Water music suites

Mozart and Mendelssohn, Rossini and Rachmaninov - performed by European orchestras - are the highlights of two cruises aboard the 350-guest Radisson Diamond.

The Royal Baltic Music Festival series offers guests tickets to concerts at settings such as the Rock Church in Helsinki, the Hermitage Theatre in St Petersburg, the St Nicolai Church in Visby, Sweden, and the Stockholm Royal Palace.

The cruises, which leave on July 6 and 27, are priced from $US4400 ($8980) with the optional Moscow excursion $US400 ($815).

Contact: Travel agent or Wiltrans Australia on 0800 446 376.