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• voyage OFAJ Glossary "Intégration et égalité des chances"

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Translations for voyage in the french » english dictionary (go to english » french ), voyage [vwajaʒ] n m.

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See also jeunesse

Jeunesse [ʒœnɛs] n f, 1. jeunesse (période) :, 2. jeunesse (fait d'être jeune) :, 3. jeunesse (comme qualité) :, 4. jeunesse (les jeunes) :, 5. jeunesse (femme) :, chèque-voyage < pl chèques-voyage> [ʃɛkvwajaʒ] n m, voyager [vwajaʒe] vb intr, translations for voyage in the english » french dictionary (go to french » english ), 1. voyage (le fait de voyager) :, 2. voyage (trajet) :, 3. voyage inf (trip) :, 1. voyager (aller en voyage) :, 2. voyager comm :, 3. voyager (être transporté) :, voyage glossary « intégration et égalité des chances » courtesy of the french-german youth office, translations for voyage in the french » english dictionary.

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Translation of "Voyage" into French

Voyage, voyage, traversée are the top translations of "Voyage" into French. Sample translated sentence: A voyage to the moon in a spaceship is no longer a dream. ↔ Un voyage sur la lune dans un vaisseau spatial n'est plus un rêve.

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Voyage (roman, 1996)

A voyage to the moon in a spaceship is no longer a dream.

Un voyage sur la lune dans un vaisseau spatial n'est plus un rêve.

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A long journey; especially by ship. [..]

long journey; especially by ship [..]

You know, that's one of the nice things about long voyages , time for talk time for friendship.

C'est ce qui fait le charme des longues traversées , les discussions et l'amitié.

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• déplacement
• voyage en bateau

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• Voyage Data Recorder VDR · enregistreur des données de route
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Conjugate the French Verb "Voyager"

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In French, the verb  voyager  means "to travel." This is easy to remember if you associate traveling with a voyage. When you want to say things such as "I traveled" or "we are traveling" in French, the verb needs to be conjugated . A short lesson will introduce you to the most basic conjugations of  voyager .

The Basic Conjugations of  Voyager

Some French verb conjugations are easier than others and voyager falls in the middle. It follows the rules of all verbs that end in - ger and is classified as a spelling change verb .

As you study these conjugations, you'll notice that the  e  after the  g  is retained in many places where it would be dropped in others, such as the regular - er  verbs . This is because the  e  is vital to retaining the soft  g  sound when the infinitive ending begins with an  a  or  o . Without that  e , the  g  would sound like it does in the word gold and that is not a proper pronunciation.

Other than that small change in some of the forms, you'll find that conjugating  voyager  is rather standard. Begin by committing the basic present, future, and imperfect past tenses to memory as these will be the most useful forms you'll need.

Using the chart, pair the subject pronoun with the appropriate tense for your subject. For instance, "I am traveling" is  je voyage  and "we will travel" is  nous voyagerons .

The Present Participle of Voyager

Once again, the  e  remains attached to the verb stem when forming voyager 's present participle . The ending - ant  is added to create the word  voyageant.

Voyager  in the Compound Past Tense

You also have the option of using the French compound past tense, known as the  passé composé . It can be easier than memorizing all those imperfect forms, though you will need the  auxiliary verb   avoir  and the  past participle   voyagé .

For this construction, you only need to conjugate  avoir  in the present tense to fit the subject pronoun. The past participle remains the same no matter the subject and implies that the action happened in the past. For example, "I traveled" is  j'ai voyagé  and "we traveled" is nous avons voyagé .

More Simple Conjugations of Voyager

While the conjugations above should be every French student's first priority, there are a few more simple conjugations you might need as well. For example, when you want to imply that the action of traveling is uncertain, use the subjunctive . If, however, someone's travels are dependent on something else, you'll use the conditional .

There may also be times when you encounter the passé simple  or the imperfect subjunctive . These are most often found in more formal French but are good to know.

Should you find yourself wanting to use  voyager  in direct commands or short requests,  the imperative  is useful. This is also easier because there's no need to include the subject pronoun: simplify  tu voyage  to  voyage .

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Meaning of "voyage" in the French dictionary

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Definition of voyage in the French dictionary

La définition de voyage dans le dictionnaire est déplacement que l'on fait, généralement sur une longue distance, hors de son domicile habituel. Déplacement considéré en fonction de la nécessité que l'on a de se rendre dans un lieu déterminé.

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All About the Phrase “Bon Voyage” – and the Travel Habits of the French

French people have been wishing each other Bon voyage (Have a nice trip) for centuries. The saying is so common that it’s one of those French phrases that’s been adopted into other languages, including English .

Despite how frequently you might hear it, like any ultimate travel destination, bon voyage offers a lot more to discover than you might expect.

Let’s take a guided tour of Bon voyage  and learn about the travel habits of the French along the way!

What does bon voyage mean?

Bon voyage means “Have a good trip”. But as you can see, there aren’t quite as many words to it. Literally, it’s just “Good trip/voyage”.  So, how did we get there?

Wishes in French with bon(ne)(s)

Bon voyage is a shortened form of a phrase like Je vous souhaite un bon voyage. (I wish you a good trip.) or Fais bon voyage (Have a good trip.).

Both of these sentences are still used today, but they tend to be more formal (for the first) or uncommon (for the second).  This is because the French like to keep things brief, so why not just say it in two words?

Bon voyage isn’t the only phrase that expresses a wish like this. There’s a whole list of them, and you may know at least a few already.

These include:

• Bonne année  – Happy New Year
• Bonnes vacances – Have a nice vacation
• Bon appétit – Enjoy your meal
• Bonne journée / Bonne soirée – Have a nice day/evening
• Bon weekend – Have a nice weekend
• Bonne route – Have a good/safe drive
• Bon anniversaire – Happy birthday! This is a less common equivalent of Joyeux anniversaire .

You’ll frequently hear and see these phrases – and you may discover some others, as well. In French, you can add Bon , Bonne, Bons, or Bonnes to a noun (often a gerund (a noun that describes an action)) to say “Have a good….” or “Enjoy…”.

For instance, if you run into someone as you’re headed to the movies, they might tell you << Bon film !>> (“Enjoy the movie!”).

Or you could hear Bonne baignade ! (Have a nice swim!),  and so on.

