fashionable locations within the Atlantic, together with not solely the Canaries, but in addition the Madeira Island and Morocco.
Norwegian Cruise Line
Ships: One – Norwegian Sun
Homeports: Tenerife, Málaga and Tenerife (Spain); Lisbon (Portugal)
Itinerary highlights: Cádiz, Gibraltar, Arrecife, Puerto del Rosario, Gran Canaria, Casablanca, Agadir and extra
After seeing its program in Asia cancelled, the Norwegian Sun is spending the winter season crusing within the Canaries.
Offering ten- and 11-night cruises, the vessel sails to diverse locations within the area, together with the Spanish archipelago in addition to Madeira, Gibraltar and Morocco, along with continental Spain and Portugal.
Other cruise strains crusing within the area this winter embrace:
- Azamara
- Saga Cruises
- Olsen Cruise Line
- Celebrity Cruises
- Cunard Line
- CroisiEurope
- Sea Cloud
- Costa Cruises
- MSC Cruises
- Nicko Cruises