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Halfway to a Dream Fleet, Explora’s Ambitions Keep Growing

With three luxury ocean ships sailing and three more soon to come, Explora Journeys is looking beyond the horizons to even more experiences on the oceans and on Europe’s rivers. It’s a magical moment, Chris [...]
Asia

What Can We Learn from the Tragic End of an Odyssey?

What was sold as the “never-ending cruise” certainly ended in dramatic fashion–with residents told they had just a few hours to pack up and leave their homes at sea.The Villa Vie Odyssey, a residential cruise [...]
Africa

Viking Plots a Journey Worthy of Pharoahs

Viking has opened bookings for a new 19-day Grand Nile Journey itinerary exploring ancient Egypt in unprecedented depth. The explorations in 2028 feature four hotel nights in Egypt’s capital and 14-night sailings between Cairo and [...]
Cruise Lines

Explora Rounding out its Family at a Half Dozen

Explora Journeys keeps innovating as its completes its planned fleet of six ships. The luxury cruise brand of MSC Group marked milestones in the building of the final ships in its fleet at a shipyard [...]
Cruise Lines

The More the Merroir in Dining on Seabourn

Seabourn is expanding its gourmet range with the launch of Earth & Ocean, a culinary philosophy to shape menus to the local “terroir and merroir ” of places its ships visit. What started with a series [...]

8 Ways to Make Your Perfect Day at CocoCay Even Better

by Wallace Immen in 10 Best Lists 1

It takes amazing confidence and a lot of swagger to call yourself perfect. But Royal Caribbean does it emphatically with its fantasy island Perfect Day at CocoCay. Even while no cruises were visiting, the cruise [...]

Interpreting la Dolce Vita on a Costa Cruise

February 1, 2023 1

With the best pizza, pasta and coffee at sea and parties that last late into the night, cruising to exotic locales on Italy’s Costa Cruises is an immersion into European style, tastes and customs. It’s […]

Atlas Expands its Menu of European Explorations

February 8, 2024 Comments Off

Atlas Ocean Voyages, known for extensive Antarctic voyages, is expanding its roster of in-depth explorations in the Mediterranean, including many rarely visited and intriguing ports. A 2025 European season features Epicurean Expeditions, featuring immersive culinary […]

Athens is Making an Olympic-Class Tourism Recovery

April 20, 2022 1

Squeezing through the massive crowds of shoppers waiting in queues to get into tony stores on Ermou Street or joining waves of tourists making pilgrimages to the Acropolis, it’s almost impossible to believe that five […]

Revealed! The Tasteful, Sinful Details of Eden on the New Celebrity Edge

July 4, 2017 1

It’s…Edenistic. Some might even call it sinful! The walls are alive in a towering space whose acres of glass provide an infinite view of the sea. The menu includes a dish called Life After Death […]

Silversea Rents an Island for a Gala Party

April 6, 2023 Comments Off

Talk about an exclusive event: Silversea Cruises rented an entire island in the Philippines to host an unforgettable event for World Cruise guests aboard Silver Shadow. Two years in the making, the day-long immersive event […]