Growing interest in overnight calls will see Queen Elizabeth stay overnight in St Petersburg, Amsterdam, Venice, New York and Quebec giving guests more time to explore these famous cities.

The 23-night Caribbean voyage from Southampton in December will take in six famous ports including Barbados, St Lucia, St Kitts and St Maarten. The 19-night Eastern Mediterranean voyage in October will take in Cairo, Cyprus, Jerusalem and Haifa in Israel. Every voyage in the maiden season will be treasured as over 52 ports welcome Queen Elizabeth for the first time adding an extra sense of excitement and intrigue for guests.

After two years in service, Queen Victoria has built an enviable reputation and become a second home to many Cunarders - especially past QE2 guests. She now has a varied deployment year round and for 2011 will be offering some new options. Her 17- and 19-night Eastern Mediterranean voyages are set to be very popular from Southampton taking in famous ports including Dubrovnik and Venice as well as many much-loved days at sea.

The Fly-Voyage programme from August to the Mediterranean is set to trigger high demand with the ability to visit nine ports in just 12 nights. The Fly-Voyages will visit many famous cities including Venice, Rome, Naples, Athens, Odessa, Istanbul, Cairo, Jerusalem and Messina.

Cunard said that Queen Mary 2 is now well established on the growing transatlantic market with more and more regular cruisers around the world vowing to experience the unique event of a crossing. After introducing seven-night crossings as well as six nights this year, they have proved so popular that all but one of 21 crossings in 2011 will be for seven-nights - allowing more time to relax and to enjoy the many varied experiences on the historic journey. From Southampton, British guests can now combine two crossings with ports including New York, Boston, Halifax, Rhode Island and Bar Harbour. The 2011 programme has been designed to suit the growing trends in UK cruising including around the British Isles - a tradition for Cunard Line since 1990, Fly - Voyages to the Mediterranean by Queen Victoria which will undertake eight voyages. She will visit many famous ports and is an excellent choice for those wishing to start their holiday from the warmer climate in the Mediterranean with up to nine ports over 12 nights.

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