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Christened at a ceremony in Nice, France on May 6, 2015, the 212-passenger Star Breeze is Windstar Cruises' second new ship in a year.(Photo: Gene Sloan, USA TODAY)

Windstar Cruises is out with an unusual new itinerary that focuses on some of the most remote North Atlantic islands.

Dubbed Secrets of the Faroe, Shetland & Orkney Islands, the seven-night trip begins and ends in Edinburgh, Scotland and features visits to the Denmark-controlled Faroe Islands as well as Scotland's Shetland Islands and Orkney Islands.

Windstar is planning just a single departure of the itinerary for now, on Aug. 17, 2018. It'll take place on the line's 212-passenger Star Breeze.

The voyage includes two stops in the Faroe Islands, in the port towns of Torshavn and Tvoroyri. The ship also will spend part of a day cruising through some of the Faroe Islands' rugged fjords and past Cape Enniberg.

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The ship will make day visits to Lerwick in the Shetland Islands and Kirkwall in the Orkney Islands as well as the mainland Scottish town of Aberdeen. The ShetlandIslands are known for a windswept landscape that includes rugged cliffs and beaches, Iron Age ruins and Shetland ponies. The Orkney Islands harbor some of the oldest and best-preserved Neolithic sites in Europe as well as historic sites related to a significantnaval role in World War I and II.

Fares for the sailing start at $3,499 per person, based on double occupancy.

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