The structure Bon(ne)(s) + noun works for so many situations, but it can be tricky for us non-native speakers sometimes. For instance, if you want to say “Enjoy the book!”, you can’t use the word livre (book); it would be Bonne lecture! (Happy reading!).

Expressing a complex wish, like “Have a nice day at work!” can also be confusing. You can’t just say Bon travail ! – that literally means “Good work/Good job!”. 

So, what can you do to be sure you get these phrases right?

Sometimes, using these expressions is something that will come from listening to and absorbing French.

Other times, you might be able to correct yourself if you realize you’re using an expression that already means something, as in the case of Bon travail . 

And when it comes to one of those complex wishes, like “Have a good day at work,” it’s probably best to just say it in a different way – it’s not a simple idea, after all.

So, “Have a good day at work” could be Passe une bonne journée au bureau! or in a more formal conversation, Je te/vous souhaite une bonne journ é e au bureau!

….Then again, since the French prefer to keep things concise, you could probably just say Bonne journ ée and leave it at that.

If this seems overwhelming, don’t worry. The phrases with bon(ne)(s) that I’ve listed, as well as a few others , are the most common ones, and are important to know. But if you feel unsure about using bon(ne)(s) + noun otherwise, remember that there are always other ways to say what you want.

For example, I could say «  J’esp è re que tu passeras une bonne journée au travail. » (I hope you’ll have a good day at work) or « J’esp ère que ce livre te plaira. »  (I hope you’ll like this book.). Just think about the meaning behind the wish.

Other ways to wish people well in French using bon(ne)(s)

The expressions we’ve just learned about translate to “Have a good____”. But there are some other expressions in French that use bon(ne)(s) to wish people well in a slightly different way.

In these cases, instead of talking about something concrete or expected, these expressions refer to things like luck or the future.

You’ve probably come across one of the most famous before:

Bonne chance – Good luck

Other common phrases like this include:

• Bonne continuation   – Keep it up! or Good luck with your future endeavors!
• Bon rétablissement – Get well soon
• Bon courage – Hang in there (Although this phrase isn’t necessarily as informal is “Hang in there,” and can be used in most situations)

There’s no major difference between these expressions and others like them , and the ones we looked at earlier, but there are two subtle ones you may come across:

• These well-wishes tend to stay in their original structure. Whether they’re stand-alone statements, or used in a longer phrase (ex: Je vous souhaite une  bonne continuation ), you wouldn’t replace Bon/Bonne with Super in any of these phrases.

• When you’re talking about events, like your continued career or your path back to health, you add un or une before bon/bonne when it’s used in a sentence, as you can see in the example in the previous paragraph. But when you talk about a totally abstract concept or feeling like luck or courage, you don’t use an article (ex: Je te souhaite bon courage. ) .

How to take bon voyage to the next level

Although you can’t add to or change the core phrases we saw in the last section, you can modify bon voyage and its closest cousins a bit.

Most of the time, Bon voyage is a perfectly normal way to wish someone a good trip. But maybe you want them to know you hope they have an EXTRA good trip.

In this case, you can add tr è s (very), like so: Passe(z) un tr è s bon voyage. or Je vous/te souhaites un tr è s bon voyage.

In informal situations, like when you’re talking to a friend, you could replace tr ès bon or just tr ès with super.  For example: Passe(z) un super voyage OR Passe(z) un super bon voyage.

For more formal situations, excellent would be a good replacement.  For example: Je vous souhaite un excellent voyage.

You’ve probably realized that when you add tr ès, super , or excellent , you can’t just use Bon voyage on its own, though.

Do the French say Bon voyage a lot?:  The French and travel

The average working French person gets five weeks of paid vacation a year, plus about a week’s worth of personal days. There are also a number of national holidays in France, and schools have two-week vacations every six weeks, plus two months of summer vacation. Train tickets are usually affordable, and low-cost airlines operate out of many French airports. So it’s no wonder that the French are among the nationalities that travel the most . 

Where and when do the French travel?

But where do they like to go?  It turns out that most French people tend to travel primarily within France .

Part of this can be explained by the French rail system, which is highly developed and fairly affordable. It’s easy to go to major cities or even small towns, and since many trains are high speed, a trip like that might only take a few hours. Add to this the wide range of landscapes to be found in mainland France alone – from the warm beaches of the Côte d’Azur, to the ski slopes of the Alps, to attractions in major cities like Paris. France is even home to Europe’s only Disney theme park.

And of course, many French people use at least some of their vacation time to visit family and friends who also live in France.

As for when the French travel, there are some traditions around that. But it turns out they don’t totally reflect reality.

For instance, French people typically go on their longest or even only vacation in summer. August is considered a month when everything shuts down (well, except in vacation/tourism destinations, of course). Entire businesses will close their doors because everyone is on vacation.

But with globalization, as well as new, strategic ways of thinking, that’s changed in recent years. According to recent statistics, 69% of the French population takes a summer vacation. But many companies have at least a few employees who stay behind in August – and those people aren’t always disappointed about it. Some French people prefer to work during this time because their offices are usually calmer since so many of their coworkers and bosses are away. They take a vacation another time – when most destinations will be less crowded and pricey, besides.

Similarly, in winter, especially during the winter school holidays, French people traditionally go on ski trips. And yet, it turns out that only 1 in 10 French people go skiing every year.

Part of these lower-than-expected numbers is due to cost. Not everyone can afford to travel – especially taking a ski trip, which involves a lot of expenses beyond room and board.

Which countries do the French travel to most?

Although France itself is the number-one travel destination for French people, the French do go abroad, as well. And when you think about it, with all of the vacation time they have, a majority of a French person’s travel might be national, but they might go beyond their borders for at least one of those trips.

The top countries visited by the French in 2019 include Spain, Greece, Italy, Tunisia, Turkey, Egypt, and Russia, as well as Canada and the United States.

What do people think of French tourists?

All of this traveling has earned the French  a reputation in the hospitality and tourism industries, as well as with locals in certain places. The typical French tourist is known to be critical, curious, cheap, and seductive.

As some of the people interviewed in this article suggest , seemingly negative traits like being critical may also make them have a more in-depth travel experience. For instance, a tour guide in India explains that instead of saying that they like or don’t like an ice cream flavor, a French tourist will often ask about what’s in it.

