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DOVER
Britain’s best-known port has bold plans to transform its waterfront with new shops, bars and cafés to welcome even more ships to its historic cruise terminal. It may not be as busy as Southampton, but it’s important to British-market cruise lines such as Kent-based Saga Cruises, which will launch new ship Spirit of Discovery there in July.
Other major cruise lines with itineraries departing from Dover include Holland America Line and Disney Cruise Line, which sails from the South Coast port to the Norwegian Fjords, inspiration for the hit film Frozen.
Saga’s Spirit of Discovery is kicking off with a tour around Britain for its inaugural cruise in July, but it will be going all the way to St Petersburg in its Myths & Legends of the Baltic cruise, departing 12 September. This cruise will also call at the Baltic ports of Stockholm, Helsinki, Tallinn, Kalundborg (for Copenhagen) and Aalborg, and costs from £4,017pp, based on two people sharing (0808 163 9075; travel.saga.co.uk).
You can also enjoy the British Isles on Holland America Line’s 14-day cruise, which sails from Dover to Falmouth, calling at Fishguard in Wales on the way to the).
