Crystal Cruises

From: European Cruise Guide

LEFT: Crystal Symphony in Santorini. INSET BELOW: Sushi Bar and the Palm Court on Crystal Serenity.

Crystal Cruises fits into the "large-ship luxury line" niche, although the line's two vessels are considerably smaller than the megaships of today's mass-market and premium cruise lines. (Crystal Serenity holds 1,070 passengers, while Crystal Symphony carries 922.)

The line consistently ranks high in Travel + Leisure and Condé Nast Traveler reader polls, and in Douglas Ward's Berlitz Complete Guide to Cruising and Cruise Ships.

Crystal is offering a dozen Mediterranean and Northern European voyages aboard Crystal Serenity in 2018, plus a repositioning cruise from Lisbon to New York in mid-November.

The company has also launched a new Crystal River Cruises line with itineraries on the Rhine, Main, Moselle, and Danube.

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Crystal Cruises

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