Venice, the Grand Canal

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The Grand Voyage — Iconic World Ports

SeasonJanuary – AprilTypical length108 nightsVoyages from$68,500
Venice, the Grand Canal — Henrique Ferreira / Unsplash

One ship, one suite, one unfolding map: the grand harbours of the world arriving at your veranda, one dawn at a time.

The world voyage is the oldest idea in luxury travel, and still the best. You unpack once; the planet does the rest. Venice at sailaway, the canal a mirror; the Bosphorus; Suez by daylight, a slow procession through the desert; the Indian Ocean; Singapore's skyline; Sydney Harbour under the bridge and past the Opera House.

Then the long Pacific, the fjords of Chile, around the Horn and up the Atlantic to Rio — Sugarloaf at the harbour mouth, the whole city spread out like a welcome. It is not a holiday. It is a chapter of a life.

When to sail January – April Following summer around the globe: Mediterranean spring, Indian Ocean calm, the Pacific trades, Rio in autumn gold.

Ports & places

Where we call

01 VeniceEmbarkation

Sail away down the Giudecca at dusk, the Salute and the campanile sliding past the promenade deck.

02 DubaiArabian Gulf

Old dhows and the Burj Al Arab; the spice souk in the morning, the desert at dusk.

03 SydneyHarbour arrival

Under the Bridge at first light, the Opera House to port — arguably the finest harbour entrance in the world.

04 Rio de JaneiroFinal chapter

Sugarloaf and Christ the Redeemer framing the city; samba on the Lapa steps; caipirinhas at Copacabana.

05 The sea daysBetween worlds

Crossings measured in chapters: lectures, long lunches, the rhythm of the ocean and a horizon that keeps its promises.

In the frame

The light of the place

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