Lesley Bellew

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It’s nearly April and that means the start of cruise season. Providers are in fierce competition to fill their rooms, with deals across megaships, boutique liners, expedition vessels and river ships.

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Snap up our pick of last-minute bargain getaways to warmer climes for all budgets, starting from under £500 - plus some of the best villas still available and great cruise offers.

Lesley Bellew boards the Viking Mars for a voyage from Greenwich in England to Norway's Unesco-listed Geirangerfjord. She spots seals and an albino reindeer on her travels.

The days of cruises being an elitist activity for the well-to-do are long gone. Here we've scoured the market to find our pick of the crop of the world's best budget cruises.

As passengers hit the high seas for an array of soothing treatments and join yoga and Pilates classes, so here are my choices as a cruise expert who's never averse to a facial or massage.

Over 27 years, Joy Howe, from Worcestershire, has visited 58 countries while sailing the world. Here, she tells MailOnline the one destination that has captured her heart during her travels.

During the 'golden age' of cruising in the 1950s the finest ships were mainly the preserve of the elite.

Sometimes the only way to visit remote regions of the world is by cruise ship. So if the seven continents are calling, knowing how to navigate the choice of ships needs serious consideration.