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service From culinary excellence to exclusive shore excursions, luxury cruising is all about elevating the guest experience, says Jane Archer

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nd still the dishes keep coming! I reckon we’ve munched our way through seven courses and the waitress piling food on the table assures us there is more to come. I’d say stop, except the food is so delicious and the experience so authentic, I don’t want it to. Authentic is exactly what Silversea promised when it launched SALT (Sea and Land Taste), a programme that showcases local cultures to passengers through food and wine experiences on board and ashore. Our Cyprus tour, with wine-tasting and the mezza feast at Ampelothea Tavern in Omodos village, fits the bill perfectly. The line is so proud of SALT it even designed its newest cruise ship, Silver Moon, around it. Lucky me! I’m on one of its first cruises, a sailing in Greece

and Cyprus, to sample it all – literally! I’ve dined in the SALT Kitchen – a restaurant serving up dishes local to the places you’re visiting – and prepared tasty lamb kleftikos in the SALT Lab, a kitchen where passengers sharpen up their cooking skills and learn the origins of the dishes they are making. My mixing, stirring and browning was spiced up with a story of invading Ottomans and Greek freedom fighters (klephts). Naturally I also frequented the SALT Bar to try local cocktails shaken by the resident mixologists. The SALT experience also includes foodrelated talks and cooking demos (and tastings!), but of course it’s all optional. If you prefer, feel free to skip the SALT stuff and relax instead by the pool with a glass of fizz. After all, it’s included in the price.

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