Indian Ocean to Caribbean ...
LUXURY AMID GERMAN ATMOSPHERE: Peter Deilmann Cruises' five-star MS Deutschland begins 2006 cruising to Indian Ocean islands and southern Africa, ending the year in the Caribbean. Port calls for the 513-passenger luxury liner are within the Arabian Peninsula, Mediterranean, Black Sea, Western Europe, Norwegian Fjords, British Isles, Baltic and North Seas, South Atlantic and Caribbean. A quartet of Canary Islands (Lanzarote, Tenerife, La Palma and Gran Canaria) and three ports in Morocco (Tangier, Casablanca and Agadir) highlight the 10-night sailing from Palma de Mallorca to Santa Cruz, Tenerife, Nov. 10-20. A seven-night South Atlantic crossing from Tenerife to Barbados brings the nine-deck Deutschland with Art Deco décor and three restaurants to the Caribbean for roundtrips from Bridgetown to Martinique, Antigua, Tortola, Dominican Republic, Aruba, Venezuela and Grenada, Nov. 28-Dec. 12. Fares start at $3,090 per person. For details, call (800) 348-8287. Check out Metroguide.com’s cruise port guide at http://www.portofcallguide.com/