Themed Cruises

Wine Series
On select Wine Series voyages, enjoy enlightening lectures, tastings of celebrated vintage blends and optional private tours to world-class wineries and cellars. An extensive selection of fine red and white wine pairings are suggested with lunch and dinner entrees and are always complimentary.

Culinary Arts Series
Join contemporary guest chefs as they share their most tantalising creations through special menus, demonstrations and interactive cooking classes. Escorted provisioning excursions to international markets will whet your appetite for a grand gourmet dinner, spotlighting the innovative and mouthwatering specialities of our international guest chefs.

For the Art Afficiniado
Silversea’s devotion to encircling guests in a world rich with artistic experiences begins onboard with carefully crafted entertainment showcasing international celebrities as well as regional artists. Expert guest lecturers enrich the voyage destination by interpreting the cultural influences on the mediums of music, dance, painting, sculpture and more.

For the Cultural Connoisseur
What makes a culture unique? What traditions do a nation’s people celebrate and how do their beliefs differ from our own? Silversea’s international itineraries attract guests and staff from across the globe, resulting in a uniquely cosmopolitan onboard atmosphere. A setting especially welcoming for the host of entertaining cultural specialists whose stories will enthral and delight as they reveal answers to questions of instinctive curiosity.

For the Gourmet
The innovative Viking Cooking School Aboard Silversea entertains and educates with a broad curriculum of tantalising culinary events including inspiring demonstrations and dynamic cooking competitions. Then head ashore to cook under the expert guidance of world-renowned chefs at prestigious Relais & Châteaux – Relais Gourmand boutique restaurants. Or join optional excursions with opportunities to create Valencian paella, discover nouvelle twists on classical Chinese dishes, or learn the time-honoured secrets of Vietnamese clay pot cooking. Specialised outings include such incredible experiences as a traditional African feast served in an exotic desert setting.

For the History Enthusiast
Excursions to Egypt’s pyramids. Spain’s Alhambra. Italy’s Pompeii. The lost cities of Machu Picchu and Tikal. The ancient ruins of Ephesus, Leptis Magna, Cyrene and Palmyra. Silversea’s destination specialists are experts at sparking your curiosity with legends and lore, fact and fiction, and mysteries still unsolved by time and technology. Revealing lesser-known details surrounding important sites from Vatican City to the Berlin Wall, our guest speakers’ tales are enhanced by their own intriguing personal experiences.

Silversea has arranged special openings and private tours of the world’s best museums — The Alexandria National Museum in Egypt, Russia’s Hermitage and the open-air museums of Trogir in Croatia and Easter Island, Chile.

For the Nature Lover
Aboard Silversea’s smaller ships, discover amazing landscapes and remarkable species of wildlife in remote corners of the world. Stark and silent Antarctic icebergs. Misty green Norwegian fjords. Wild Amazonian rainforests. Australia’s vast Outback. Impossibly blue Chilean glaciers. Delight in personal encounters with elephants in Colombo, Madagascan lemurs, and penguins in Argentina. Intimately sized ships also mean intimate settings for small groups to examine the work of ecologists, environmentalists, and experienced naturalists. Unique and up-close experiences that are simply one-of-a-kind.