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Crystal's 2025 includes far-flung ports, Grand Prix in Monaco

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Crystal Serenity and Crystal Symphony will visit a host of new ports in 2025
In 2025 Crystal Serenity and Crystal Symphony will visit approximately 144 new destinations such as the Faroe Islands, Haifa and Shanghai, over the course of 73 sailings to 281 ports in 112 countries.

After completing its world cruise in May 2025, Crystal Serenity will depart from Marseille to sail the Mediterranean and Baltic, visiting destinations like Málaga, Rønne on the Danish island of Bornholm and Latvia’s capital, Riga.

Northern Europe then Canada/New England

In the far north, Crystal Serenity will call Longyearbyen, Svalbard; as well as the Faroe Islands and Iceland, with destinations including Tórshavn, Djupivogur and Reykjavik, among others.

From September to November 2025, fall foliage cruises will sail to Québec City, Gaspé, Newport, Boston, Portland, New York City and other ports.

Crystal Serenity will also cruise the Caribbean, Panama Canal and South America.

Crystal Symphony highlights

Kicking off 2025 in Southeast Asia, Crystal Serenity will explore destinations including Sihanoukville, Cambodia, along with Sabang and Weh Island, the small active volcanic island northwest of Sumatra.

With multi-day port calls to destinations including Ho Chi Minh City, Halong Bay, Laem Chabang and Shanghai, passengers will have more time for in-depth cultural immersion. Crystal Symphony will also visit Palawan, the Philippines’ ecological jewel, and Brunei.

Grand Prix then Middle East

Timed to the Grand Prix, the ship will call at Monaco and Villefranche-sur-Mer, allowing the chance to experience the Formula 1 event in two of the Mediterranean's leading destinations.

Further Mediterranean highlights include calls at Haifa, Dubrovnik and Cyprus, in addition to Greece’s increasingly popular destinations of Zakynthos, Corfu and Santorini, among others.

The latter half of 2025 will be spent in the Middle East visiting a variety of destinations ranging from the small Egyptian port of Safaga (for Luxor), to Dubai amd Salalah, Oman.

Bookings for these 2025 voyages will open Sept. 27.