It takes quite something to dwarf a 105,000-ton cruise ship but Geiranger fjord manages it with ease. The sheer spectacular immensity of the Norwegian fjords and coastline beggars belief. The mountainous cliff walls, the overwhelming silence, the astonishing length – Sognefjord is 120-miles long – is breathtaking. It’s difficult to convey the natural beauty of this land and seascape. It’s no easier to describe the fascination and grandeur of the ports of call, such as St Petersburg in Russia. Nothing can prepare you for the sight of the Catherine Palace outside the city. The Hermitage, of course, is worth a lifetime’s study. The Baltic offers them all and more. Estonia, Finland, northern Germany, Denmark, Sweden – there are over 24,000 islands in the Stockholm archipelago alone – all help explain why the northern waters have become one of the leading cruise destinations in the world, rivalling the Mediterranean and the Caribbean in popularity. And the weather, well, summer usually sees calm waters and plenty of surprisingly hot, sometimes almost tropical, sunshine.

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Many cruise lines sail to the Baltic and Russia including:

CELEBRITY	ROYAL CARIBBEAN	NORWEGIAN COASTAL VOYAGES
COSTA	RADISSON	CUNARD
HEBRIDEAN ISLAND	HOLLAND AMERICA	NORWEGIAN CRUISE LINES
FRED OLSEN	ORIENT	SEVEN SEAS
SILVERSEAS	MSC	P&O
PRINCESS CRUISES	SEABOURN	SWAN HELLENIC
	WINDSTAR

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