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Celebrity Cruises will return to Europe with four ships in 2008 plus Celebrity Expeditions’ new Celebrity Quest, which will focus on more exotic itineraries.

Based from Amsterdam, Century will sail roundtrip 12-night routes to Scotland/Ireland, Scandinavia/Russia, and the Arctic Circle/North Cape. The ship will then reposition to Barcelona for a series of Western Mediterranean and Morocco sailings.

Constellation will use the new Celebrity homeport of Harwich for a nine-night Scotland and Ireland cruise before launching a series of 14-night roundtrip Scandinavia/Russia sailings. Based from Civitavecchia, Galaxy presents a series of 10- and 11-night sailings from May to December, each featuring an overnight in Istanbul.

Summit opens its 2008 Europe season with a 12-night cruise from Southampton to Barcelona, including the line’s maiden call at Gijon, Spain. The ship then sails 12-night cruises between Barcelona and Venice.

Celebrity Quest, the 710-passenger vessel that will join Celebrity Expeditions later this year, will pioneer 25 new ports in Europe for the Celebrity brand in 2008.

‘Our itineraries feature destinations that are likely to be new discoveries for even the most experienced European travelers,’ said Celebrity president Dan Hanrahan.

The ship’s inaugural Europe season opens with a 14-night trans-Atlantic voyage that departs Miami on April 12, 2008, with maiden calls in Alicante and Gijon in Spain, and Bonifacio in Corsica.

Celebrity Quest then presents a 14-night ‘Best of Italy’ cruise from Civitavecchia with overnights in Sorrento, Venice and Livorno (for Florence/Pisa), with visits to Monopoli, Ravenna, Sardinia and Taormina, as well as Split in Croatia.

The ship will be in Cannes for three nights during the film festival on a May 10 cruise roundtrip from Civitavecchia. From May to September, 14-night sailings roundtrip from Civitavecchia feature overnights in Livorno and Barcelona, and visits to Sorrento, Portofino, Malta, Tunisia, Monte Carlo, Marseilles and Sete.

A pair of two-week Black Sea cruises, from Civitavecchia to Piraeus, will overnight in Kusadasi and Istanbul, with visits to Sinop, the Ukraine ports of Yalta, Sevastopol and Odessa, and Bulgaria’s Varna.

Other two-week voyages will chart destinations in Turkey, Greece, Cyprus, Egypt and Italy.

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