Here is get away from all of it – for 274 days in a row.
Royal Caribbean says it’s ‘elevating the bar’ for world cruises with an ‘epic’ journey billed as ‘the longest and most complete world cruise on the market’. The cruise line’s Serenade of the Seas will go to seven continents, anchoring in additional than 150 locations in 65 nations.
The primary leg of the voyage – ‘Around the Horn: Americas and Antarctica Expedition’ – begins in Miami on December 10, 2023, and runs till February 2024. Serenade of the Seas will enterprise to the Caribbean and South America earlier than persevering with in the direction of ‘glacier studded’ Antarctica and round Cape Horn.
Passengers aboard the Serenade of the Seas, pictured, will go to all seven continents on the round-the-world cruise
Highlights of the ‘Around the Horn: Americas and Antarctica Expedition’ embody seeing Christ the Redeemer (pictured above) in Rio de Janeiro
Highlights of this expedition embody seeing Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro and visiting Machu Picchu and the most important waterfall system on the planet, Argentina’s Iguazu Falls.
Subsequent up? It’s the ‘Wonders of Asia and the Pacific Expedition’. Between February and Could, passengers will uncover three continents and 40 locations.
After exploring Hawaii’s mountains and black sand seashores, they’ll journey to Moorea and Tahiti in French Polynesia, earlier than setting off for New Zealand.
Go to the most important waterfall system on the planet, Argentina’s Iguazu Falls (pictured), on the Royal Caribbean world cruise
Subsequent on the tour is Australia’s Nice Barrier Reef, adopted by Bali, the Taj Mahal and the Nice Wall of China. Wrapping up the expedition, passengers will go to Japan, the place they’ll pop alongside to Shimizu – the gateway to Mount Fuji – and benefit from the ‘unparalleled tradition in Tokyo, road meals in Osaka and the tropical seashores of Okinawa’.
Between Could and July is the ‘Center East Treasures and Marvels of the Med Expedition’. It begins in Dubai, then passengers will uncover historical wonders like Jordan’s misplaced metropolis of Petra, the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt and the Colosseum in Rome.
Rounding out the journey, passengers will take pleasure in a style of Provence, together with a visit to Cannes on the French Riviera.
Australia’s gorgeous Nice Barrier Reef, pictured, options within the ‘Wonders of Asia and the Pacific Expedition’
The ‘Capitals of Tradition’ expedition indicators the ultimate quarter of the voyage. Kicking off within the Mediterranean, Serenade of the Seas will sail to Barcelona, the place passengers can marvel at splendours like Antoni Gaudi’s famed Sagrada Familia and eccentric Park Guell.
Stopping off in St Petersburg, Russia, passengers can have the possibility to attend theatres and wander via town’s galleries, earlier than travelling to Norway to see ‘larger-than-life fjords’.
The ship can even name at Casablanca, Morocco, the place visitors can have a dinner of tagine and mint tea.
The final hurrah is a go to to the geothermal waters of the Blue Lagoon in Iceland earlier than passengers make the journey again to Miami.
Passengers can see Rome’s Colosseum, pictured, on the ‘Center East Treasures and Marvels of the Med Expedition’
Serenade of the Seas, which made its maiden voyage in 2003, is 294m (965ft) lengthy, 32m (106ft) broad, and weighs a staggering 90,090 gross tonnes. It will probably carry a complete of two,476 passengers, with 832 crew members on board.
Onboard, Royal Caribbean guarantees that adventurers will keep near the motion as they cruise from one vacation spot and continent to a different because of the ship’s ‘acres of glass’, which is able to supply panoramic views.
Talking in regards to the world cruise, Michael Bayley, president and CEO, Royal Caribbean Worldwide, says: ‘That is the world cruise of world cruises.
Pictured is a swimming pool aboard Serenade of the Seas, which made its maiden voyage in 2003
‘Now greater than ever, folks have resolved to journey the world and make up for misplaced time. Royal Caribbean is making {that a} actuality with the final word vacation that welcomes these searching for journey and exploration to style, dance and dream with us around the globe. To travellers asking themselves the place they need to go subsequent, we are saying in all places.’
You possibly can e book both your entire world cruise, or choose a person expedition – Around the Horn: Americas and Antarctica Expedition; Wonders of Asia and the Pacific Expedition; Center East Treasures and Marvels of the Med Expedition, or Capitals of Tradition.
Friends focused on reserving can name Royal Caribbean’s devoted line for the Final World Cruise on 800-423-2100 (US toll free) or their journey advisor.