A Canarian Christmas All-Inclusive Cruise
Enjoy a relaxing Christmas cruise on this 7-night all-inclusive cruise to the Canary Islands onboard the Marella Explorer.
What's Included
- Return flights from Dublin to Tenerife
- Transfer from airport to port
- 7 nights onboard Marella Explorer based on 2 sharing
- Excellent dining on a full board basis while onboard
- Varied onboard entertainment
- All-Inclusive Drinks Package
- Onboard gratuities included
- Kids clubs and fun family activities
- Transfer from port to airport
- 20kg check-in bag per person
Board the Marella Explorer in Tenerife and set sail on your Canary Island adventure. Your first port of call is Las Palmas in Gran Canaria and then you sail on to Puerto del Rosario in Fuerteventura. You next enjoy an overnight stay in Funchal, Madeira. Christmas Day is spent enjoying the facilities and dining onboard while you cruise to your next port. You visit Santa Cruz de La Palma on St. Stephen’s Day. Your cruise comes to an end as you sail back into Tenerife.
Highlights
- Funchal’s flowery gardens
- La Palma’s black-sand beaches
- Tenerife’s volcanic scenery
Marella Explorer
In summer 2018, Marella Explorer was welcomed to the fleet. The ship stepped up to the plate, with a bumper batch of 10 restaurants and 10 bars. There are fleet favourites like Snack Shack and Kora La, plus brand new spaces like The Dining Club for foodies and a swanky bar, club and casino. The highlights don’t stop at food and drink, though. There’s also an indoor cinema, a Sports & Family Deck and a Champneys spa, where you can sign up for everything from body-balancing acupuncture and slimming treatments to body wraps and facials.
DINING OPTIONS
Marella Explorer’s dining scene is worth shouting about. On top of a load of new waiter service restaurants and an around-the-world buffet, you’ve got speciality places like Surf & Turf, Umi Sushi and an experimental eatery.
ENTERTAINMENT VENUES
The entertainment onboard Marella Explorer doesn’t disappoint. Not only does it have the biggest ever Broadway Show Lounge, it also boasts the flash, new Indigo bar, club and casino. Alternatively, you can listen to live music in The Lounge – a stylish space with a bright-pink piano and colour-changing bar.
SHIP FACILITIES
Marella Explorer has enough facilities to keep everyone happy. Children can head to the Kids’ Club, Hideout or go for a game of minigolf, while grown-ups can sink in to Balinese beds at The Veranda or book in for pampering at the spa – it’s the biggest in our fleet.
Champneys
Marella Cruises has partnered with Champneys to bring you this state-of-the-art spa. Like at any other Champneys spa, you can book in for treatments, like facials, body wraps and massages, plus there’s a beauty salon. The spa doesn’t scrimp on size. In fact, it’s the biggest in the fleet – packing in a relaxation room and made-for-two suites. There’s also an adults-only sauna with floor-to-ceiling windows and a steam room. Just so you know, there’s a charge for treatments and use of the facilities. Alternatively, you can work up a sweat with the sea in sight at the gym.
Pool bar
This bar sits next to the pool on Deck 11, so it’s great for grabbing drinks and frozen cocktails.
The Veranda
Balinese beds and call-for-drinks buttons give The Veranda a luxe, adults-only feel. Plus, it’s at the front of the ship, so the views are first-class.
The Shack
This deck bar provides cool-down drinks, like frozen cocktails, in between sunbathing. You’ll find it just above Snack Shack, overlooking the pool.
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Booking Remarks
Prices are per person based on two sharingInclusive of taxes and service charges as indicated
Non-refundable or transferable booking deposit due at time of booking.
Optional Insurance available (conditions apply)
These prices are guidelines only and are subject to change and availability. Pricing will be confirmed at time of booking.
Itinerary
Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Following your flight, you will be transferred to port to board the Marella Explorer for your festive cruise.
Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Spain
With its sub-tropical climate, coastal valleys, beautiful sandy beaches and mountainous peaks, Gran Canaria is a firm favourite with visitors from all over Europe. Head to the historic centre of Vegueta, steeped in traditional architecture and historical buildings which have been standing for over 500 years.
Fuerteventura, Spain
Fuerteventura is the Canary Island of choice for beach connoisseurs. Its coastline morphs from the 10 kilometre-long blonde sweep in the Parque Natural de las Dunas to the wind-whipped sands in Playa de Sotavento, which hosts the Windsurfing World Championships every year. Away from the coast, the island’s interior is blanketed with lava fields, euphorbia valleys and clock-stopped villages.
Take a trip to Corralejo’s picture-perfect beach. Lay back on the 11-kilometre-long stretch of sand, tip-toe over the dunes, or explore the town’s pavement bars.
If you’re after a spot of relaxation, board a catamaran cruise out into the Atlantic Ocean. You’ll drop anchor at a deserted island, where the beaches are footprint-free.
Aloe vera has been harvested in Fuerteventura for centuries. You can visit a farm to learn more about the medicinal plant and pick up some products to take home.
Funchal, Madeira, Portugal
As you arrive in Funchal on a cruise, your ship will cast anchor in a bay protected by mountains rising straight up behind the port. The name, Funchal, derives from that of the fennel plant, the funcho still used today in the traditional sweets known as rebuçados de funcho, that one can find anywhere on the island of Madeira.
You can visit the town centre, to visit historic churches, from the A Sé Cathedral, with its inlaid ceiling, to the majestic Church of the Incarnation, to the church of Carmo without a vault.
Another option will take you up to the village of Monte, from where one can admire a spectacular view of the Funchal bay. You can visit its 18th century church and the tomb of the last Austrian emperor, Charles I, and stroll around the magnificent botanic gardens. But if you like heights, there’s nothing more impressive than the Cabo Girão and its 589 metre tall cliffs, amongst the highest in the world, at the foot of which lie the cultivated lands known as Fajãs do Cabo Girão.
If you’re looking for an equipped beach during your cruise, another excursion will take you to Machico. Founded in the 15th century, it hosts the oldest religious building on the island, the Capela dos Milagres, and the fortresses of São João Baptista and Nossa Senhora do Amparo built in the beginning of the 16th century.
The more lively tourist attraction is instead in Calheta, on the south-west coast. Splendid yachts cruising across the Atlantic are moored in the port and if you want to go for a swim there are two beautiful beaches of golden sand; in spite of the modern structures Calheta dates back to the mid-15th century. This is where they make the “Aguardente”, the best white rhum, and fundamental ingredient of Madeira’s typical drink, the “Poncha” .
At Sea
Christmas Day at Sea.
Santa Cruz de la Palma, La Palma, Spain
Santa Cruz de La Palma is the capital city of the island of La Palma, in Spain’s Canary Islands. It’s known for its centuries-old architecture, cobbled streets and busy port. A former convent hosts the Museum of the Island of La Palma, with an art collection and exhibits on natural history and ethnography. The Naval Museum is in a replica of Christopher Columbus’s 15th-century Santa Maria sailing ship.
Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Following your cruise, you will be transferred to the airport for your flight back to Ireland.
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