Get ready to be enriched. Silversea has announced that more than 160 of its voyages will feature nearly 200 distinguished guest lecturers, celebrated chefs and destination experts as part of the luxury cruise line’s most-expansive and varied enrichment program ever offered in a single year.
Complementing this record undertaking is the roll-out of new branding for the program — Silver Perspectives — designed to communicate the exceptional caliber of speakers selected to share their views and expertise with Silversea guests. Read more...(635 words, estimated 2:32 mins reading time)
Silversea Cruises offers many interactive cooking experiences, such as shore events like the one featured in the video above. Due to the interest in cooking, in 2011, Silversea will sail 10 voyages that will feature something new: the Relais & Châteaux L’École des Chefs interactive cooking school.
Through its exclusive partnership with Relais & Châteaux, the distinguished international association of charming properties and gourmet restaurants, Silversea enjoys the privilege of featuring the only Relais & Châteaux L’École des Chefs cooking school at sea. Read more...(860 words, estimated 3:26 mins reading time)
Silversea Cruises is offering $1,000 per suite ($500 per person) in shore excursions on 13 voyages exploring the Caribbean and Far East in 2011. This limited-time offer is available on new bookings made by December 31, 2010.
The Complimentary Shore Excursion Credit may be used toward the purchase of any Silver Shore excursion — none are excluded. All are designed to provide enriching experiences that highlight the cultural, natural and historic treasures that lie ashore. Float down the Perfume River in Hue and relive Vietnam’s royal grandeur or go zip-lining through St. Kitts’ tropical rainforest — your choice. Read more...(316 words, estimated 1:16 mins reading time)
An hour and a half from the port city of Marseille is the town of Avignon, one of Europe’s most beautiful and well-preserved medieval cities.
Avignon served as the official residence of seven popes from 1309 to 1377. At the center of Avignon is the Popes’ Palace, a UNESCO World Heritage Site that I visited on Silversea Cruises’ Silver Shore Collection of tours. Read more...(83 words, estimated 20 secs reading time)
Seven new land adventures are among dozens of extended mid-voyage excursions Silversea Cruises is offering in 2011. Unlike a partial-day shore tour, these single- or multiple-day inland adventures offer travelers a more intimate, in-depth and personal encounter with the local people, history, wildlife and natural attractions that lie just beyond the ports of call. Read more...(1048 words, estimated 4:12 mins reading time)
This week on The Cruise Report, I looked back at a cruise I did in February of 2007: the Far East on Silver Whisper.
Silversea Cruises’ Far East Cruise and the vessel that carried us, Silver Whisper, exceeded my expectations.
Of the destinations, Ho Chi Minh City certainly was the highlight for many passengers, although for others the pre-cruise night in Bangkok (at The Peninsula) and the post-cruise night in Singapore (at the Ritz-Carlton) ranked high. Read more...(193 words, 3 images, estimated 46 secs reading time)
This week on The Cruise Report, I’ll be looking back at a cruise I did in February of 2007: the Far East on Silver Whisper. Each day will feature new videos. Stay tuned.
One day of each cruise, Silver Whisper features its popular galley buffet, where you get to go “behind the scenes” for a taste from the galley. Our cruise featured an Asian Galley Buffet. Read more...(137 words, estimated 33 secs reading time)
This week on The Cruise Report, I’ll be looking back at a cruise I did in February of 2007: the Far East on Silver Whisper. Each day will feature new videos. Stay tuned.
Our last day on what turned out to be a wonderful cruise in the Far East. We ended the journey with time ashore in Malacca, Malaysia, influenced by the Portuguese, Chinese, Dutch, British, Indian and Malay.
This week on The Cruise Report, I’ll be looking back at a cruise I did in February of 2007: the Far East on Silver Whisper. Each day will feature new videos. Stay tuned.
Known as “The Cat City,” Kuching, Malaysia, is a sprawling, yet charming, British Colonial/Chinese/Malay town. The city has no more cats than other cities of its size, but the name translates to “City of the Cat,” and indeed, there is a cat museum and cat statues. Read more...(137 words, 2 images, estimated 33 secs reading time)