They might also make suggestions for how its taste might be improved, which goes with another way the French are perceived: as comparing everything to how good it is or how much it costs back in France.

None of this is to say that the French are terrible tourists (even though they often joke about this amongst themselves). After all, tourists from every country have their good and bad points , and a lot of times it has to do with how well their culture meshes with the local one.

For what it’s worth, one thing I’ve noticed about French people who travel to other countries is that whether or not they complained or made comparisons to France on-site, they generally seem to see their experience as positive, even as a way to expand their knowledge and perspective on the world. Whether they spent a week sunbathing on a beach somewhere, or visited a new city or monument, they come home with a sense of having learned something, and (understandably) often nostalgia for the place they left.

This Egyptian tour guide agrees with me. She loves French tourists because [ i]ls sont très cultivés, ils s’intéressent aux monuments. Ils ne voyagent pas seulement pour prendre des photos (They’re very educated, they’re interested in monuments. They don’t travel just to take pictures.).”

A recent survey shows that 53% of French people see taking a vacation as important and something they’re willing to make sacrifices for.  In addition to self-care and getting away from it all, I think some of this could also be chalked up to wanderlust and a natural curiosity and fascination with other places.

Do you have a favorite place to travel? How about somewhere you dream of going – particularly in France? Whether you’re planning a trip or just armchair traveling, Bon voyage!

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Alysa Salzberg is an American writer, worrier, teacher, and cookie enthusiast who has lived in Paris, France, for more than a decade. She has taught English and French for more than ten years, most notably as an assistante de langue vivante for L'Education Nationale. She recently published her first novel, Hearts at Dawn , a "Beauty and the Beast" retelling that takes place during the 1870 Siege of Paris. You can read about her adventures here , or feel free to stop by her website .

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50+ Important French Vacation Words and Phrases (With Audio)

Whether you enjoy the feel of seawater and hot sand or the crisp mountain air, there’s nothing like a relaxing vacation.

However you choose to vacation, wouldn’t you love to do it all in French?

Here are 50+ useful French vacation vocabulary words and phrases , with example sentences so you can use them correctly in context.

So grab that passport and let’s get started!

French Vacation Vocabulary for a Smooth Trip

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This topic will require you to get comfortable with some basic interrogatives in French .

Common questions and answers

• où ? (where?)
• quand ? (when?)
• avec qui ? (with whom?)
• Comment voyages-tu ? (How are you traveling?)
• Je vais au / à la…  (I’m going to…)
• pendant (during)

Vacation seasons

• les vacances de Noël ( Christmas vacation )
• les vacances d’été ( summer vacation , also known as les grandes vacances )
• les vacances d’hiver ( winter vacation )
• les vacances de printemps ( spring vacation )
• les vacances de la Toussaint ( fall vacation ; All Saints)

Example sentences

Où vas-tu en vacances ? (Where are you going on vacation?)

Je vais à la plage / à la montagne / à l’étranger. (I’m going to the beach/to the mountains/overseas.)

Quand iras-tu en vacances ? (When will you go on vacation?)

Je voyagerai pendant les vacances d’été. (I will travel during the summer vacation.)

Avec qui allez-vous voyager / vas-tu voyager ? (Who are you going to travel with?)

Places people stay on vacation

• un hôtel (a hotel)
• une auberge de jeunesse (a youth hostel)
• un club de vacances (a resort)
• un camping (a camping ground)
• un appartement (an apartment)
• un gîte (a holiday home/cottage)
• une chambre d’hôtes (a bed and breakfast)

Phrases for making a reservation

• Je voudrais une chambre (I would like a room…)
• salle de bains (bathroom)
• pour une / deux / trois / quatre personnes   (for one/two/three/four people)
• du… au… (from [date] to [date])

Je voudrais une chambre pour deux personnes avec salle de bains du 5 août au 12 août. (I would like a room for two with a bathroom from August 5 to August 12.)

Pour mes vacances, je vais loger dans un hôtel. (For my vacation I am going to stay in a hotel.)

Je logerai dans une auberge de jeunesse. (I will stay in a youth hostel.)

L’année dernière, j’ai logé dans un camping. (Last year, I stayed in a camping ground.)

Getting to your destination

• en avion (by plane)
• l’aéroport (airport)
• en bateau (by boat)
• en train (by train)
• la gare (the station)
• le billet (the ticket)
• aller-retour (round trip)

Getting around your vacation spot

• en métro (by subway)
• en bus (by bus) 
• en taxi (by taxi)
• à pied (on foot)

Comment vas-tu en Belgique ? En avion ou en train ? (How are you going to Belgium? By plane or by train ?)

Où est l’aéroport, s’il vous plaît ? (Where is the airport, please?)

Je cherche la gare. (I am looking for the train station .)

À quelle heure est le départ de l’avion ? (What time does the plane leave?)

Combien coûte le billet pour Nice ? (How much does the ticket to Nice cost?)

Je voudrais un aller-retour pour le train qui va à Marseille. (I would like a return ticket on the train going to Marseille.)

This topic is a great opportunity to pick up common French nouns and verbs . There are hundreds of activities that you can add to your vocabulary list. Some common ones include:

• faire de la planche à voile (to windsurf)
• faire du lèche-vitrine (to go window-shopping )
• bronzer (to suntan)
• aller au restaurant (to go to the restaurant)
• nager (to swim)
• faire du ski (to ski)
• faire une randonnée (to go hiking)
• faire du vélo (to cycle)
• visiter des monuments / des musées (to visit monuments/museums)
• participer à une visite guidée (to join a guided tour)

Try to use this vocabulary with different tenses!

Aujourd’hui, je voudrais aller à la plage pour bronzer. (Today, I would like to go to the beach to suntan.)

Hier, je suis allé(e) faire du vélo en montagne. (Yesterday, I went cycling in the mountains.)

Demain, j’irai au restaurant avec mes amis. (Tomorrow, I will go to the restaurant with my friends.)

One of the best parts of going on a holiday in France is getting to eat out and sample food. So, food vocabulary should be in the cards. We’ll give you the basics for a vacation— for an in-depth guide to restaurant vocabulary in French, check out this article.

