Best cruise destinations in 2016: The most desirable destinations by ship

By Sally Macmillan
Updated January 13 2016 - 12:13pm, first published January 10 2016 - 12:15am
A boat market visits a cruise ship in the Solomon Islands.

 Photo: Rodger Klein
A boat market visits a cruise ship in the Solomon Islands. Photo: Rodger Klein
Castle and river Dordogne, France. Photo: Laurie Noble
Castle and river Dordogne, France. Photo: Laurie Noble
Scenic Diamond on the Danube River in Budapest.
Scenic Diamond on the Danube River in Budapest.

Whether you've taken 20 cruises or if you  are planning your first, you'll be amazed at the incredible variety of places you can visit by ship. Over the past few years, as our appetite for cruising has grown, ocean and river cruise lines have been busy exploring every corner of the globe to find ever more appealing ports of call to tempt us on board.