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Discover the world with a Voyages of Discovery cruise. Visit some of the greatest cities and monuments aboard Discovery, and enjoy no-fly cruises with cruises from Portsmouth. Voyages of Discovery offers a small ship experience with all of the benefits of the excellent facilities on board. Learn something new from the Voyages of Discovery Lecture Programme. See what other cruisers think by reading Voyages of Discovery Reviews
Voyage of Discovery cruises are perfect for the adventurous traveller. An intimate, small ship, with a limit of just 600 passengers, the atmosphere is friendly and relaxed. The guest itineraries have been designed to provide the ideal mixture of destination ports to suit all tastes and desires for adventure.
Every voyage offers a exceptional line-up of guest lectures to enable cruisers to gain the most from their holiday.
The ‘MV Discovery’ was built in 1972, and was refurbished in 2003. Its staterooms are tastefully designed and created to provide the upmost in comfort and luxury.
On MV Discovery you will encounter a whole new experience of gourmet dining. Serving breakfast, lunch, dinner and even midnight snacks - everything is carefully prepared by the ship’s online chefs and caters to every taste. Discovery is also known for its customer service and guests will experience the friendliness, attentiveness and care of some of the best staff on the world’s waters.
When you book your cruise with Voyage of Discovery cruises, you pay for an ‘all-inclusive’ holiday package that includes your food, entertainment and any service charges. Should you choose to cruise from Harwich, London, the cost of your car parking will also be included. Voyage of Discovery cruises try to make your holiday as easy and relaxing as possible and, therefore, on fly-cruises your transfer flights are also included from London or Manchester.
Voyage of Discovery cruises take passengers to the most interesting, inspiring and enlightening places on Earth. Guests can book their fly-cruise holiday from London or Manchester to Asia, the Indian Ocena, Afrida, the Far East and Orient.
Voyages of Discovery History
UK-based Roger Allard and Dudley Smith jointly founded the company to offer low-cost cruises aboard comfortable, roomy mid-sized ships, to UK-based passengers, but with good food and service. The company’s Discovery is one of the former “Love Boats” of US television fame. The company went public in 2006 and, with the help of Lord Sterling of Plaistow, purchased Swan Hellenic Cruises. It now operates both brands from its headquarters in the south of England.
To find out more about Voyage of Discovery and the MV Discovery, its magnificent staterooms, exciting journeys and its wide range of on board events - speak to one of our Cruise Experts today.
Sydney : Brisbane, Australia : Townsville : Cairns, Australia : Cairns, Australia : Darwin, Australia : Darwin, Australia : Komodo Island : Bali : Bali : Semarang : Singapore
Includes Flights, Transfers & All Taxes + Fees All Gratuities Included All Onboard Service Charges Guest Speakers Onboard are Sir Christopher Coville, David Baskott, Dr Clive Trotman Dr Philip Lawson, Janet Edwards, Dr Tony Waltham, Neil Curry and Professor Derek Fraser 25% Single Supplement*
Sydney : Brisbane, Australia : Townsville : Cairns, Australia : Cairns, Australia : Darwin, Australia : Darwin, Australia : Komodo Island : Bali : Bali : Semarang : Singapore : Singapore : Langkawi : Phuket : Yangon : Yangon : Yangon : Port Blair : Kochi : Goa, India : Mumbai : Mumbai : Mumbai : Porbandar : Muscat - Oman : Muscat - Oman : Salalah : Sharm El Sheik : Aqaba, Jordan : Safaga : Safaga
Includes Flights, Transfers & All Taxes + Fees All Gratuities Included All Onboard Service Charges Guest Speakers Onboard are Sir Christopher Coville, Brigadier Hugh Willing, David Baskott, Dr Clive Trotman Dr Philip Lawson, Janet Edwards, Dr Tony Waltham, Gavin Roser, John Brinkley, Neil Curry Professor Chandra Wickramasinghe, Professor Derek Fraser and Stephen Day
