Our Full Review of Silversea’s Silver Ray Silversea’s Silver Ray represents the pinnacle of modern, ultra-luxury cruising. To capture the full breadth of her Mediterranean charm, our team experienced her in two distinct acts. Claire first boarded in Barcelona, charting a stylish course to Ibiza and testing the ship’s world-class amenities along the way. The...

Your correspondents were lucky to be invited to participate in two significant milestones for this brand-new ship from Oceania. Lesley and Helen were aboard for the shakedown cruise from Genoa to Trieste in Italy – the first sailing of Allura following its handover post-construction in Genoa’s Fincantieri works – passing the baton to Simon for...

While my cruise did not have the most auspicious start courtesy of a delayed flight to Marseille thanks to the huge fire that shrouded the city in smoke (a useful reminder that it always pays to make sure you build in enough travel time leeway to ensure you don’t miss your holiday of a lifetime),...

Checking in at Barcelona I was advised that an announcement would be made once all suites were available and that we would find the suites open, with our keys inside. A short wait but, given what I was to experience, very much worth it. My suite was a Sapphire Veranda which was amazing. It had...

I started this voyage aboard Regent Seven Seas’ Splendor in Monaco where the process of checking in and boarding was very quick and easy. The suite was towards the stern of the ship, close to the lift and near two of the speciality restaurants, Chartreuse and Prime7: a great position, with it also being one...

Within an hour of a quick check-in, all suites were ready and we were delighted by the Ocean Terrace 4 suite we had been allocated on deck 10. It was an interconnecting room (which didn’t have any impact on the room at all) located opposite the elevators and gym entrance and below the buffet restaurant....