Celestyal today announced its annual cruise schedules for 2025, 2026 and early 2027, which will be available for sale from tomorrow, 26 June 2024. The company’s newest ship, Celestyal Discovery, will sail sunny winter holiday itineraries in the Arabian Gulf from 2025.
Celestyal Discovery will operate rotating three and four-night cruises from November to March:
- Three-night cruise “Images of Arabia”, departing from Abu Dhabi with calls at Doha (Qatar) and Sir Bani Yas Island (UAE).
Prices start from €279 per person.
- Four-night “Images of Arabia” cruise, departing from Abu Dhabi with calls at Fujairah (UAE), Muscat and Kasab (both in Oman).
Prices start from €349 per person.
Celestyal Journey will have Doha as a port of embarkation for the “Desert Days” cruise, as part of its three-year partnership with the destination. The cruise ship will make maiden calls to Casab, Dubai, Sir Bani Yas Island, Abu Dhabi and Bahrain.
The itinerary starts on November 9, 2024, with special cruises also on offer, including holiday cruises as well as departures for the Qatar and Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
Celestyal Journey will operate seven-night cruises from November to March:
- The “Desert Days” cruise, departing from Qatar.
Prices start from €529 per person.
Alongside the Arabian Gulf cruises during the winter, Celestyal’s core summer cruises to Greece and the Mediterranean are also available.
They include eight additional “Dream Adriatic” cruises in 2025 and thirteen in 2026, due to extremely high demand for the new cruise (2024), which includes Greece, Croatia (Split or Dubrovnik), Montenegro (Kotor) and Italy (Venice (Marghera) or Bari).
Celestyal Journey will operate two 7-night cruises in the Mediterranean and Aegean:
- The “Dream Adriatic” cruise, departing from Athens with an extended stay in Dubrovnik, but with full-day stays in Kefalonia, Kotor, Bari and Corfu, as well as Katakolon.
Prices start from €789 per person.
Celestyal Discovery will continue to offer shorter cruises that alternate throughout the summer season:
- The 3-night cruise “Icons of the Aegean”, starting from Athens and destinations Mykonos, Kusadasi (Ephesus), Patmos, Crete and Santorini.
Prices start from €309 per person.
- The 4-night cruise “Icons of the Aegean”, which departs from Athens and calls at Mykonos, Kusadasi (Ephesus), Patmos, Rhodes, Crete and Santorini.
Prices start from €389 per person.
Celestyal Discovery was launched in March 2024 and Celestyal Journey in September 2023. Both ships accommodate up to 1,260 passengers.
Lee Haslett, Celestyal’s Chief Commercial Officer, said:
“86% of our passengers tell us they want to return to Celestyal, which is why we are delivering on our commitment to expand our programmes. We are recognised as the cruise experts in the Greek Islands and the Mediterranean and, thanks to our commitment to the region and this exciting support from our passengers and our trusted partners, we are now confident that we will become the cruise experts in the Arabian Gulf as well.”
“Across our network we offer two types of cruise. Our intensive three and four-night itineraries are ideal for combining with land-based accommodation and as an extension to beach holidays or tours, while our classic seven-night cruises are ideal as a complete holiday in their own right.”
