{"id":4482,"date":"2008-11-30T08:41:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-30T08:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/?p=4482"},"modified":"2008-11-30T08:41:00","modified_gmt":"2008-11-30T08:41:00","slug":"g-a-p-outlines-new-ships-itineraries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/2008\/11\/g-a-p-outlines-new-ships-itineraries\/","title":{"rendered":"G.A.P outlines new ship\u2019s itineraries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gapadventures.com\/images\/new-trips\/thumbs\/antarctic-classic.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 241px; height: 196px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gapadventures.com\/images\/new-trips\/thumbs\/antarctic-classic.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>With its new ship, <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Expedition<\/span>, entering service in April, G.A.P Adventures outlined itineraries including the Azores, the Arctic, the British Isles and Norwegian Fjords.<\/p>\n<p>Toronto-based G.A.P is offering $400 off new bookings made by Dec. 15 on departures from April to September.<\/p>\n<p>The 10-day Azores journey will explore Graciosa, Floral and Faial islands, and give a chance to taste Verdelho wine on Pico Island. An \u2018Arctic Highlights\u2019 journey, from Spitsbergen to Iceland, will explore Greenland and visit Scoresbysund, one of the world\u2019s largest fjord systems.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Wild Scotland\u2019 is a 13-day adventure taking in the Hebrides, uninhabited Treshnish and the natural beauty of North Rona, where bird colonies abound. Orkney and the Shetland archipelago are also visited, and the trip ends in the Scottish Highlands.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Britain and Ireland in Bloom,\u2019 13 days, takes passengers to gardens and historic mansions. \u2018Norwegian Fjords and Polar Bears\u2019 is a two-week journey that sails from Edinburgh with a visit to Orkney, the Shetlands and Svalbard, in addition to destinations on the Norwegian coast.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Expedition<\/span> replaces <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Explorer<\/span>, which sank a year ago in Antarctica. The new ship (ex <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">\u00c5landsf\u00e4rjan<\/span>) is being converted for G.A.P at STX Europe\u2019s Rauma yard.<\/p>\n<p>It will carry up to 120 passengers, all in ocean-view rooms, with amenities such as a pub, a fitness center\/sauna and multiple wildlife-viewing areas including a 360-degree observation deck.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With its new ship, Expedition, entering service in April, G.A.P Adventures outlined itineraries including the Azores, the Arctic, the British Isles and Norwegian Fjords. Toronto-based G.A.P is offering $400 off new bookings made by Dec. 15 on departures from April to September. The 10-day Azores journey will explore Graciosa, Floral and Faial islands, and give [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[344],"class_list":["post-4482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-gap-adventures"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4482"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4482\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}