TWO DEILMANN EUROPEAN AND BLACK SEA CRUISES OFFER FREE AIR, 10% DISCOUNTS ON CRUISE RATES


10-Night Sailing Roundtrip from Athens, Oct. 17, Calls At Black Sea Ports of Four Countries

NEW YORK, May 10, 2006 – Western Europe and Black Sea ports are on the itineraries of two fall cruises Peter Deilmann Cruises is offering U.S. travelers with free air and 10 percent discounts on cruise rates on the line’s grand ocean liner, the five-star MS Deutschland.

One is a 13-night cruise that sails the Atlantic to the Mediterranean from Hamburg to Malaga calling at Amsterdam, Zeebrügge (Belgium), Honfleur, St. Malo, St. Nazaire and La Palice in France, Santander (Bilbao) in Spain and Lisbon, Portugal, Sept. 21-Oct. 4. The other is a Black Sea cruise roundtrip from Piraeus (Athens) to Varna (Bulgaria), Odessa and Yalta in Ukraine, Constanta in Romania and Sinop and Istanbul in Turkey, Oct. 17-27. Passengers can fly free roundtrip from 16 U.S. cities and save up to $1,194 on the cruise rates alone.

An added incentive for U.S. travelers to book these Grand Hotel Voyages is the 50% reduction on pre-arranged packages of English-language shore excursions and free airport/ship transfers. Reduced cruise prices begin at $3,398 per person for the Black Sea sailing, while single staterooms start at $3,737. The ship has 67 singles and charges considerably less for single supplements than other cruise lines.

The free round-trip air transportation is available from New York City, Boston, Miami, Washington and 12 other eastern U.S. gateways. Air supplements from 19 Midwest gateways cost just $60 to $70 and $150 to $170 from 13 cities in the West. For those passengers arranging their own air, there is a $750 reduction from the cruise fare.

For the Hamburg-Malaga 13-night sailing, reduced rates start at $3,679 per person twin and $4,069 for a single stateroom. This Sept. 21 cruise also offers an optional golf package featuring courses in Deauville (Honfleur), Chateau des Ormes Golf Club (St. Malo), La Baule International (St. Nazaire), the Real Golf de Pedrena near Santander and the Oitavos Quinta de Marunha golf course near Lisbon with spectacular views of the Atlantic.

The air/sea golf package, starting at $4,379 per person from New York, Boston, Washington, Miami and 12 other U.S. cities includes air transportation, the cruise and golf program with six rounds of golf, free transfers to and from the ship, green fees, pull cart, use of driving range if available, golf escort and tips. Non-golfing companions deduct $700 from ocean golf cruise prices.

On the Oct. 17th sailing from Piraeus, the Deutschland cruises the Aegean, the Dardanelles and Bosphorus to the Black Sea and Varna, Bulgaria’s third largest city and main port with a cosmopolitan atmosphere that dates back to 580 BC. Odessa, Ukraine’s major sea port and Black Sea summer resort, founded in 1794, known for its parks, architecture and opera house, is one of two port calls in Ukraine. The other is Yalta, center of the Ukraine Riviera and site of Livadia Palace where Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin decided the future of Europe in 1945.

The Turkish city of Sinop with one of the most beautiful natural harbors on the Black Sea coast is among other destinations on the cruise. Its extant monuments include a ruined ancient citadel rebuilt during Byzantine and Seljuq periods, ruins and old walls and dating from the early Greek and Roman periods, and mosque dating from 1214. A 13th-century religious school now houses the local museum. Sinop is linked by sea with Istanbul, an overnight stay on the cruise.

A luxury ocean liner that recalls the days of grand ocean travel, the MS Deutschland was launched in 1998 and is refurbished annually. The five-star ship has just 286 beautifully appointed staterooms for a maximum of 520 passengers and offers a very high level of service with a 2-to-1 passenger-to-crew ratio. Peter Deilmann built the Deutschland for discriminating travelers who want a traditional cruise experience in a gleaming ship designed in art nouveau and art deco styles.

To both relax and stay fit, the nine-deck ship has outdoor and indoor swimming pools, three sun decks with teak steamer deck chairs, an open-air promenade deck, fitness center, exercise and dance classes, sauna, solarium, Turkish bath and putting green. The expanded Wellness Spa offers Thalasso Therapy, Cleopatra Bath and other health and beauty treatments and a wide choice in massage therapy. Passengers can participate in daily fitness classes of exercises such as Pilates, Nordic walking and aqua jogging as well as make-up and fitness consulting sessions.

Details on the sailings and the Grand Hotel Voyages brochure of Deutschland sailings are available from travel agencies and Peter Deilmann Cruises at 1-800-348-8287 or by e-mail at pdcmail@deilmann-cruises.com. To view and download itineraries and theme cruises, log on to www.deilmann-cruises.com.