Crystal Symphony 2023 Itineraries Announced

Crystal Cruises has unveiled its complete roster of global itineraries for Crystal Symphony’s 2023 season—that’s 36 all-inclusive voyages of six to 15 nights. With several regions explored at different times of year, the roster of sailings offers travelers options to visit destinations outside of high seasons. Itineraries open for booking on July 22.

This comes just two months after Crystal Serenity's 2023 itineraries were announced, bringing the total number of voyages for Crystal’s Ocean ships in 2023 to 68 individual itineraries ranging from six to 23 nights, with many combinable options for longer journeys. Crystal Serenity will also offer closer-to-home routes in North America, exploring New England and Canada and the Caribbean, while Crystal Symphony will spend the entire year sailing abroad. Both ships will sail the Mediterranean and Western Europe in the summer months on differing itineraries.

Southeast Asia, the Middle East and Holy Land, Mediterranean and Western Europe, the British Isles and Ireland highlight the collection of voyages for Crystal Symphony, all of which include at least one overnight stay. Also featured are five maiden calls—in Kampot, Cambodia; Khor Fakkan, UAE; Bristol, England; Malmo, Sweden; and Gisborne, New Zealand—as well as new embarkation and disembarkation in the port of Eilat, Israel; a return to Skagen, Denmark for the first time in nine years; and an overnight in the city of Antwerp, Belgium.

Among the regions and destinations that Crystal Symphony guests have the choice to visit multiple times of year are:

  • Southeast Asia and India, with six-, seven-, eight- and nine-night sailings visiting Chennai, Goa and Mumbai, India; Yangon, Myanmar; Ho Chi Minh City and Da Nang, Vietnam; Ko Samui, Phuket and Bangkok, Thailand; Singapore, maiden call Kampot (Cambodia); Port Klang and Penang, Malaysia; and Colombo, Sri Lanka and others offered January through March; longer 13- and 15-night sailings offered in November.
  • The Middle East, Holy Land and Egypt, with March and April sailings of six, eight, nine and 11 nights and seven-, 10- and 13-night options in October exploring Aqaba, Jordan; Manama, Bahrain; Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sir Bani Yas Island and Khor Fakkan, as well as Kuwait City, Kuwait; Doha, Qatar; Salalah and Muscat, Oman; Ashdod and Eilat, Israel; and Safaga, Sharm el Sheikh and Sokhna, Egypt. 
  • The Mediterranean, with a 12-night April Black Sea exploration throughout Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine, Greece and Italy; and seven-, nine- and 11-night May and June voyages along the Dalmatian Coast, Mediterranean and Western Europe, including Croatia, Montenegro, Greece, Italy, Spain, France, Portugal, Morocco and more. The ship returns to the region in September and October for fall itineraries of seven and 10 nights.

Crystal Symphony will sail the Baltic and Northern Europe—including the British Isles, Ireland, Russia, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Estonia, Finland, Poland and Iceland in late June and July; will spend December cruising Australia and New Zealand, with a New Year’s Eve celebration in Sydney.

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