The Independent's Simon Calder says it's not too soon for cruise ships to return to the benighted nation.

Tim Adams roams the 17 decks and neighbourhoods of The Oasis of the Seas - the world's largest 'megaliner'.

A typical cruise? There is no such thing.

Cruising makes you feel like you're on top of the world, writes Isobel Marriner.

The Queen Mary 2 is 21st century reminder of the golden age of ocean liners.

This city's vast cathedral has held the bones of the Magi for 800 years, but it is fascinating in other ways too, discovers Jim Eagles.