| Athena launches 2013/14

CLASSIC International Cruises has confirmed
its tenth consecutive annual season in
Australia, with the program including its first
ever line voyage from England to Australia.
The new 44-night cruise will depart Tilbury in
the UK on 29 Sep 2013 and voyage to Perth,
providing the earliest ever start for a summer
season in Australia for the cruise line.
CIC md Grant Hunter suggested that
Australians can combine the new line voyage
with the northward sailing from Perth on 15
Apr 2013 to England at the end of this coming
season, cruising on Athena via the Suez canal
and spend the summer in England or Europe
before returning via South Africa.
The 2013/14 debut cruise will arrive in Perth
on 12 Nov 2013, and passengers who combine
both line voyages can save at least $1860, with
combo fares starting at $10,995 for both trips
including 84 nights on board as well as all
meals and entertainment.
Hunter confirmed that the 2013/14 WA
season would include an 18-day maintenance
drydock for Athena in Asia in November 2013,
with full details of the program to be released
later this year.
Destinations on the new southbound line
voyage will include France, Spain, Portugal, St
Vincent, Ascension, St Helena, South Africa,
Reunion Island and Mauritius.
Athena carries 580 passengers and features
traditional wooden deck chairs, a pool fitness

cinema and two restaurants; and all 277 cabins
feature a bath.
See www.classicintcruises.com.