• le repas (the meal)
• le petit déjeuner (breakfast)
• le déjeuner (lunch)
• le dîner (dinner)
• la salle à manger (the dining room)
• le restaurant (restaurant)
• Qu’est-ce que vous recommandez aujourd’hui ? (What do you recommend today?)
• le plat du jour (today’s special)
• Je voudrais… (I would like…)
• L’addition, s’il vous plaît. (The check, please.)

À quelle heure est le petit déjeuner ? (What time is breakfast ?)

Comme dessert, je voudrais la crème caramel. (For dessert, I would like the crème caramel.)

Recommandez-vous le plat du jour ? (Do you recommend today’s special?)

Je voudrais des escargots. (I would like some snails.)

Make flashcards for the words above and go through them periodically before your trip. You don’t even need to carry around a stack of index cards—there are apps like Quizlet for creating flashcards online and even playing games to test yourself.

French vacation words tend to be highly visual, so consider  making mind maps , or visual diagrams that represent the words you want to learn. There are many examples of mind map templates online.

You can also create a memory palace . The idea of this memorization device is to visualize a location—say, your childhood home—and populate it with the relevant vocabulary. For example, you could visualize a building and each hallway, room or object would be associated with a word you wish to remember.

It’s a great technique for visual learners to create context for seemingly isolated terms.

The best way to remember any new French vocabulary is to learn it in context. And one of the best ways to do that is to watch videos in French from French sources. You can easily find French TV shows and movies on streaming services like Netflix. If you prefer shorter videos, you can find French videos about all sorts of topics on YouTube.

FluentU is another way to hear French how it’s spoken in actual French-speaking regions. It’s a language learning program that uses authentic videos with interactive subtitles as the core of its lessons, along with active learning features like flashcards and quizzes.

The videos on FluentU are sorted by topic, so you can easily find media that’s related to travel, such as news clips about French vacation habits or video tours of French open-air hotels.

You’ll be using the words and phrases below with real French speakers throughout your vacation. So, why not start practicing now?

For example, don’t just learn the word nager (to swim). Start creating sentences, like:

Où est la plage ? J’aimerais nager cet après-midi. (Where is the beach? I would like to swim this afternoon.)

Savez-vous nager ? (Do you know how to swim?)

To ensure your own sentences actually make sense, you can use a grammar checker like Bon Patron . 

Now that you’ve used all the tools and resources at your fingertips and you’ve prepared everything for your vacation, you’re ready to go.

Use your new vocabulary as often as you can and you’ll become good at communicating and recognizing repeated words.

Bonnes vacances ! (Have a good vacation!)

FluentU has a wide variety of great content, like interviews, documentary excerpts and web series, as you can see here:

FluentU brings native French videos with reach. With interactive captions, you can tap on any word to see an image, definition and useful examples.

For example, if you tap on the word "crois," you'll see this:

Practice and reinforce all the vocabulary you've learned in a given video with learn mode. Swipe left or right to see more examples for the word you’re learning, and play the mini-games found in our dynamic flashcards, like "fill in the blank."

All throughout, FluentU tracks the vocabulary that you’re learning and uses this information to give you a totally personalized experience. It gives you extra practice with difficult words—and reminds you when it’s time to review what you’ve learned.

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Canvases and cobblestones: how to navigate Nantes’ arts and culture scene

The French city of Nantes has spent the last two decades quietly transforming itself into one of country’s most important artistic and cultural centres — these are just some of the showstoppers not to miss.

The long green line twists and turns on Nantes’ city pavements for 14 miles. Why? It’s leading visitors to more than 100 different outdoor artworks, standout monuments, parks, buildings, architectural features and artistic playgrounds for both adults and children. Every summer, with this green line as its focal point, the city stages a cultural festival, Le Voyage à Nantes , during which artists, architects, designers, gardeners and DJs are invited to place new works and stage new events along the trail. This year’s festival is scheduled to run from 6 July to 8 September.

Le Voyage à Nantes offers an ideal way of discovering the city's artistic side, but there are plenty of other ways to explore its creative culture throughout the year. Just outside Nantes, there’s also a 75-mile wine trail, the Voyage dans le Vignoble , which leads visitors on a boozy loop through the local vineyards, from Nantes to the Italianesque town of Clisson. Along the way are works of art, recreational spaces, castles, a museum, windmill and numerous wine cellars. The art on display comes in a plethora of forms — from shops signs to statues — with a mixture of both temporary and permanent installations.  

Heading further west along the Loire River is a 37-mile-long artistic trail called Estuaire Nantes < > Saint-Nazaire which showcases 33 sculptures, installations and architectural projects. The variety of works on show is astounding: a human foot the size of a lorry; a giant yellow tape measure; a series of bright, luminous rings and, perhaps the most striking of all, Le Serpent d'océan — a 425ft-long aluminium skeleton of a sea serpent, installed on the foreshore of the Loire estuary so that it emerges and submerges according to the tides. From April to October, a two-and-a-half hour river cruise follows a similar route. Read on for seven of the city's most striking cultural hotspots.  

1. Les Machines de l’île

It’s the Grand Elephant that strikes you first. Constructed of wood and steel, 40ft high and weighing nearly 50 tonnes, it’s become something of an emblem of Nantes. It’s powered by a motor, and with space on board for 49 passengers, it regularly takes walks along the Loire riverside, trumpeting loudly and spraying water from its trunk. The giant pachyderm forms the centre of this vast exhibition of mechanical art — on the Île de Nantes in the Loire River, specifically in the city's former shipyard area — that’s dedicated to mechanical animals. Think a spider, a heron, a giant ant, a chameleon and a whole carousel of creatures from the deep. In fact, there's an entire workshop where the mechanical animals are created and tested which is open to the public. Much of this mind-bending attraction pays homage to the futuristic drawings of Leonardo da Vinci and the sci-fi stories of Nantes’ most famous son, Jules Verne. Not only can visitors get up close to the machines, some, like the Grand Elephant, can be boarded for rides.

2. The Château des ducs de Bretagne

Built in the late 15 th century, this castle in Nantes’ medieval quarter is a stout fortress from the outside but has an elegant palace within the ramparts. Inside, you’ll find the Musée d’Histoire de Nantes, which charts the city’s complicated history from medieval times through to the slave trade and the two world wars.

