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Step into a welcoming environment, reminiscent of the world’s distinguished culinary institutions in both layout and design, with workstations fully equipped with top-of-the-line induction cooktops, stainless steel sinks and a comprehensive collection of cooking essentials. Guests attending classes in the Culinary Arts Kitchen will receive highly individualised, hands-on instruction. The curriculum will appeal to a wide range of tastes and cater to all levels of aptitude, from beginner to experienced chefs.

Taste, learn and share with the Culinary Arts Kitchen and Regent Seven Seas Cruises®.

Join expert chefs in a state-of-the-art teaching kitchen on board Seven Seas GrandeurTM, Seven Seas Splendor® or Seven Seas Explorer®. Learn to prepare authentic local recipes, and savour the flavours of the regions you are visiting.

Culinary Arts Kitchen Classes

The Culinary Arts Kitchen aboard Seven Seas Splendor and Seven Seas Explorer will provide guests with all the ingredients to expand their culinary skills in a welcoming environment reminiscent of the most prestigious cooking schools in France in both layout and design. The culinary workstations are fully equipped with top-of-the-line induction cooktops, stainless steel sinks and a comprehensive collection of cooking essentials. Guests attending classes in the Culinary Arts Kitchen will receive highly-individualised hands on instruction. The curriculum will appeal to a wide range of tastes and cater to all levels of aptitude, from beginner to experienced chef instructors. Click here for a full list of culinary classes currently available, which vary by voyage.

PLEASE NOTE: In order to ensure the adequate amount of supplies and set-up materials for each culinary class, cancellations within 36 hours prior to the day of operation of the culinary class are non-refundable. Classes may be cancelled if minimum participation levels are not met. Classes and recipes are subject to change at any time without notice.

Our distinctive Gourmet Explorer Tours, offered exclusively aboard Seven Seas Explorer, allows guests the unique opportunity to experience the culinary culture of the world’s most delicious destinations. From savouring the authentic flavours of a region to learning new techniques in local cooking classes, guests can choose from a variety of optional tours that take them to local markets to find exotic spices, sample delicious wines at breathtaking estates and savour gourmet meals expertly prepared by renowned chefs. Due to their unique itineraries, Gourmet Explorer tours require a discounted, supplementary charge.

Take your experience to another level with the select itineraries and smaller group tours offered by our Regent Choice Shore Excursions. These unique opportunities require a discounted, supplementary charge and invite you to discover the heights of travel, from our Gourmet Explorer Tours to special experiences that take you off the beaten path.

As the name suggests, these excursions work a little harder to engage your explorer spirit. Unique itineraries and smaller groups create more personal experiences... and memories of a lifetime.

UNIQUE, UNPARALLELED EXPERIENCES

Soaring over Alaskan forests and mountains via helicopter en route to feeling the majesty of Mendenhall Glacier beneath your feet. Discover the best our world has to offer through the unparalleled experiences you'll enjoy with Regent Choice Shore Excursions.

Enhance your shoreside experience with a Regent Choice Small Group tour. Hosting up to 16 guests, these tours provide a more intimate experience and allow for more personal engagement with your knowledgeable guide.

Eco-Connect Tours invite you to discover and experience how local communities and groups are endeavouring to conserve, sustain and improve the environments they live in.

Engage with local groups and businesses to learn about how they are transforming the world around them while experiencing the impact of their efforts first-hand.

CONNECT & GROW

Our Eco-Connect Tours provide enriching opportunities to interact with and learn from local communities around the world as they work to conserve and sustain their surrounding environments.

Discover the valuable and beautiful flora and fauna of places like Costa Rica, Vietnam and Australia. Sample the products of sustainable farming practices in regions like France, New Zealand and Argentina. Absorb the inspiring innovations in energy production at facilities in Portugal, Iceland and Japan. This is only a sampling of the more than 150 unique Eco-Connect Tours we offer.

Reinvigorate your love for the world around you with these insightful experiences — many of which are available as part of our FREE Unlimited Shore Excursions.

Every captivating design has a story to tell. Join us as we go Behind the Design to explore how and why some of the world's great architectural designs came to be.

Glimpse behind the scenes of some of the most captivating and brilliant designs around the world.

BRILLIANT ARCHITECTURAL ACHIEVEMENTS

Our Behind the Design Tours invite guests to go beyond the surface and into the beauty of the design processes and inspirations that made some of the world’s most fascinating architectural structures.

