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Short Break Cruises

If time is an issue, a short break cruise could be your great escape. Short stints at sea suit time-poor travellers and first-timers tasting life onboard. Your whirlwind tour could head north to the eerily beautiful Scottish Highlands and Northern Lights, or south to sunny Cannes and Capri in the Mediterranean. Short cruises let you discover several destinations, where normally you’d only scratch the surface of one.

Short Break Cruises Cruiselines

Costa Cruises ~ Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines ~ P&O Cruises ~ Princess Cruises 

Cruise & Stay

There are plenty of options if you want to combine your short cruise with a land break, from cultural gems like Istanbul and Rome to the Greek islands of Mykonos and Santorini, or Italy’s Sorrento, Florence and Pisa.

Cruise from UK

Mini cruises conveniently departing from UK ports stop at places like France, Spain, Belgium, Norway and Ireland.

Cruise Season

Short cruises usually run in spring and autumn (early and late season), though Cyprus cruises and some Mediterranean itineraries operate all summer long.

European Cruise

Four- and five-day mini cruises from the UK travel to France, Spain and the Channel Islands, calling at ports like medieval La Rochelle and the Picasso-inspired port of La Coruña. Other popular short cruises take in Cyprus, Egypt and Greece. Malta is also making its name as a hot new cruise destination.

Far-flung Cruise

Time-strapped cruisers sail for six days from Southampton to New York, or fly to the States to cruise Florida, the Caribbean and Mexico. Four- and five-day mini cruises from Miami take in ports like Cozumel, Grand Cayman and Ocho Rios in Jamaica. If you’re around Sydney, take a two-night escape cruise to dive the Great Barrier Reef, or chill on Fiji’s deserted bays.