3. Musée d’arts de Nantes

Situated right in the heart of the city, between the cathedral and the botanical gardens, this museum holds more than 13,000 works dating from the 13 th century all the way up to the present day, with contributions from the likes of Delacroix, Monet, Picasso, Kandinsky and Kapoor. The gallery was renovated and reopened in 2017, and now includes the Cube — four storeys dedicated to contemporary art — created by British architecture firm Stanton Williams.

4. HAB Galerie

This contemporary art gallery — on the western tip of the Île de Nantes — regularly features paintings, sculptures, videos and installations from a wealth of fascinating artists. The 15,070sq ft space is usually dedicated to just one artist per season, and is also home to a bookshop covering contemporary art, architecture, design and graphic novels. HAB stands for Hangar à Bananes, a nod to the building’s previous incarnation as a banana-ripening warehouse.

5. Musée Dobrée

Musée Dobrée — in the upmarket Graslin neighbourhood of Nantes — has been closed for the past 13 years, but is set to reopen in May 2024 in a 15 th -century manor house and neo-medieval palace. More than 2,000 artworks, from prehistorical times to the 20 th century, will be displayed across more than half an acre of exhibition space. The museum was originally built by local ship owner and art-lover Thomas Dobrée who, during his life, amassed a collection of more than 10,000 pieces of art.

6. Le Lieu Unique

Housed in a former biscuit factory on Nantes’ Canal Saint-Félix, this convivial arts centre showcases live music, DJs, theatre, cinema, dance, circus acts, literature and visual arts. There’s also a bar, a restaurant and a Turkish bath. Past and present exhibitions include theatre productions by celebrated actor and director Olivier Martin-Salvan and Italian playwright Romeo Castellucci.

7. Mémorial de l'Abolition de l'Esclavage

This memorial to the abolition of slavery , which opened in 2012 on the riverside Quai de la Fosse, is located on the very spot from which many ships involved in the Atlantic slave trade originally set sail. As the curators explain: ‘It pays tribute to those who have fought and those who are still fighting against human trafficking and slavery around the world. It’s not intended as a historical exhibit, but as a place to remember, to act as a warning and to send out a universal message.’

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The Belem: Everything you need to know about the iconic ship as the Olympic flame heads to France

In 1896 the first Olympic Games of the modern era took place in Greece. That same year, approximately 2,000 kilometres away at a shipyard in France, the Belem was born.

More than a century later, the Games will finally bring them together.

On 27 April, the Olympic flame will leave Greece aboard the Belem, Europe's oldest three-masted barque, and set sail towards France, the host country of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 .

The 12-day voyage between Piraeus and Marseille will add another chapter to the remarkable story of the ship, which was honoured as a historic monument 40 years ago.

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Merchant vessel, yacht and training ship: the three lives of the Belem

The Belem has crossed many seas, but had even more adventures. Today, the ship is one of the oldest of its kind, which is a remarkable feat considering its early brushes with disaster.

A fire broke out onboard the ship during its maiden voyage to Belem, the port city in Brazil that lends its name to the iconic vessel, but it was able to continue its inaugural visit after undergoing repairs in France.

After several transatlantic voyages transporting cocoa, rum and sugar to France, the Belem managed to survive another tragedy: the Montagne Pelée eruption in 1902.

The city of Saint-Pierre in Martinique was destroyed and more than 30,000 people lost their lives in the disaster, but the Belem somehow managed to escape without any damage.

Fortuitously, due to a lack of space in the harbour the day before, the ship docked in another bay safely away from the city.

But nothing could prevent the Belem from the rise of steamships. Gradually, its commercial use transporting goods began to decrease and in 1914 was sold to the Duke of Westminster.

The Belem was turned into a yacht and a few years later was purchased by the Irish engineer and brewer Sir Arthur Ernest Guinness, who changed the ship’s name to Fantôme II.

After a trip around the world and a few decades later, the ship was sold once again; this time to an Italian charity, and it was re-named Giorgio Cini after the non-profit organisation which now owned it.

The boat, originally constructed in a Nantes shipyard, was transformed into a training ship and for the next 15 years sailed across the Mediterranean before technology caught up with the vessel once more.

By the 1960s, considered too old and too small, the Giorgio Cini never left harbour. It was handed over to the carabinieri (Italian police) for training, and when they decided it was no longer fit for purpose, they sold the vessel for one symbolic lira (around €0.01) to a shipyard in Venice.

As restoration costs spiralled, it wasn’t long before the barque was back on the market.

Historic monument and Olympic Games London 2012

The National Union of Savings Banks of France (L’Union Nationale des Caisse d'Epargne de France) and the Navy (Marine Nationale) bought the Belem in 1979 and handled its restoration over the years that followed.

Due to these efforts, on 27 February 1984, the Belem joined a prestigious list of historic monuments.

The honour gave the ship back its prestige and captured the country’s imagination as it became an iconic vessel among sailing boats. It remains a training ship to this day, and every year welcomes aboard thousands of visitors who discover life on the open sea.

When there are no interns pulling up its sails, the Belem travels the world to represent France on the international stage; celebrating everything from the Statue of Liberty's centenary in New York to Queen Elizabeth II's jubilee in London.

The Belem stayed in the UK capital city that particular year - crossing Tower Bridge and docking on the Thames to great fanfare - as it hosted families of French athletes competing at the Olympic Games London 2012 .

Twelve years later the Belem will drop its anchor in Olympic waters once again, as Marseille kick-starts the celebration of a lifetime .

The Belem in numbers

• Length: 58m
• Height: 34m (above sea level)
• Maximum engine speed: 9.2 knots (approximately 17km/h)
• Number of voyages: 33 (between 1896 and 1914)
• Construction time: 6 months
• First launched: 10 June 1896

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WNC History: Steamboat Mountain Lily cruised the French Broad River 1881-85

Six weeks after the USS Maine exploded in Havana Harbor, a writer for The Asheville Daily Citizen’s evening edition reported on Asheville’s plan to protect the city from Spanish troops as the United States prepared to enter what would become the 1898 Spanish-American War. The unnamed journalist wrote that well-known local banker “Captain” James P. Sawyer was getting ready “to take command of the armored cruiser Mountain Lily to guard the city from invasion by water.” 

Were readers flummoxed by this declaration? Where was the city keeping a warship? And what nearby water route would be suitable for military campaigns? 

