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First class at sea: the private suites of the great ships, and the ultra-luxury lines, yachts and tall ships that reach the harbours the liners cannot.

Suites at sea
Ultra-luxury lines
Yachts and tall ships

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Cruises

First class at sea

Some six million people cruise the Mediterranean each year. These are the ways to do it in first class.

Suites at SeaThe ship within a ship: the MSC Yacht Club, The Haven, The Retreat, Cunard’s Grills and the finest suites of the great linesSee the suites Luxury Cruise LinesRegent, Silversea, Seabourn, Explora, the Ritz-Carlton yachts, Aman at Sea, the tall ships and the premium lines at their bestSee the lines

Sail from here

The great cruise ports

Where the ships sail from, and which lines leave from each.

BarcelonaThe lines that sail from here, and where to stay before you boardSee the port Rome (Civitavecchia)The lines that sail from here, and where to stay before you boardSee the port Athens (Piraeus)The lines that sail from here, and where to stay before you boardSee the port Venice, Trieste and RavennaThe lines that sail from here, and where to stay before you boardSee the port MarseilleThe lines that sail from here, and where to stay before you boardSee the port Palma de MallorcaThe lines that sail from here, and where to stay before you boardSee the port NaplesThe lines that sail from here, and where to stay before you boardSee the port LisbonThe lines that sail from here, and where to stay before you boardSee the port VallettaThe lines that sail from here, and where to stay before you boardSee the port Monte-CarloThe lines that sail from here, and where to stay before you boardSee the port IstanbulThe lines that sail from here, and where to stay before you boardSee the port DubrovnikThe lines that sail from here, and where to stay before you boardSee the port

The Mediterranean Season Letter

Where to be, every season

Four letters a year, one for each season: the Mediterranean from spring to autumn, and Beyond the Mediterranean, into the Alps, in winter. The one best hotel to book, and the events worth crossing a sea for.