The week’s best travel deals

This week’s best travel bargains around the globe.

Receive two free hotel nights and discounts of up to 61 percent on Windstar’s 2015 Europe cruises. For example, the eight-night Classic Italy and Dalmatian Coast cruise between Rome and Venice, which departs May 3, now starts at $2,999 per person double, plus $145 taxes; brochure rate is $6,599. Price includes two nights in Rome at the Ambasciatori Palace or Hotel Savoy Rome, a value of about $750. Book by Oct. 31. Info: 800-258-7245, www.windstarcruises.com/specials.

American Cruise Lines is offering a $1,000 discount per couple, in addition to waiving port charges and fees, on the Oct. 25 departure of its Puget Sound and San Juan Islands cruise in Washington state. The seven-night cruise aboard the American Spirit, which travels round trip from Seattle, now starts at $3,360 per person double, a savings of $750. Book by Sept. 30. Info: 800-460-4518, www.americancruiselines.com.

Paul Gauguin Cruises is offering 50 percent off all 2014 and 2015 sailings in E urope, the Caribbean and Latin America aboard the MV Tere Moana. For example, a seven-night cruise traveling round trip from Puerto Caldera, Costa Rica, on Dec. 13 now starts at $2,695 per person double, plus $295 port charges; brochure rate starts at $5,391. Deal is based on availability. Info: 800-848-6172, www.pgcruises.com/offers.

Save 50 percent on select departures with American Queen Steamboat. For example, the Dec. 12 Old-Fashioned Holidays cruise aboard the American Queen now starts at $1,275 per person double, plus $109 port charges. The seven-night cruise sails round trip on the Mississippi River from New Orleans to Vicksburg, Miss. Rate includes a one-night pre-cruise hotel stay and daily shore excursions. Book by Oct. 31. Info: 888-749-5280, www.americanqueensteamboatcompany.com.

Save nearly $300 on CroisiEurope’s new eight-day cruise from Athens to Istanbul. A twin cabin on the lower deck aboard La Belle de l’Adriatique starts at $1,504 per person double, including taxes — a $286 savings. A reverse itinerary starts at $1,271 per person double. Book by Oct. 31; depart November through March. The ship stops in five ports and includes excursions to Athens and the Acropolis or Cape Sounion and Istanbul. Info: 800-768-7232, www.croisieuroperivercruises.com.

Polar Cruises has a sale on several Antarctica cruises, including early-booking discounts, free international and charter air and reduced single supplements. For example, on trips aboard the Ocean Endeavour, save up to 25 percent and receive a free hotel-and-air package worth $800. The 11-day Antarctic Explorer: Discovering the 7th Continent now starts at $7,646 per person double, down from $8,995. Taxes included. The package includes one night’s hotel in Buenos Aires, transfers and round-trip charter flights between Buenos Aires and Ushuaia. Book by Nov. 15. Several departures in November and December 2015, plus 2016 dates. Info: 888-484-2244, www.polarcruises.com.

With Friendly Planet, save up to $400 on the 16-day Best of China Yangtze River Cruise. With the discount, the trip starts at $3,199 per person double and includes round-trip air from Los Angeles to Shanghai, with return from Beijing; all intra-China flights, plus transfers and ground transportation; deluxe and superior first-class hotels; a four-night Yangtze River cruise in an outside balcony cabin with free upgrade and shore excursions; 34 meals; a shadow-boxing class in Beijing; cruise gratuities; and taxes. For air from BWI Marshall, add $230. Book by Oct. 28. For lowest rates, depart Nov. 3 or March 23. Info: 877-721-4436, www.friendlyplanet.com.

— Carol Sottili, Andrea Sachs

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