P&O Celebrate 175 years cruising in 2012

P&O Celebrate 175th anniversary on July 3rd 2012 will make the enormous event of P&Os 175th anniversary and they will be celebrating with the accumulation of all seven ships in Southampton for the Grand event – Adonia, Aurora, Arcadia, Oriana, Oceana, Ventura & Azura . The details of the celebration have yet to be release, but I’m sure I will bring that info to you as soon as I can establish what they are planning.
P&O are offering some special sailings with Grand Event celebratory prices as follows, The Grand Event Cruises are:
• Azura – 11nights Atlantic Islands Cruise – Starting at £1,149pp
• Ventura – 17nights Central Med cruise - Starts at £1,699pp
• Oriana- four nights mini cruise at just £399pp
• Adonia- 21nights central med cruise - £2,349pp
• Aurora does a 17nights Baltic cruise – £1,749pp
• Oceana has a 7Nights fjords tour from just £749pp


These will go on sale on April 5th 2011 and will include the early booking discounts (Please note that these are just guideline prices)
The 175th anniversary is of the Peninsular Steam Navigation Company who were awarded the lucrative Admiralty contract to carry mail to the Iberian Peninsula and beyond.


Not long afterwards the concept of cruising was born and since 1837, cruising has evolved into a popular holiday choice and now P&O Cruises carries more British cruisers than any other line. With her effortless style, grace and all round ‘British’ sense of formality and some fantastic itineraries, makes cruising with P&O altogether a super choice for British passengers and for the from across the globe, who would enjoy the superior dining options available to them.

So I was wondering what your favourite memories of the P&O Fleet are and how you think they should celebrate?


Marching bands and all setting sail together would be idyllic for me…