As it happened, more than two decades earlier, back in 1876, U.S. Congressman Robert Brank Vance from Buncombe County had succeeded in convincing the Rivers and Harbors Congressional committee to foot the bill to create a “navigable” French Broad River, mitigate flooding, and drain swampland. The committee eventually appropriated $44,000 toward the effort and agreed that the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers would “clean out the channel.” 

(The bill did have its critics. Ohio Sen. Allen G. Thurman remarked that “a catfish would never be able to navigate such a turbulent mountain stream.”)

Once the work on the French Broad – dredging the river bed, blasting rocks, removing reefs and shoals, and constructing jetties – was complete, Congressman Vance’s cousin, Col. Sidney Vance Pickens, along with James P. Sawyer, incorporated the French Broad Steamship Company to operate on the river, and soon the Mountain Lily was cruising its waters.

Building the Mountain Lily

The Mountain Lily was originally built in 1881 with the intention that it would provide transportation for both people and freight through parts of North Carolina’s mountainous region that were still cut off from rail corridors. To finance the venture, Pickens organized a swanky steamboat benefit and posted flyers reading, “Come one, Come all! All day picnic and barbeque at Horse Shoe, Henderson County! Everybody invited, Men, Women, and Children.” He sold all 160 shares of his new company during the event.

Now flush with cash, in April 1881, Pickens traveled to Norfolk, Virginia, to commission John L. Porter, builder of the Confederacy’s ironclad Virginia, to construct a steamboat that could successfully negotiate the newly-navigable French Broad River between Hendersonville and Brevard. Porter agreed. Pickens purchased the steamer’s machinery and had it transported to Hendersonville, where Porter would manage the boat’s construction on the banks of the French Broad. 

Pickens planned for the Mountain Lily to embark on its maiden voyage within three months of hiring Porter. He envisioned a venture so lucrative that new stagecoach routes would run to carry passengers from his boat landings to railroad depots.

There were skeptics. On August 5, The Charlotte Democrat editorialized that the Mountain Lily would be a great success “until it meets with a few sunken logs.”

Pickens' critics might have been proved wrong if only the river’s water level that year had not been the lowest it had been in 25 years. The 90-foot long steamer needed only 18 inches of water to run when fully loaded. Paddlewheels on each of Mountain Lily’s sides could work together or individually so that the boat could handle the river’s twists and turns.

The maiden voyage

The Mountain Lily embarked on its maiden voyage departing from Hendersonville with a full load of 100 passengers. James T. Fain Jr., in "Henderson County," described the departure. “The beautiful gleaming white boat with green trim slid into the water with champagne dripping from the prow. The band struck up a lively tune, the two 12 horsepower motors built up steam, the people streamed across the gangplank, and Captain R.W. Davis, with a mighty ringing of the bell, got the Mountain Lily under way.”

Reviews were mixed at best. The newspaper out of Brevard reported, “Late in the afternoon the whistle of the boat was heard, and the younger ones ran down the bank to get the first glimpse. With much hauling of ropes and assistance from people on the banks, it managed someway to get up the river.” But the ship never arrived in Brevard that day. The bridges from Hendersonville had not been raised.

For some, the Mountain Lily quickly became a punchline. The August 23 edition of the Greenville News reported, “Capt. M. Revels, of the steam tug ‘Wade Hampton’ -- the glory and strength of Charleston harbor … is in a hilarious state over the ‘Mountain Lily.’ ... Being accustomed to water of unlimited depth and expanse he is considerably amused at the dimensions of the sheet on which the Lily proposes to navigate, and of the craft herself he finds it difficult to speak without spasms.”

The article continued, Revels “thinks the crew who wade behind to push her up will have a hard time because of the circumstance that she can only get under the bridges by diving and coming up on the other side. The main objections to her, however, are that she won’t run by herself, won’t steer, and will carry very little. Capt. Revels says when he navigates the French Broad he will do so on the hurricane deck of a low pressure, side-wheel mule.”

But even after a number of papers reprinted Revels derisive comments, Col. Pickens was not to be deterred. He invited a reporter, Col. Farrow with the Spartanburg Herald, for a ride on the Mountain Lily, so that he could write a glowing endorsement of steaming through the “Land of the Sky.” 

Farrow wrote of the Aug. 31 excursion, “We drove out to the landing, six miles from Hendersonville, on last Friday morning, where we found quite a number of ladies and gentlemen assembled for an excursion on the boat. Promptly at the appointed hour the excursionists were all aboard, and we were all steaming away down the French Broad on a real steamboat, all parties enjoying the novelty of the expedition very much indeed.”  

Farrow continued, “As soon as the river rises to its usual height it will commence regular trips over its whole line, which is over 2,200 feet about the level of the sea and the highest boat line in the world. ... Too much praise can not be given to Col. Pickens, the President of the Company, who, amid jeers and sneers, has pursued the even tenor of his way, and has proved the practicability of the enterprise by putting it into successful execution ... by blasting out a few shoals, it can be run as far as Asheville, for which we hope Congress next session will make an appropriation.” A number of area newspapers reprinted Farrow’s glowing review, and the Mountain Lily continued to occasionally operate for short trips and parties. 

By October, despite “mountaineers visit(ing) this little boat by scores and gaz(ing) upon it as the greatest wonderful of the age,” as noted by a writer for the Yorkville Enquirer, he and other visitors “were somewhat disappointed in the French Broad.” Farrow offered an explanation, writing “in our imagination we had pictured a broad, majestic stream, while to the contrary, it is narrow, crooked and rugged, though picturesque. Congress will have to appropriate many thousands more before the French Broad can be made sufficiently navigable to promote the commercial interests of the section through which it runs.”

The steamer took 12 hours to make a trip of 15 miles against the current to Brevard. The French Broad Steamboat Company decided that the problem was that the Mountain Lilly had “not power enough.” Two larger engines were planned. 

A failed venture

Secondary sources disagree on how long the Mountain Lily lasted on the French Broad. Some asserted that it failed on its maiden voyage and others that it made trips until 1885. A brief note in the February 2, 1882 edition of the Yorkville Enquirer noted that the steamer was sold at Hendersonville “under confession of judgment for $1250.” 

