Crystal has unveiled its lineup of 2025 itineraries onboard the Crystal Serenity and Crystal Symphony that are available for booking on September 27, 2023.
Following its acquisition by the A&K Travel Group, Crystal is offering its passengers unparalleled opportunities for exploration and cultural immersion—both on and off the ship—with industry-leading voyages of discovery across the globe to both iconic and off-the-beaten-path destinations.
Crystal Serenity and Crystal Symphony will visit an extraordinary number of guests favorites along with 144 new handpicked destinations such as the Faroe Islands, Haifa and Shanghai, resulting in a combined total of 720 days over the course of 73 sailings, visiting a total of 112 countries and 281 ports.
"We’re excited to offer both past and future Crystal guests an inspiring assortment of itineraries in 2025,” said Cristina Levis, CEO of A&K Travel Group. “Guests onboard Crystal Serenity and Crystal Symphony will have the opportunity to explore a treasure trove of lesser-visited corners of the world and check off some truly once-in-a-lifetime bucket list destinations with bespoke, industry-leading experiences designed by Abercrombie & Kent.”
Crystal Serenity 2025 Highlights
After completing its World Cruise in May 2025, Crystal Serenity will depart Marseille and sail the Mediterranean and Baltic Seas to destinations like Pablo Picasso’s hometown of Málaga, the charming, half-timbered town of Ronne, Latvia’s capital, Riga, known for its pedestrian-only medieval Old Town and more.
Guests will also have the opportunity to visit Longyearbyen, the largest inhabited area of Svalbard, Norway, famous for its incomparable views of the Northern Lights.
Passengers will discover dramatic landscapes and breathtaking views in the world’s most stunning Nordic destinations with calls to the Faroe Islands and Iceland including Tórshavn, Djupivogur, and Reykjavik.
Guests will also be treated to a perfect-leaf peeping adventure from September to November 2025 when the Serenity visits iconic North American ports of call such as Québec City, Gaspé, Newport, Boston, Portland, New York City and more.
For travelers wishing to celebrate the holiday season at sea, Crystal Serenity’s sun-filled voyages include Caribbean and South American destinations like Montego Bay, Aruba, Cayman Islands, Cartagena and the Panama Canal.
Crystal Symphony 2025 Highlights
This newly-refurbished ship will kick off the 2025 season in Southeast Asia, exploring remote destinations such as Sihanoukville, known for the best beaches in Cambodia, along with Sabang and Weh Island, the small active volcanic island northwest of Sumatra.
Guests will find more time for in-depth cultural immersion with multi-day port calls to the region’s top urban centers including Ho Chi Minh City, Halong Bay, Laem Chabang and Shanghai. Passengers can also visit Palawan, the Philippines’ ecological pristine beaches jewel, and Brunei, known for its verdant rainforests.
Timed with the Grand Prix, the ship will dock in Monaco and Villefranche-sur-Mer, allowing guests to embrace their inner Formula 1 driver, as they watch the iconic race in two of Europe’s leading destinations.
Mediterranean cruise highlights include calls to Haifa, Dubrovnik and Cyprus, along with Greece’s increasingly popular destinations of Zakynthos, Corfu and Santorini.
Crystal Symphony will spend the latter half of 2025 in the Middle East visiting a variety of destinations ranging from the small Egyptian port of Safaga (Luxor), to Dubai, known for luxury shopping and ultramodern architecture and to the more remote Salalah, the third-largest city in the Sultanate of Oman, known for its marine life.
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