PAUL GAUGUIN
Operator: Radisson Seven Seas Cruises.
Capacity: 320.
Age group: ranges from 30-75, but generally 40-50.
Accommodation: all-suite outside accommodation, 80% with verandah. Minimum suite size is 200sq ft; in addition there are seven very large suites.
Featured by: BA Holidays, Kuoni, Destination Pacific, Transpacific Holidays, Travel 2.
Itinerary: operates a single itinerary year-round on Saturdays from Papeete, calling at Riatea, the private island of Tahaa, Bora Bora and Moorea. Occasionally the ship carries out a two-week itinerary to the Marquesas, very remote islands where the painter Paul Gauguin spent the final years of his life. For this, cruise passenger capacity is limited to 250 because the islands are so small.
Cost: one-week cruise only costs £1,500, one-week fly-cruise £2,270; two-week Marquesas cruise costs £5,360 including flights.