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L'Austral Cruise ReviewA roundtrip Adriatic cruise from Venice with Compagnie du Ponant.
ABOVE: L'Austral at anchor in the bay of Dubrovnik. INSET BELOW: The French tricolor on L'Austral's fantail, a Compagnie du Ponant drinks coaster, Le Boréal in Antarctica, a waiter at the captain's cocktail party, and the ship's logo woven into a carpet.
A year later, in 2011, L'Austral entered service with Compagnie du Ponant. L'Austral is a sister ship to Le Boréal, and it will be joined in 2013 by a third Boreal-class ship, Le Soléal, which will debut with a series of cruises in Iceland, Greenland, and the Russian Arctic.
Early in 2012, we were invited to experience and review a seven-night cruise on L'Austral. The itinerary that fit our schedule sailed from Venice on July 2 and had a gastronomic theme.
Bonus coverage: After you've read this review, take a 51-page tour of the ship and its itinerary with our L'Austral ship photos and day-by-day cruise diary. Next page: L'Austral: the ship
3rd inset photo: Compagnie du Ponant/Mathieu Gesta. |
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