Includes Flights, Transfers & All Taxes + Fees All Gratuities Included All Onboard Service Charges Guest Speakers Onboard are David Baskott, Dr Philip Lawson, Janet Edwards, Gavin Roser, Maj. Gen. Stephen Carr-Smith, Professor Barrie Bullen, Sir Michael Burton and Trevor Mostyn 25% Single Supplement*
Singapore : Singapore : Langkawi : Phuket : Yangon : Yangon : Yangon : Port Blair : Kochi : Goa, India : Mumbai : Mumbai : Mumbai : Porbandar : Muscat - Oman : Muscat - Oman : Salalah : Sharm El Sheik : Aqaba, Jordan : Safaga : Safaga
Includes Flights, Transfers & All Taxes + Fees All Gratuities Included All Onboard Service Charges Guest Speakers Onboard are Brigadier Hugh Willing, David Barry, David Baskott, Dr Philip Lawson, Janet Edwards, Gavin Roser, John Brinkley, Maggie Loughran, Maj. Gen. Stephen Carr-Smith, Paul Blake, Professor Chandra Wickramasinghe, Professor Barrie Bullen and Sir Michael Burton
Singapore : Singapore : Langkawi : Phuket : Yangon : Yangon : Yangon : Port Blair : Kochi : Goa, India : Mumbai : Mumbai : Mumbai : Porbandar : Muscat - Oman : Muscat - Oman : Salalah : Sharm El Sheik : Aqaba, Jordan : Safaga : Safaga : Safaga : Sharm El Sheik : Sokhna : Ashdod, Israel : Haifa, Israel : Limassol : Fethiye, Turkey : Kusadasi : Istanbul : Istanbul : Trabzon : Sochi, Russia : Sochi, Russia : Yalta (Ukraine) : Sevastopol, Ukraine : Odessa : Anzac Cove : Canakkale, Turkey : Istanbul : Istanbul : Istanbul : Piraeus : Messina : Rome : Ajaccio : Almeria : Gibraltar, Uk : La Coruna : Portsmouth,Uk
Includes Flights, Transfers & All Taxes + Fees All Gratuities Included All Onboard Service Charges Guest Speakers Onboard are Brigadier Hugh Willing, Commander Barry Mellor, David Barry, Dr Philip Lawson, Janet Edwards, Ernest Rea, Gavin Roser, Greg Neale, Maggie Loughran, Maj. Gen. Stephen Carr-Smith, Paul Blake, Professor Chandra Wickramasinghe, Professor Barrie Bullen and Sir Michael Burton
Mumbai : Mumbai : Porbandar : Muscat - Oman : Muscat - Oman : Salalah : Sharm El Sheik : Aqaba, Jordan : Safaga : Safaga
Includes Flights, Transfers & All Taxes + Fees All Gratuities Included All Onboard Service Charges Guest Speakers Onboard are Brigadier Hugh Willing, David Barry, John Brinkley, Maggie Loughran, Mo Holland, Paul Blake, Professor Chandra Wickramasinghe, and Stephen Day NO Single Supplement*
Mumbai : Mumbai : Porbandar : Muscat - Oman : Muscat - Oman : Salalah : Sharm El Sheik : Aqaba, Jordan : Safaga : Safaga : Safaga : Sharm El Sheik : Sokhna : Ashdod, Israel : Haifa, Israel : Limassol : Fethiye, Turkey : Kusadasi : Istanbul : Istanbul
Includes Flights, Transfers & All Taxes + Fees All Gratuities Included All Onboard Service Charges Guest Speakers Onboard are Brigadier Hugh Willing, David Barry, Ernest Rea, John Brinkley, Maggie Loughran, Mo Holland, Paul Blake, Professor Chandra Wickramasinghe, Professor Alan Lloyd and Stephen Day
Mumbai : Mumbai : Porbandar : Muscat - Oman : Muscat - Oman : Salalah : Sharm El Sheik : Aqaba, Jordan : Safaga : Safaga : Safaga : Sharm El Sheik : Sokhna : Ashdod, Israel : Haifa, Israel : Limassol : Fethiye, Turkey : Kusadasi : Istanbul : Istanbul : Trabzon : Sochi, Russia : Sochi, Russia : Yalta (Ukraine) : Sevastopol, Ukraine : Odessa : Anzac Cove : Canakkale, Turkey : Istanbul : Istanbul
Includes Flights, Transfers & All Taxes + Fees All Gratuities Included All Onboard Service Charges Guest Speakers Onboard are Brigadier Hugh Willing, Commander Barry Mellor, David Barry, Ernest Rea, John Brinkley, Maggie Loughran, Maj. Gen. Stephen Carr-Smith, Mo Holland, Paul Blake, Professor Chandra Wickramasinghe, Professor Alan Lloyd and Stephen Day
Safaga : Safaga : Sharm El Sheik : Sokhna : Ashdod, Israel : Haifa, Israel : Limassol : Fethiye, Turkey : Kusadasi : Istanbul : Istanbul
