The Elegant Celebrity "Solstice" Will Return to the Mediterranean in November at an Unprecedented Low Price (Arthur Frommer Online)

Two years ago, in summer, I took my family on a 10-night cruise of the Mediterranean, aboard the Celebrity _Solstice_, which had only recently been launched and put into service. It had been hailed by most cruiseship commentators as the first in a new category of ships, unusually spacious and comfortable, and designed throughout for persons seeking the traditional pleasures of the seas (relaxation, conversations, and contact with foreign destinations). To my surprise, the Celebrity _Solstice _was later taken out of Mediterranean service and made to ply standard itineraries of the Caribbean, going to those so-called private beaches and shopping-mall-centered ports. I was disappointed that so little of the _Solstice_'s capabilities was being used. That's why it's refreshing to announce that the _Solstice _is being returned to the best kind of foreign-port-heavy sailing in the Mediterranean and that, on its departure from Rome on November 18 of this year, it will not only do a fascinating 10-night itinerary but at a specially-reduced price of only $949 per person for an outside, verandah-equipped cabin. That is surely a cruise bargain that we will not soon see again. Leaving from Rome, the _Solstice _will go to: Sicily, Malta, Crete, ...