What all agreed upon was that the Mountain Lily could not navigate the river without the aid of ropes, mules, or manpower and was never profitable. At some point, likely in 1885, the ship ran aground about 6 miles from Hendersonville at King’s Bridge when heavy rains flooded the river with mud. Eventually, the ship was dismantled. Some of the salvaged wood was used in the construction of Horse Shoe Baptist Church; the steam engines were sold to sawmills; and the Mountain Lily’s skeleton stayed partially submerged in the river for decades.

Over the years, numerous people tried to reintroduce steam service to the French Broad River. Two brothers from Brevard tried the venture with a smaller ship, but it could not carry enough freight to turn a profit. In 1887, a New York capitalist, G.C. Scofield set out to build another steamer to take tourists between Brevard and Asheville; Scofield engaged engineers to survey the river, proposing to navigate the shoals with a system of locks. This effort appears to have ended before service even began. A 1907 attempt at running a steamboat to Brevard required that passengers “be transferred around the shoals, a distance of a few hundred feet, and re-embark on the boat now running.” By the end of that year, the ship’s owners–Sophy Harrison Eastman and Col. V.E. McBee–were in court; Eastman accusing McBee of fraud and McBee charging Eastman with abuse.

Certainly the most ill-advised attempt at resurrection would have been the city’s decision to put the Mountain Lily into commission as a warship. On March 31 and then again on April 1, 1898, the Asheville papers reported, “the vessel has been undergoing repairs in the shipyards at Brevard, where a force of three men has been at work night and day to get her ready for business. The Lily will be convoyed by a long-legged mule.” This, of course, turned out to be merely an April Fool’s Day joke.

The Mountain Lily’s legacy

The French Broad in this part of the mountains was not to be tamed. In 1929, county commissioners appealed to the federal government to dredge the river and remove the jetties, which were obstructing flow and making the river banks swampy, but the funds never materialized. Then, when the Tennessee Valley Authority attempted to build 14 dams on portions of the Upper French Broad River in the 1960s and 1970s, critics of the plan cited the failed federal efforts of the 1870s and 1880s. The TVA eventually withdrew its plans.

Over the years the story of the Mountain Lily has remained a topic of discussion, delight, and derision. Its story has been revisited by well-known historians and writers including Wilma Dykeman, Sadie Smathers Patton, George W. McCoy, Bob Terrell, and John Parris, among many others.

In the 1970s, novelist and poet Robert Morgan described the “swaybacked and listing” Mountain Lily stuck in the mud in his poem “Real and Ethereal” as: “not so much a floating palace / as a tenement or bunkhouse / on a barge.” On his 1985 album, Reel & Rock, Grammy-award winning musician and storyteller David Holt included the steamer in an original song, “Goodbye, Goodbye.” 

And, local historian Sarah Upchurch wrote a musical comedy in the 1980s entitled, “The Ballad of the Mountain Lily,” which was subsequently performed at Asheville’s Recreation Park during French Broad River Week. The cast ended the production with the lyric, “Perhaps it’s not silly, To call me a Lily, ‘Cause planted in sand I now lie.”

These days the largest vessel navigating the French Broad from Brevard to Asheville is a 15-foot inflatable raft. In 1987, the river was designated a North Carolina State Trail, and, in 2012, two Western North Carolina-based environmental nonprofits, MountainTrue and RiverLink, launched the French Broad Paddle Trail, a “140-mile recreational watercraft trail” running from Rosman into Tennessee to protect the river while also promoting low-impact recreational access. 

Anne Chesky serves as the executive director of the Presbyterian Heritage Center in Montreat. She grew up in Riceville.

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The Olympic flame on Saturday began its journey to France on board the Belem leaving the Greek port of Piraeus after spending the night at the French embassy in Athens.

"The feelings are so exceptional. It's such an emotion for me", Tony Estanguet, Paris Olympics chief organiser, told reporters before the departure of the ship.

He hailed the "great coincidence" how the Belem was launched just weeks after the first modern Olympic Games were held in Athens in 1896.

The 19th-century three-masted boat was accompanied off the port of Piraeus by the trireme Olympias of the Greek Navy and 25 sailing boats while dozens of people watched behind railings for security reasons.

"We came here so that the children understand that the Olympic ideal was born in Greece. I'm really moved," Giorgos Kontopoulos, who watched the ship starting its voyage with his two children, told AFP.

On Sunday, the ship will pass from the Corinth Canal -- a feat of 19th century engineering constructed with the contribution of French banks and engineers.

The Belem is set to reach Marseille -- where a Greek colony was founded in around 600 BCE -- on May 8.

Greece on Friday had handed over the Olympic flame of the 2024 Games, at a ceremony, to Estanguet.

Hellenic Olympic Committee chairman Spyros Capralos handed the torch to Estanguet at the Panathenaic Stadium, where the Olympics were held in 1896.

Estanguet said the goal for Paris was to organise "spectacular but also more responsible Games, which will contribute towards a more inclusive society."

Organisers want to ensure "the biggest event in the world plays an accelerating role in addressing the crucial questions of our time," said Estanguet, a member of France's Athens 2004 Olympics team who won gold in the slalom canoe event.

A duo of French champions, Beijing 2022 ice dance gold medallist Gabriella Papadakis and former swimmer Beatrice Hess, one of the most successful Paralympians in history, carried the flame during the final relay leg into the Panathenaic Stadium.

Nana Mouskouri, the 89-year-old Greek singer with a worldwide following, sang the French and Greek anthems at the ceremony.

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7 amazing cruise itineraries to book in 2024

I don't know about you, but each year, as the weather turns cold, I start daydreaming about getting out of Dodge — or, in my case, Pennsylvania. My mind wanders to cruises that will take me to places where the temperature is warmer, but I also take a hard look at the (exceptionally lengthy) list of places I'm longing to visit.

After digging through what's new for 2024, I've come up with a shortlist of sailings that I think are noteworthy. They range from a standard Bahamas voyage with a new twist and an extended Alaska sailing that includes a foray across the Arctic Circle to more far-flung destinations in the Asia-Pacific region.

Dream on, dear reader, and add these to your list of 2024 cruise itineraries.

Note: All prices listed are per person, based on double occupancy, unless otherwise noted. Fares do not include taxes and fees.

