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Into the Blue

This impressive luxurious icebreaker might be wowing the industry with its technology and design, but the interiors are just as breathtaking. A favourite space for us on Le Commandant Charcot is the Blue Lagoon, an outdoor heated lagoon with a temperature that ranges from 27 to 37° C using recycled energy from the ship. The Blue Eye Lounge, on PONANT’s six Explorer-class ships, still ranks up there with the best spaces on any ship. It is a multi-sensorial underwater lounge that is just so different. The architecture, the artistic curve of the wave-like wall and ceiling, and the seating that allows you to look out the eye-shaped windows to the underwater world outside is stunning.

“Being on an ice breaker was just incredible. Le Commandant Charcot had everything onboard from indoor and outdoor heated pools, gym, Day Spa, and incredible food. It’s all-inclusive too. It is advisable to be fit and healthy to get the best out of this experience, doing things like the polar hikes and the kayaking. My advice is to do everything as you may not go back again. Best for: Those who love being active and trying new things.” ALISON LORD | TRAVEL ASSOCIATES TURRAMURRA, NSW

An itinerary you’ll love

Experience Le Commandant Charcot for yourself on the 15-day ‘In the footsteps of Shackleton and the Endurance’ itinerary, sailing from Ushuaia, Argentina to Montevideo, Uruguay. Follow in the wake of the Endurance from the Weddell Sea to the Antarctic Peninsula and the South Shetland Islands, and on to the exotic South Georgia. It includes a night in Santiago, Chile. Discover more from PONANT

HIDDEN GEM Guests can disembark directly from the ship onto the ice from Le Commandant Charcot – the world’s only luxury icebreaker – and do a polar hike to the Emperor Penguin Rookery on Snow Hill Island to observe thousands of adults and their chicks. Solo travellers can almost always enjoy a complimentary Solo Supplement on PONANT too.

REGENT SEVEN SEAS CRUISES

AN UNRIVALLED EXPERIENCE

Standing in the shadows of what remains of the Celsus Library building at Ephesus in Turkey, sends my imagination into overdrive. This remarkable building, in fact all of the ancient city of Ephesus, gives a palpable sense of what life might have been like in its heyday, when it was deemed the capital of Asia Minor by the Romans. The Grand Theatre, the Terrace Houses, the Temple of Hadrian and what remains of the Temple of Artemis – once one of the Seven Wonders of the World – are phenomenal, and you can feel the history with every step you take. Visiting places like Ephesus, Barcelona, or marvelling at the visual treasure of the Amalfi Coast on an included shore excursion from your Regent Seven Seas Cruises ship, allows for a deeper engagement, as you are in a small, intimate group. Your knowledge of these places will blossom into memories that will be never forgotten.

Take your cruise experience to the next level with Regent Seven Seas Cruises – The World’s Most Luxurious Fleet

Elegance afloat

Regent Seven Seas Cruises has six intimate ships that feel like an international luxury hotel but with the heart of a small resort. The ships are small enough to nose into harbours that are off-limits to bigger ships, but still large enough that you can get lost in a bestseller in a quiet nook on the ship that you could have all to yourself. We can definitely understand the impressive swathe of prestigious awards Regent Seven Seas Cruises has won over many years. What’s not to love about all-suite accommodation, some of the largest balconies at sea and an enviable staff-toguest ratio? The fleet consists of Seven Seas Splendor, Seven Seas Explorer, Seven Seas Voyager, Seven Seas Mariner and Seven Seas Navigator and our team is excited to see Seven Seas Grandeur on her first sailing in November 2023. Her inaugural season will be offering 17 seven- to 16-night voyages in the Caribbean and Mediterranean, and she will be showing off a world first. Regent Seven Seas Cruises has collaborated with Fabergé to create a rare, one-of-a-kind treasure – a hand-crafted Fabergé x Regent Seven Seas Cruises Egg Objet. This beautiful creation – Journey in Jewels – will anchor the ship’s new multi-million-dollar curated art collection and will be the first Fabergé Egg Objet to reside permanently at sea. Art lovers will also be able to join two exclusive ‘Spotlight Voyages’ which will immerse guests and art enthusiasts into the world of Fabergé and provide exclusive access to Fabergé experiences and experts onboard.