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SUNQUEST HAS LONG WEEKEND CRUISE SPECIALS

For all new bookings made by Aug. 9, Sunquest Cruises is offering special savings on a selection of its long duration cruise holiday packages. Valid on all departures between Aug. 1 and March 31, 2014, travellers can book a 15-day Mediterranean cruise package from $2,149 plus taxes p.p., with departures available as early as Aug. 31. There are also departures on Sept. 11 and Sept. 22. The package includes return air from Toronto to Italy, transfers in destination, a two-night pre-cruise tour in Rome, including a stay at a centrally located four-star hotel, a city tour and finally the 11-night eastern Mediterranean cruise aboard the MSC Lirica that travels from Rome to Taormina, Marmaris, Limassol, Haifa, Zakynthos and Genoa before returning to Rome. Another special available is Sunquest Cruises’ transatlantic crossing cruise package, which depart out of either Naples (26-day itinerary, departs Canada Oct. 26) or Venice (23-day itinerary, departs Canada Oct. 29) on the MSC Divina and sail to Miami via Valletta, Malaga, Funchal, St. Maarten, St. Thomas, Puerto Rico and Nassau. Package prices start from $2,699 plus taxes p.p. and include return air, either a six-night tour for the Naples itinerary (visiting Sorrento, the Amalfi Coast, Pompeii, Rome, Florence and Venice) or a three-night tour in Rome and Venice for the Venice itinerary, with both options with city tours and dinners and transfers in destination, before embarking on the 18-night Transatlantic cruise. Sunquest Cruises will also be introducing its 2014 “Golden Mediterrean Odysseys”packages for sale soon, featuring 17- and 19-day cruise holidays aboard the MSC Fantasia starting from $2,249. (http://www.SunquestAgent.ca)