If like many people you are looking to book a cruise holiday but want to avoid flying to the departure port, you’ll be pleased to know that you can book a variety of cruises from the UK.

With many cruise lines offering cruises from the UK you can embark on the holiday of a lifetime from many UK ports including Southampton, Dover, Harwich, Liverpool, Newcastle and Portsmouth.

Cruises from the UK sail to such fantastic destinations as the Canaries, the Mediterranean and the Baltic so you have an excellent choice of places to see and cultures to experience. With a cruise from the UK you don’t have to pay the extra expense of flights to get to the port a particular cruise departs from. You also get to see just as many wonderful and exciting destinations as well as being able to experience the sights, the sounds and the tastes of a cruise holiday.

With cruise lines such as Princess Cruises and Cunard providing cruises from the UK, you’ll have the choice of sailing on cruise ships such as the Grand Princess which cruises from the UK to the Mediterranean taking in such places as Cadiz on the Southern Spannish coast, Alghero which is on an Island to the West of Italy, Rome, Livorno (Florence/Pisa), Cannes, Barcelona, Gibraltar and back to Southampton. The Grand Princess appeals to seasoned cruise passengers as well as offering the perfect option for those new guests wanting to try this kind of fabulous holiday for the first time. It’s a ship that brings a host of modern features to enhance its wonderfully refined traditional cruise ambience.

Another option might be Cunard's Queen Mary 2 that cruises from the UK to the Baltic visiting such fantastic places as Hamburg and Oslo. The Queen Mary 2 is the most magnificent ocean liner ever built and a fabulous cruise holiday on this wonderful ship is an experience of a lifetime. Cunard have incorporated the very latest modern facilities, entertainment and enrichment opportunities into a ship which still oozes the ultimate opulence and charm of the Golden Era of cruising.

So if you’re looking for a cruise from the UK and are worried about the choice available, don’t be. With so many cruises from the UK available on board a wide variety of fantastic ships you’ll be sure to have the holiday of a lifetime.