Celebrity Apex, the newest addition to Celebrity Cruises’ fleet, will take a bow in Celebrity’s 2020 Europe season when the fleet will visit more than 90 ports of call across 27 different countries.
Apex, the second Edge-Class ship, will make her debut in the April, sailing from Southampton, and like her sister, Celebrity Edge, will feature an innovative outward-facing design and transformational accommodations.
The 2020 European season will feature six ships, two of which will have been upgraded as part of a $500m revitalisation programme that will introduce redesigned accommodations, reimagined spaces and state-of-the-art experiences across the brand’s fleet.
New destination experiences will include a first-ever mini season of sailings from Lisbon, as well as country-immersive sailings that provide greater, in-depth experiences for travellers in Greece and Italy.
And new ports will include Trieste, Italy, and Isle of Portland in Dorset. Back by popular demand asre Oslo, Norway; Agadir, Morocco and Kusadasi, Turkey, where guests can explore the ancient city of Ephesus.
Celebrity Apex
Celebrity Apex debuts in Southampton with a mini season of five sailings to European destinations, including the Norwegian Fjords and the northern coasts of Spain and Portugal. Travellers can experience a new 10-night Capital Cities cruise with visits to Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Oslo and Paris.
The rest of her inaugural summer sailing seven- to 12-night itineraries, venturing through the western Mediterranean from Barcelona and Rome with a range of itineraries that featuring Naples, Florence, Monte Carlo, Cannes, Palma De Mallorca; and Valencia, Ibiza, Provence, Nice nd Florence. The ship will also make special visits to Lisbon and Valletta.
Celebrity Edge
Celebrity Edge will join Apex in the Med offering a full season of sailings in the eastern region and Adriatic.
10- and 11-night itineraries will spend two days in Trieste, providing the opportunity to explore both Trieste and Venice in one in-depth stop, and also also visit the Amalfi Coast, Malta, and the sun-soaked islands of Greece.
Celebrity Silhouette
Aboard seven- to 14-night sailings out of Southampton, travellers can discover Europe’s most renowned cities, including Iceland and Ireland itineraries with overnight stays in Dublin, Ireland, and Reykjavik, Iceland. Celebrity Silhouette will also offer the new 10-night Capital Cities Cruise.
Celebrity Constellation
Nine- or 10-night itineraries feature stops almost exclusively in one country – Italy or Greece.
These first-time, comprehensive sailings provide in-depth explorations of each country from top to bottom. Travellers will experience bucket-list Italian destinations, including Venice; Sicily; Naples; Portofino; Florence and Rome. In Greece, they will discover the myths, legends and natural beauty of the Greek Isles, with visits to Katakolon; Mykonos; Crete; Santorini; Corfu and Athens.
In addition, Celebrity Constellation will offer sailings in the Adriatic Sea with stops in Dubrovnik, Croatia; Kotor, Montenegro; Koper, Slovenia; and Split, Croatia.
Celebrity Reflection
The ever-popular Celebrity Reflection will offer three Iceland and Ireland itineraries with round-trip sailings from Dublin this season. Her new 10-night Ireland, England and Scotland cruise will include a first-time visit to Portland, Dorset.
She will also make round-trip sailings from Amsterdam with 12-night itineraries to Scandinavia, Russia, and the British Isles.
Out of Rome, Celebrity Reflection will visit Israel – a world-traveller’s must-see destination – and Kusadasi, Turkey, where travellers can journey to the ancient city of Ephesus, which was one considered a political and intellectual epicenter during the Roman Empire and is home to the Temple of Artemis, one of Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
Celebrity Infinity
Celebrity Infinity returns to the Mediterranean for a mini season of sailings from Lisbon. These sailings visit the Iberian Peninsula on the way to Barcelona, including Valencia, Malaga, La Coruna and Porto.
Morocco has also been added to Infinity’s transatlantic crossing itinerary, a port Celebrity hasn’t visited since 2016.