Explore a myriad of architectural marvels across Europe and the Mediterranean, including buildings like the Munchmuseet in Oslo, Norway, the MuCEM in Marseille, France, Toree Glòries in Barcelona, and many more. This is only a sampling of the Behind the Design Tours available, with many more to come.

Expand your appreciation for architecture and design with these intriguing explorations — many of which are available as part of our FREE Unlimited Shore Excursions.

Uncover off-the-beaten-path experiences with our Go Local Tours providing a more direct way for you to learn the culture of a destination through the communities within. Spend a day at a family-owned goat farm in the countryside of Andalusia to learn the generations-old way of making cheese or observe skilled, local artists in their personal studios on Palma de Mallorca. Experience the world through the eyes of those who actually live there and discover the best of what you didn't know about your favourite destinations with Go Local Tours.

Sometimes the best solution for the well-traveled guest and anyone looking to uncover off-the-beaten-path places and experiences is to start thinking like a local.

CULTURAL DISCOVERY

Go Local Tours provide a more direct way for you to experience the culture of a destination through the communities within. Spend a day at a family-owned goat farm in the countryside of Andalusia to learn the generations-old way of making cheese, discover the joy of fishing with the residents of Portofino or observe skilled local artists in their personal studios on Palma de Mallorca. Many Go Local tours are part of our Unlimited Shore Excursions, while some require a discounted, supplementary charge. Experience the world through the eyes of those who actually live there and discover the best of what you didn't know about your favourite destination with Go Local Tours.

Evenings provide a different view of a city as the streets light up and the locals unwind. Discover the fun of a destination's nightlife and enjoy more time ashore with more overnights in ports across every region of the world.

LET THE NIGHTTIME SET YOU FREE

Celebrate sunsets and ease into moonrises as locals cut loose and skylines twinkle in the world's great cities. You're free to pursue your passions - from elegant dining to after-hour museum tours. It’s not just port cities that transform after dark. Regent in-port overnighters do, too. After the exhilaration of daytime excursions, sunset releases you to do as you please and sway to a city's rhythms.

Explore your destination through special excursions and onboard experiences tailored to the spotlighted theme of your cruise. Hear from captivating speakers, renowned in their respective fields across multiple areas of interest, from culinary masters to renowned vintners to entertainment icons and beyond.

Discover the culinary secrets of award-winning chefs through engaging cooking demonstrations and immersive shoreside experiences. Share tasting notes with Napa Valley’s leading winemakers to discover the contrast between New World and Old-World vintages. Trace your family heritage by visiting some of your ancestral home sites with genealogists from Ancestry.com, or discover new insights from celebrated historians, journalists and tv personalities. These and more engaging opportunities await on our Spotlight Voyages, filled with one-of-a-kind onboard and shoreside experiences, tailored to the spotlighted theme of each individual sailing

Mention promo code "SPO" at time of booking for access to all complimentary Spotlight Voyage programming.

Every destination we sail to harbours treasured experiences waiting to be unearthed. And there's no better way to dig in than by taking advantage of our hallmark inclusion of thousands of wonderful, Unlimited Shore Excursions.

MAKE YOUR VACATION YOUR OWN

When your feet touch the ground, your cruise enters a new dimension. What's your preference? Exploring the world's great cities? Immersing yourself in local culture? Or indulging your inner beach bum? Over 4,500 Unlimited Shore Excursions across every region of the world allow you to embrace it all.

Wherever you're traveling, opportunities to maximise memories abound. Whether it's urban adventures brimming with history, architecture and culture or escapes to natural wonders that stagger the senses, our Unlimited Shore Excursions guarantee your vacation will be like no other. Start dreaming today.

Taste the cultures of the world with our specially curated, Master Chef-led, Epicurean Explorer Tours, unique to sailings aboard Seven Seas Splendor® and Seven Seas Explorer®. Be treated to a particularly French dining experience with Michelin-starred Master Chef René Bérard at his private estate along with a Provençal cooking demonstration in Provence or be led through the open-air, seaside market in Nice and partake in an exquisite lunch at Château Eza in Eze. Please your palate and expand your culinary knowledge with each of our delectable Epicurean Explorer Tours.

Outside of a stellar local expert, our noses may be our best guides to places beloved by foodies. Market spices drifting on a breeze, sizzling street foods, wine poured in a sun-kissed vineyard - these smells forever recall a destination as much as any photo or souvenir.