Includes Flights, Transfers & All Taxes + Fees All Gratuities Included All Onboard Service Charges Guest Speakers Onboard are David Baskott, Ernest Rea and Professor Alan Lloyd 25% Single Supplement*
Istanbul : Trabzon : Sochi, Russia : Sochi, Russia : Yalta (Ukraine) : Sevastopol, Ukraine : Odessa : Anzac Cove : Canakkale, Turkey : Istanbul : Istanbul
Includes Flights, Transfers & All Taxes + Fees All Gratuities Included All Onboard Service Charges Guest Speakers Onboard are Commander Barry Mellor, Maj. Gen. Stephen Carr-Smith and Mo Holland NO Single Supplement*
Istanbul : Trabzon : Sochi, Russia : Sochi, Russia : Yalta (Ukraine) : Sevastopol, Ukraine : Odessa : Anzac Cove : Canakkale, Turkey : Istanbul : Istanbul : Istanbul : Piraeus : Messina : Rome : Ajaccio : Almeria : Gibraltar, Uk : La Coruna : Portsmouth,Uk
Includes Flights, Transfers & All Taxes + Fees All Gratuities Included All Onboard Service Charges Guest Speakers Onboard are Christopher Walton, Commander Barry Mellor, Greg Neale, Group Captain Ian Shields, Maj. Gen. Stephen Carr-Smith, Peter Rushton and Professor George Pratt
Istanbul : Istanbul : Piraeus : Messina : Rome : Ajaccio : Almeria : Gibraltar, Uk : La Coruna : Portsmouth,Uk
Includes Flights, Transfers & All Taxes + Fees All Gratuities Included All Onboard Service Charges Guest Speakers Onboard are Christopher Walton, Greg Neale, Group Captain Ian Shields, Peter Rushton and Professor George Pratt NO Single Supplement*
Istanbul : Istanbul : Piraeus : Messina : Rome : Ajaccio : Almeria : Gibraltar, Uk : La Coruna : Portsmouth,Uk : Ijmuiden (Amsterdam) : Copenhagen, Denmark : Stockholm, Sweden : Tallinn : St. Petersburg, Russia : St. Petersburg, Russia : St. Petersburg, Russia : Helsinki, Finland : Warnemuende (Sailing Parade) : Holtenau, Germany : Brunsbuttel, Germany : Elbe Pilot Station : Portsmouth,Uk
Includes Flights, Transfers & All Taxes + Fees All Gratuities Included All Onboard Service Charges Guest Speakers Onboard are Christopher Walton, Felicity Herring, Greg Neale, Group Captain Ian Shields, Keith Muras, Peter Rushton and Professor George Pratt
Istanbul : Istanbul : Piraeus : Messina : Rome : Ajaccio : Almeria : Gibraltar, Uk : La Coruna : Portsmouth,Uk : Ijmuiden (Amsterdam) : Copenhagen, Denmark : Stockholm, Sweden : Tallinn : St. Petersburg, Russia : St. Petersburg, Russia : St. Petersburg, Russia : Helsinki, Finland : Warnemuende (Sailing Parade) : Holtenau, Germany : Brunsbuttel, Germany : Elbe Pilot Station : Portsmouth,Uk : St Marys - Scilly Isles : Douglas, Iom : Belfast : Oban : Port Of Tyne : Greenwich : Greenwich : Greenwich : Dover, Uk : Portsmouth,Uk
Includes Flights, Transfers & Fuel Charges All Gratuities Included All Onboard Service Charges Guest Speakers Onboard are Christopher Walton, Felicity Herring, Greg Neale, Group Captain Ian Shields, Hugh Dixon, Keith Muras, Peter Rushton, Professor George Pratt and Sir Michael Parker
Istanbul : Istanbul : Piraeus : Messina : Rome : Ajaccio : Almeria : Gibraltar, Uk : La Coruna : Portsmouth,Uk : Ijmuiden (Amsterdam) : Copenhagen, Denmark : Stockholm, Sweden : Tallinn : St. Petersburg, Russia : St. Petersburg, Russia : St. Petersburg, Russia : Helsinki, Finland : Warnemuende (Sailing Parade) : Holtenau, Germany : Brunsbuttel, Germany : Elbe Pilot Station : Portsmouth,Uk : St Marys - Scilly Isles : Douglas, Iom : Belfast : Oban : Port Of Tyne : Greenwich : Greenwich : Greenwich : Dover, Uk : Portsmouth,Uk : Cherbourg, France : St Peter Port, Guernsey : Rouen (Paris) France : Rouen (Paris) France : Dunkirk, France : Heligoland : Ijmuiden (Amsterdam) : Harwich
Includes Flights, Transfers & Fuel Charges All Gratuities Included All Onboard Service Charges Guest Speakers Onboard are Anne-Marie Harrison, Brigadier Hugh Willing, Christopher Walton, Felicity Herring, Greg Neale, Group Captain Ian Shields, Hugh Dixon, Keith Muras, Peter Rushton, Professor George Pratt and Sir Michael Parker
