Sailing aboard Silver Dawn, this will be the \u00a0first world cruise on a Muse-class ship.<\/p>\n
The ‘Controtempo World Cruise’ was unveiled during a virtual premiere starring Fernando Barroso de Oliveira, Silversea\u2019s president\u2019s ambassador to the Venetian Society. Defining controtempo as a musical term meaning backbeat or off-tempo, de Oliveira said: ‘We’ll be traveling to a different rhythm, east to west, Tokyo to New York, as we get an in-depth look at some destinations with more time on shore and visit others at an unexpected time of the year when very few people ever get to see them.’<\/p>\n
It is divided into 10 segments, starting with a winter departure from Tokyo to Hong Kong (Jan. 13-27). Before that, a pre-cruise, five-day land program\u00a0includes\u00a0 seeing the Japanese snow monkeys of the Joshinetsu Kogen National Park, meeting a bonsai master and experiencing natural heated mineral baths. Overnight calls are at\u00a0Osaka, Xiamen and Hong Kong, while maiden calls are at Kagoshima, Naha and Beppu.\u00a0From Beppu,\u00a0travelers on the full world cruise will get an exclusive experience at the famous onsen (hot springs) town of Kannawa.<\/p>\n
The Hong Kong to Singapore segment (Jan. 27 – Feb. 7) focuses on Southeast Asia including Vietnam during the cool season, with overnight calls at Halong Bay, Hue and Da Nang, and two overnights at Ho Chi Minh City. From Cham there will be an exclusive event at the UNESCO-listed My Son Sanctuary in the mountains.<\/p>\n
Singapore to Mumbai (Feb. 7-24) highlights include a specially curated evening 57 stories up at Singapore’s Marina Bay Sands and an optional three-day tour on the iconic Eastern & Oriental Express to rural Malaysia and Kanchanaburi for a River Kwai Bridge cruise. This\u00a0segment includes 11 days in Sri Lanka and India and overnights at Singapore, Phuket, Chennai, Trincomalee and Mumbai, where a bespoke Bollywood production is planned.<\/p>\n
Mumbai to Istanbul (Feb. 24 – March 16) includes Israel and Egypt, an overnight at Saudi Arabia’s Jeddah and\u00a0Jordan’s Aqaba (for Petra). Besides an overnight at Luxor,\u00a0an overland experience from Ain Sukhna includes a private tour of the 500-room Abdeen Presidential Palace, a walking tour of Cairo\u2019s bazaars and a gala dinner.<\/p>\n
Istanbul to Naples (March 16-25) feaures maiden calls at Thessaloniki and Volos, overnights at Istanbul and Sicily’s Siracusa, gems like Nafplion and iconic destinations such as Rhodes. Naples to Lisbon (March 25 – April 3) offers overnights at Naples and M\u00e1laga and the chance to explore Cadiz\u2019s old city.<\/p>\n
The Lisbon to Southampton segment (April 3-12) visits Portugal, Spain, France (including Bordeaux) and the UK, with Guernsey\u2019s Saint Peter Port new for a Silversea world cruise. Southampton to Stockholm (April 12-30) has calls at Rouen, Hamburg, Copenhagen, Tallinn, Helsinki and Amsterdam. From Rouen, travelers will journey to Versailles for an exclusive Marie Antoinette-inspired overnight event at the Palace of Versailles.<\/p>\n
Stockholm to Reykjavik (April 30 –\u00a0 May 13) takes in Bergen, Norway;\u00a0the Faroe Islands\u2019 Torshavn and the capitals of Stockholm, Oslo and Reykjavik, with overnights in the latter two. In Stockholm, an exclusive photo exhibition will be curated for Silversea cruisers.<\/p>\n
Reykjavik to New York (May 13-29) explores Greenland, Canada and New England for the first time on any Silversea world cruise, with overnights at Greenland\u2019s capital, Nuuk; St. John\u2019s, Newfoundland; and Boston. An optional three-day overland experience departing from St. John\u2019s will explore Prince Edward Island.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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