CHEF-LED SHORESIDE EXCURSIONS

Allow our chefs to be your guides on these specially crafted small-group experiences. Discover vibrant ancient markets, sample world-class restaurants, incorporate new learnings in the kitchen, and more. Exclusive aboard Seven Seas Explorer®, Seven Seas Splendor® and Seven Seas Grandeur™, these curated tours require a discounted supplementary charge.

Transcend the moment as you expand your mind and strengthen your body with a Serene Spa & Wellness Tours. Soak in a restorative, mineral-rich thermal spring in Rome or centre your chi with a taiji (tai chi) class on a beautiful and serene beach on Palma de Mallorca. Be refreshed by a Mediterranean breeze as you calm your mind and strengthen your focus through a yoga class overlooking the seaside town of Taormina. Restore and heal your mind, body and soul as you travel throughout the world with our Serene Spa & Wellness Tours.

To further enhance your vacation, our Wellness program allows you to enjoy a holistic experience from beginning to end, from complimentary fitness classes and healthy gourmet cuisine on board to Wellness Tours.

A HOLISTIC, REJUVENATING DISCOVERY

These tours allow you to discover the incredible destinations we visit while maintaining your active and healthy lifestyle. Practice yoga against a stunning backdrop in Taormina, learn about apitherapy, a school of alternative medicine based on bee products, or practice meditation on the idyllic island of Palma de Mallorca. Many Wellness Tours are part of our FREE Unlimited Shore Excursions, while some require a discounted, supplementary charge.

Envision your perfect day of sightseeing and exploring your destination exactly as you'd like... Creating your own, customised excursions is possible. Whether you're looking to engage a private vehicle from our Executive Collection with a personal driver and/or English-speaking guide or hoping to develop a truly bespoke experience with our elite concierge team, we welcome the opportunity to help you create your perfect journey.

You choose the locales - we'll provide the private transport. Our Executive Collection frees you to explore ports of call with a driver and/or English-speaking guide, the ultimate way to maximise your time onshore. Whether heading out to a city's outskirts or taking off along spectacular coastlines, you'll accrue lifelong memories by the mile (or kilometre).

MAKE YOUR VACATION YOUR OWN

Excitement builds each time a Regent Seven Seas' cruise ship approaches a port city. Let your excitement skyrocket with a car, driver and/or English-speaking guide awaiting you onshore. Where do you go? Across the Charles River to explore Cambridge, Boston's academic neighbour? Along Monaco's famed Formula 1 route? Across Sydney's iconic Harbour Bridge? Only you know for sure.

Enhance your cruise by adding another layer of luxury to your travel with any of the multiple options we offer. Select from a variety of enhancements like immersive Land and Overland Programs, Pre- and Post-Cruise Hotel Programs and air upgrades.

PERSONALISED CRUISE EXPERIENCE

Take your all-inclusive luxury travel to the next level by personalising it. Select from a variety of enhancements like our Regent Choice Shore Excursions, Pre- and Post-Cruise Hotel Programmes and air upgrades. Embark on a specially-designed, luxury vacation that offers an experience unlike any other as you explore the cultures, sights and cuisines of your destination. Enjoy it all with The World's Most Inclusive Luxury Experience® across air, land and sea.

On every sailing, thought-provoking and captivating presentations invite guests further into the cultures and people of the destinations they’re traveling to, while select voyages offer unique experiences and learnings from thought leaders across a variety of industries, scientific fields, and the arts.

On every sailing, thought-provoking and captivating presentations invite guests further into the cultures and people of the destinations they’re traveling to, while select voyages offer unique experiences and learnings from thought leaders across a variety of industries, scientific fields, and the arts.

Enjoy social and competitive Bridge play on select voyages. ACBL Certified Bridge Masters sail with guests to provide professional instruction and host games for all levels.

The perfect spot to begin or end an evening, our Explorer Lounge inspires intimate conversations over perfectly mixed cocktails at an elegant, black marble bar while resident musicians play soothing live music.

With musicians performing throughout the day and night, captivating décor and floor-to-ceiling windows, you’ll be instantly drawn to this chic yet comfortable lounge as you unwind with a cocktail and jovial conversation.

Even before the lights drop and a lavishly staged, high-energy show begins, you're greeted by a Gatsby-esque atmosphere of glamor and sophistication as you enter our Constellation Theatre.

