British Isles Cruises Offer Full Range of Celtic Explorations

From the earliest ages they were druids and warriors, poets and mystics, weaving nature into art. They were the Celts, and their culture formed the character of all Atlantic Europe. Their spirit, their communion with nature, was forged in the romantic landscapes and seascapes of Spain, France, Ireland and the British Isles, and these three tremendous voyages provide a capacious look at great monuments and rhapsodic country sides from Galicia to the Orkneys.

Our great Celtic Quest makes pilgrimages to the world-class monuments of Santiago de Compostela, the Bilbao Guggenheim, and Tintagel, the legendary ruined castle of King Arthur, while venturing to secretive medieval villages of France, the rocky, bird-thronged coasts of Ireland, and the Aran Islands, those cradles of rustic Celtic culture. On this cruise's penultimate day, you can stand upon the awe-inspiring basalt columns of the Giant's Causeway, the sea-path of warrior Finn McCool.

At the height of summer, indulge your love of the British Isles with a cruise from Portsmouth, home of the Queen's navy, to the Isles of Scilly, Ireland, the Inner Hebrides, the Summer Isles, the Orkneys, and mainland Scotland, visiting everything from megalithic monuments to whisky distillers. Alternatively, you can focus exclusively on Scotland – slowly – with a lovely voyage to some of the most distant, unusual, and rarely-visited Outer Hebrides and Shetlands. The m/s Andrea, our ship for all three cruises, is ideal for docking and anchoring in places larger vessels simply can't reach.