Portsmouth,Uk : Ijmuiden (Amsterdam) : Copenhagen, Denmark : Stockholm, Sweden : Tallinn : St. Petersburg, Russia : St. Petersburg, Russia : St. Petersburg, Russia : Helsinki, Finland : Warnemuende (Sailing Parade) : Holtenau, Germany : Brunsbuttel, Germany : Elbe Pilot Station : Portsmouth,Uk
Includes FREE Car Parking or Return Coach Transfers All Gratuities Included All Onboard Service Charges Guest Speakers Onboard are Felicity Herring and Keith Muras
Portsmouth,Uk : Cherbourg, France : St Peter Port, Guernsey : Rouen (Paris) France : Rouen (Paris) France : Dunkirk, France : Heligoland : Ijmuiden (Amsterdam) : Harwich
Includes FREE Car Parking or Return Coach Transfers All Gratuities Included All Onboard Service Charges Guest Speakers Onboard are Anne-Marie Harrison and Brigadier Hugh Willing
Includes FREE Car Parking or Return Coach Transfers All Gratuities Included All Onboard Service Charges Guest Speakers Onboard are Dr David Owen, Michael Scott, Professor David Drewry, Stuart Usher and Sue Scott
Harwich : Kristiansand : Copenhagen, Denmark : Tallinn : St. Petersburg, Russia : St. Petersburg, Russia : St. Petersburg, Russia : Gdynia, Poland : Szczecin : Sassnitz, Germany : Holtenau, Germany : Brunsbuttel, Germany : Elbe Pilot Station : Harwich
Includes FREE Car Parking or Return Coach Transfers All Gratuities Included All Onboard Service Charges Guest Speakers Onboard are Aldon Ferguson, Dr John Gooding and Professor Christina Lodder
Includes FREE Car Parking or Return Coach Transfers All Gratuities Included All Onboard Service Charges Guest Speakers Onboard are Dr Philip Lawson, Janet Edwards, Greg Neale, Peter Mawby, Professor Derek Blundell, Sir James Hodge and Struan Robertson
My wife and I have
cruised twice before and
thoroughly enjoyed our
first cruise on Discovery
in September 2010. We
were glad to have the
opportunity to rejoin
this happy vessel a year
later for the nine-day
‘European
Connoisseur’ cruise
from...
I have just returned from
Discovery's European
Connoisseur cruise to
Rouen, La Rochelle,
Bilbao, La Coruna,
Leixoes (Oporto), Lisbon.
These places are all
close to UK so it's easy
to dismiss them - yet all
are very worthwhile
visiting...
We were very satisfied
with our overall
experience of this
cruise. The size of ship
created an intimate
atmosphere which worked
for us, primarily because
we were very lucky with
the diners allocated to
our table, but also with
the friendly nature of
most of...
First the good things
about this cruise:
Discovery is a small,
friendly ship, with a
delightful welcoming
atmosphere. This cruise
had superb lecturers,
lecture programme and
other entertainment; the
excursions were good,
though pricey...
We joined the Discovery
for the White Sea and
Archangel Cruise at the
Port of Harwich. Hats off
to the Port Authorities
for the smooth, hassle
free arrangements for
those who travel to
Harwich by car, with
baggage collection and
bus transfer to the ship
a...
Firstly, I must say we
had the most wonderful
holiday to the Baltic in
May.
The waiting &
housekeeping staff were
mainly from the
Phillipines and were
cheerful and attentive.
The staff on reception
were OK, except for the
ever-cheerful Barbara,
from...
You get what you pay for,
in this case an old ship
for old people. Not that
this is necessarily a bad
thing since for many
people, including us, it
suits their pockets and
their ways of life. As
usual, the service by the
Filipino crew and the
ladies at...
Sorry, been lazy, but
finally gotten round to
writing a review.
This was a fly/cruise
from Barbados to Buenos
Aires, about 30 nights,
chosen for the itinerary
and price.
Itinerary:
We did our own thing in
every port, & took
not one ship's tour...
This was our 10th cruise
on MV Discovery but it
will be our last unless
dramatic and urgent
attention is taken to
refit the ship. Whilst on
this 20 day cruise, a
team of fitters was
replacing various
sections of carpet in the
public areas, and
replacing...
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