Grand Circle Cruise Line Announces New Small Ship Itineraries in 2017

BOSTON, Dec. 20, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Alan E. Lewis, chairman of Grand Circle Cruise Line, the leader in small ship cruising worldwide, announced four new small ship itineraries for 2017 today.  The itineraries will operate along the Mediterranean and the Adriatic, cruising along the coastlines of Italy, Malta, Slovenia, and Croatia aboard Grand Circle's award-winning, 50-passenger sister ships—the M/V Athena, M/V Arethusa, and M/V Artemis.  Each itinerary includes international airfare from New York and offers limited free Single Supplements for solo travelers.

"We are excited to offer itineraries that explore a popular region of the world through a popular mode of travel—small ship," said Lewis.  "Our 50-passenger ships can access small ports that larger ships cannot, and our travelers will be able to explore the cities, towns, and villages beyond these ports to engage firsthand with local people, their cultures, and ways of life."

Grand Circle Cruise Line's four new Small Ship itineraries are:

Italy's Western Coast & Islands: A Voyage from Rome to Valletta 
Aboard the award-winning, 50-passenger M/V Artemis

• Visits Italy: Rome, Anzio, Ponza, Pozzuoli, Procida, Sorrento, Paestum, Civita • Sicily: Aeolian Islands, Strait of Messina, Mount Etna, Siracusa • Malta: Valletta, Hagar Qim Temple, Mdina
• 16 days from $5995 ($375/day), incl. international airfare from New York
• Limited Free Single Supplements

Undiscovered Adriatic: Eastern Italy, Venice, Puglia & Malta
Aboard the award-winning 50-passenger M/V Artemis

• Visits Italy: Venice, Ravenna • Republic of San Marino • Italy: Urbino, L'Aquila, Tremiti Islands, Monopoli, Alberobello, Otranto, Stilo, Riace • Malta: Valletta, Hagar Qim, Marsaxlokk, and Mdina
• 17 days from$7495 ($441/day), incl. international airfare from New York
• Limited Free Single Supplement

Voyage to Istria: Italy, Slovenia & Croatia 
Aboard the award-winning 50-passenger M/V Arethusa

• Visits Italy: Venice • Slovenia: Piran • Croatia: Pula, Rovinj • Italy: Aquileia, Trieste
• 12 days from $3695 ($308/day), incl. international airfare from New York
• Limited Free Single Supplement

Italian Coastal Odyssey: Hidden Italy, Sicily & Malta 
Aboard the award-winning, 50-passenger M/V Artemis

• Visits Italy: Rome, Anzio, Ponza, Pozzuoli, Procida, Sorrento, Paestum, Civita • Sicily: Salina, Strait of Messina, Mount Etna, Siracusa • Malta: Valletta, Hagar Qim, Mdina • Italy: Riace, Stilo, Otranto, Alberobello, Monopoli, Tremiti Islands, L'Aquila, Urbino • Republic of San Marino • Italy: Ravenna, Venice
• 27 days from $13,990 ($519/day), incl. international airfare from New York
• Limited Free single supplement

For the past five years, Condé Nast Traveler's Readers' Choice Awards have named Grand Circle Cruise Line the "World's Best River Cruise Line."  The50-passenger Small Ships that will operate the new itineraries were each ranked as one of the top 5 "World's Best Small Ships" in the Conde Nast's latest cruise poll (2014), including the #1 ranking (Arethusa).   Earlier this year, Travel + Leisure readers also named Grand Circle among the top 5 "World's Best Small Ship Cruise Lines."

Please click Grand Circle Cruise Line for more information on our new, individual itineraries, or call 1-800-221-2610.

About Grand Circle Cruise Line
Established in 1998, Grand Circle Cruise Line offers 16 River Cruises and Cruise Tours throughout Europe as well as 16 Small Ship Cruise Tours to Antarctica, Panama, Europe, the Dalmatian Coast, Greece and the Greek Islands, the Aegean, Adriatic and beyond.  The cruise line is a division of Grand Circle Corporation, which also includes Overseas Adventure Travel (est. 1978) and Grand Circle Travel (est. 1958).  Grand Circle has more than 30 offices worldwide and approximately 3,500 associates, guides, and crew serving more than 110,000 travelers per year.  In 1992, owners Alan and Harriet Lewis established the nonprofit Grand Circle Foundation to support communities in which Grand Circle works and travels, including some 300 humanitarian, cultural, and educational endeavors worldwide—among them, 100 schools, in 50 countries.  The Foundation is an entity of the Lewis Family Foundation, which has pledged or donated more than $164 million since 1981.    

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