Regent Seven Seas Cruises Unveils Maiden Voyage and Inaugural Season for Highly Anticipated Seven Seas Explorer: The Most Luxurious Ship Ever Built
NEW YORK (Jan. 13, 2015) – Regent Seven Seas Cruises revealed the all-new Seven Seas Explorer's maiden voyage, a remarkable 14-night cruise from Monte Carlo to Venice on July 20, 2016, and its inaugural season, which includes voyages to some of Europe's most exclusive destinations aboard the world's most luxurious ship. It's befitting that the luxury liner enters service in Monte Carlo as the fashionable locale is widely recognized around-the-world for its unmistakable glamour and elegance, characteristics that will define the experience found aboard Seven Seas Explorer.
At 56,000 gross-registered tons and carrying just 750 guests, the all-suite, all-balcony ship will boast the highest space ratio in the cruise industry, and is designed to be the most luxurious ship ever built, with every inch of the vessel evoking sophistication and opulence. With its debut in summer of 2016, span class="proxima-italic">Seven Seas Explorer will give discerning guests another exciting option to explore the world with Regent Seven Seas Cruises’ signature brand of all-inclusive luxury.
The inaugural season reveals a lineup featuring a variety of destination-rich itineraries calling on iconic locations throughout the Mediterranean. The ship will visit exotic and sought-after ports of call such as Ibiza, Barcelona, St. Tropez, Venice, Kotor (Montenegro), Zadar (Croatia), Koper (Slovenia), Alexandria (Egypt), Istanbul and Haifa (Jerusalem), Israel.
In addition to the maiden voyage, the following 10 sailings are part of Seven Seas Explorer's 2016 inaugural season from August 3 to November 16:
- Venice to Civitavecchia (10 nights) – August 3 to August 13
- Civitavecchia to Lisbon (12 nights) – August 13 to August 25
- Lisbon to Barcelona (10 nights) – August 25 to September 4
- Barcelona to Civitavecchia (10 nights) – September 4 to September 14
- Civitavecchia to Venice (10 nights) – September 14 to September 24
- Venice to Monte Carlo (10 nights) – September 24 to October 4
- Monte Carlo to Piraeus - Athens (8 nights) – October 4 to October 12
- Piraeus - Athens to Istanbul (10 nights) – October 12 to October 22
- Istanbul to Haifa (11 nights) – October 22 to November 2
- Haifa to Civitavecchia (14 nights) – November 2 to November 16
About Seven Seas Explorer
At 56,000 gross-registered tons and carrying only 750 guests, Seven Seas Explorer will boast one of the highest space ratios in the cruise industry and an exceptionally high staff-to-guest ratio, further strengthening Regent Seven Seas Cruises' widely recognized position as the most inclusive luxury cruise line. World-renowned architectural interior design firms Tillberg Design AB, RTKL Associates and ICRAVE are designing the vessel. Seven Seas Explorer will join the rest of the award-winning Regent Seven Seas Cruises fleet in the summer of 2016.
Reservations for Seven Seas Explorer's maiden voyage and inaugural season open Jan. 19, 2015 exclusively for Seven Seas Society members and will become widely available starting Feb. 4, 2015. For more information about Regent Seven Seas Cruises or to receive a brochure, guests can call 1-844-4REGENT (1-844-473-4368) or contact a professional travel agent.
About Regent Seven Seas Cruises
Regent Seven Seas Cruises is the world's most inclusive luxury cruise line. The line's fares include all-suite accommodations, round-trip air, highly personalized service, acclaimed cuisine, fine wines and spirits, sightseeing excursions in every port, all gratuities, and a pre-cruise luxury hotel package and complimentary Wi-Fi for those guests staying in concierge and higher suites. Three award-winning, all-suite vessels, Seven Seas Navigator, Seven Seas Mariner, and Seven Seas Voyager, are among the most spacious at sea and visit nearly 350 destinations around the globe. The line is currently building the 750-guest Seven Seas Explorer, which will be delivered in summer of 2016.