This two-deck high, state-of-the-art show lounge has perfect sight-lines, as well as comfortable banquettes and chairs making every seat, the best seat in the house.

Turn to the Reception Desk for answers to questions about your Seven Seas Explorer® experience. Our knowledgeable staff is available day and night. You may also contact the ship's Concierge here.

While cruise-related issues are first submitted to Reception/Concierge, you can be assured that a General Manager is on hand to resolve issues to your satisfaction.

A great resource if you’re keen on making the most of your time in port cities. Visit Destination Services to book a FREE Unlimited Shore Excursion or unique, small-group Regent Choice Shore Excursion.

Simply put, the Atrium is the very heart of Seven Seas Explorer®. Natural light cascades from above but it’s a magnificent chandelier shining like a glowing star that steals the show.

Engage in spirited conversation with new friends in an elegant hideaway that calls to mind gentleman's clubs of old. An elegant throwback where cigars are savoured, you’ll take to like a favourite cardigan.

This is the ideal locale to sip a fine cognac, engage in a friendly conservation with fellow travellers or savour the aroma of an imported cigar from the humidor.

A popular spot for informal gatherings over impromptu cocktails, you may find yourself here after a thrilling theatre experience. Meridian Lounge is a spacious, friendly space with an expansive bar and live music at night.

Enjoy the elegance and excitement of a Monte Carlo-style casino. Stride through the Casino's glass doors to an elegant setting abuzz with Blackjack, roulette, poker, and a full craps table, as well as slot machines.

Clubby and comfortable, our Card Room is a charming spot for you and new friends to gather for friendly competition in elegant surroundings.

Choose from a large selection of reading material in our Library, a relaxing retreat dedicated to calming the senses as well as stimulating the brain.

Perhaps it's a dress to wear for dinner or a piece of jewellery that calls your name. Our boutique items are carefully selected, providing you with quality handbags, fragrances and clothes to give as gifts... or give yourself.

Turn to the Reception Desk for answers to questions about your Seven Seas Explorer® experience. Our knowledgeable staff is available day and night. You may also contact the ship's Concierge here.

For those who've chosen to leave their laptops at home, desktop computers are available at our staffed Business Centre. Of course, you may access WiFi without charge throughout the entirety of the ship.

A globally inspired, tranquil haven of health, beauty and wellness, our spa offers restorative treatments and activities that incorporate globally sourced, natural ingredients to soothe both the body and mind.

On days you wish to lounge by a pool, head here. You’ll be greeted by a Pool Deck with an unforgettable vista, elegant teak accents and an amiable crew offering cold drinks and lounge chairs with plush towels.

Practice your golf swing, go for a jog around the track, or gather some new friends for a spirited (but fun) game of bocce ball, all while taking in stunning views and fresh, ocean air.

What better way to relax your body and mind than in a refreshing pool with dramatic views every way you turn? Discover this and an inviting teak-deck terrace for yourself, just outside Serene Spa and Wellness™.

Look after yourself at sea. Take part in Pilates, yoga and aerobics classes or help yourself to spinning bikes, dumbbells, treadmills, Technogym Strength Machines, workout mats and step benches. For guests 16 and over.

If you have a regular walking or running routine, fear not – your healthy habit can be maintained while cruising the high seas. Regardless of the speed you traverse our track, dramatic views and fresh air await.

If the mood strikes to work on your fairway swing, head to our Golf Net. All equipment is provided for you to practice your swing while soaking up the most glorious views imaginable.

Gather some friends and engage in a game originated in 5,000 BC. Our Bocce Court has the requisite equipment – a pallina and 8 larger balls – for you to engage in a spirited contest as the sun sets.

Probably the game most associated with cruise ships, shuffleboard onboard Seven Seas Explorer® is a more dramatic affair. High atop your ship, you won't mind awaiting your turn as you take in glorious horizon views.

Our completely screened and well-maintained paddle tennis court will beckon you and your teammates to win at all costs – or simply enjoy a fun game of paddle tennis or two.

Not nearly as serious as the Golf Net, our Putting Greens invite you to gather friends – perhaps after an afternoon cocktail – for a spirited round of putt-putt golf or two.

Families with young travellers will enjoy our Club Mariner Youth Program on select voyages. Children ages 5 to 17 can participate in a range of specialised activities, from mini-putt tournaments to dance parties to movie nights. Each program is designed and supervised by friendly and professional youth counsellors.

Club Mariner is available on select sailings only. Please ask your travel professional for details.