Transatlantic cruises

Transatlantic cruises are among the oldest cruise routes in the world. It's the route that the original settlers of the United States took in order to reach and discover the new world. Of course, many people think that the Vikings were the first Europeans to discover America, and there are an increasing amount of evidence that this is true.

But it was the English and Dutch settlers who decided to stay. They of course all had to head across the Atlantic, and millions followed on Transatlantic cruises that will of course look a little different to how they look today, but it was exactly those Transatlantic cruises which inspired modern day cruising. Perhaps the most recognizable cruise liner that you'll all be aware of is the Titanic. This of course was the fated cruiser that hit an Iceberg in 1912 and sank, killing almost everyone on board.

It was meant to be an indestructible ship that would stand no chance of being sunk by an iceberg, but in the end it met a very watery end. It is this journey that you can retrace when you take Transatlantic cruises. This is perhaps cruising at its most pure.

It's a long ride somewhere between ten and fourteen days so you can be sure to have a lot of time to yourself. Time to disconnect from the rest of the world, and time to really enjoy yourself, and enjoy being looked after. Unlike modern day cruising which put such a huge emphasis on the importance of shore-excursions, with shore-excursions coming almost everyday, to such an extent that just the phrase shore-excursion start to grate in the back of your mind and make you feel guilty. But on Transatlantic cruises it's likely that you won't have to worry for a single moment about shore excursions. Once you've left a European port, unless you make a stop off at either the Canary islands or perhaps Bermuda, there is no chance for a shore-excursion. This will allow you to really enjoy the experience that you've paid for being looked after by an attentive crew, eating way too much food, and enjoying seeing the open ocean and knowing that you're travelling across one of the great seas just as they did it in the old days. Transatlantic cruises are being pushed out by the more shore-excursion friendly cruises, but for those people who really want to relax away from the hustle and bustle of urban life, Transatlantic cruises are the one to go for. One where you can really just drift away.