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Seabourn's 'Kimberley Expedition: Waterfalls and Wandjinas' itinerary

Last year, the Australia and New Zealand cruise region gained momentum following the pandemic shutdown. In 2024, the hardly populated Australia region of The Kimberley is gaining popularity. Luxury cruise brand Seabourn will be offering a series of six 10-night voyages between Broome and Darwin on expedition vessel Seabourn Pursuit during what will be early winter in the southern hemisphere.

The line's " Kimberley Expedition: Waterfalls and Wandjinas " will take passengers to places along the coast few passengers are able to visit to see the stunning teal waters and horizontal waterfalls of Talbot Bay, sample wines in the Hunter River Region and check out nature preserves in Wyndham.

Details: The first sailing, from Darwin to Broome, embarks on June 12. The final voyage, from Broome to Darwin, departs on Aug. 1. Prices start from $6,134 per person ($613 per person, per night), double occupancy, for the July 2 cruise. All accommodations are suites with balconies.

Celebrity's 'Best of Japan' and 'Vietnam and Thailand' cruises

The number of voyages in Asia was trending upward notably prior to 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic brought cruising in the region to an extended halt. And it's once again on the rise. Following that curve, Celebrity Cruises will be running new 11- to 13-night Asia sailings in 2024 on two ships — Celebrity Millennium and Celebrity Solstice — that bring stops in Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Vietnam and Thailand.

What's notable about the offerings is that they will aim to immerse passengers further into the destinations by including overnights in a total of 11 ports across all itineraries. That means more time to explore Hanoi's Old Quarter as the sun sets, indulge in nighttime gastronomy in Hong Kong, visit one of Bangkok's many markets, or learn why Osaka is known for street food.

Details: Celebrity Millennium's " Best of Japan " cruises run from early mid-March to early October. At press time, the least expensive fares — for a 12-night sailing — start from $1,330 per person ($111 per person, per night) for an inside cabin. It travels round-trip from Yokohama and visits Hiroshima, Pusan and other ports, including Osaka, where the ship will overnight.

Celerbrity Solstice's Vietnam and Thailand cruises kick off in mid-January and run through March. The ship will resume them again in the fall of 2024 and run through the winter season. Prices start from $1,255 per person ($105 per person, per night) for an inside cabin. The voyage sails from Hong Kong to Singapore with stops in Da Nang and Koh Samui, plus overnights in Hanoi and Bangkok.

SeaDream's 'Yachting the Adriatic & Greek Isles' sailing

Here's one to put on your radar if you're looking to book — but not necessarily sail — in 2024. It's a new Mediterranean itinerary that doesn't start up for nearly three more years, in 2026. The SeaDream routing brings stops at seven ports that are rarely visited by cruise passengers. During the seven-night voyages, there will be calls at Primosten, Croatia; Cesme, Turkey; Cetubal, Portugal; and Kythira, Kythnos, Syvota and Tinos, Greece — making these sailings unique and well-suited to anyone who loves the region but who's looking for new places to experience.

SeaDream's small ships, each of which carries just 112 people, are able to reach locales about which passengers on megaships can only fantasize. Couple that with excellent service, and you'll be visiting the Our Lady of Loretto statue in Primosten, touring the Cesme Castle and lounging on stunning Greek beaches from a home base that puts you squarely in the lap of luxury.

Details: An itinerary that includes three of the seven new ports is the 11-night " Yachting the Adriatic & Greek Isles " itinerary from Venice, Italy, to Athens, Greece, departing on Aug. 8, 2026, on SeaDream I. Prices start from $10,399 per person ($946 per person, per night) for a room with a porthole view.

Holland America's 'Alaska Arctic Circle Solstice' Legendary Voyage

Alaska is an absolute must for anyone who enjoys the vastness of untouched wilderness, the wildlife it houses and adventurous pursuits it provides. (Think whale-watching, hiking on glaciers and salmon fishing.) However, Holland America 's Westerdam is hosting a 28-day sailing that's anything but your standard cruise to the Last Frontier .

Passengers will visit the usual Alaska ports, such as Ketchikan, Sitka and Juneau, with scenic sailing through the Inside Passage, past Hubbard Glacier and to Glacier Bay. But they can also expect less-common stops at places like Nome, Kodiak, Anchorage (with an overnight) and Homer. Plus, about halfway through, this cruise crosses the Arctic Circle — a rite of passage for many travelers.

Details: Holland America's 28-day " Alaska Arctic Circle Solstice " cruise — one of the line's Legendary Voyages, known for longer durations and a unique mix of port calls — sails June 9-July 7, round-trip from Seattle. Inside cabins start from $5,299 per person (about $189 per person, per night).

Silversea's summertime French Polynesia cruises

Another consideration for future travel is Silversea Cruises , which is featuring its first full-summer season in French Polynesia in 2026. Silver Whisper will offer two immersive itineraries, including overnights, across 17 voyages between April and September.

Passengers can choose seven-night sailings that visit idyllic favorites like Tahiti, Moorea and Huahine and which also include overnights in Bora Bora. Or, they can cruise for twice as long by selecting a 14-night voyage that calls on the same ports as the seven-night option but with Fakarava, Nuku Hiva, Fatu Hiva, Atuona and Tahuata added.

Details: Silversea's seven-night voyages begin April 6, 2026, and start from $5,650 per person ($808 per person, per night) for an ocean-view cabin.

The line's 14-night sailings start on April 20, 2026. Fares start from $10,450 per person ($747 per person, per night) for ocean-view accommodations.

New Bermuda voyages on Carnival Venezia

Beginning in May of 2025, Carnival Cruise Line 's Carnival Venezia will sail a series of eight four- and five-night cruises to Bermuda from New York. These itineraries are notable because the line is aiming to increase its presence there but also because the style of the ship is new to even most of the brand's most dedicated passengers.

In 2022, Carnival announced its Costa by Carnival concept after revealing it would be transferring ships from its Costa sister brand to the Carnival fleet. Now, when travelers visit the Gibb's Hill Lighthouse or check out the island's renowned pink-sand beaches during a sailing on Carnival Venezia, they can enjoy both the Italian style of the ship and Carnival's fun atmosphere and high service standards.

Details: Voyages kick off on May 22, 2025. Prices start from $429 per person ($108 per person, per night) for an inside cabin on a four-night cruise departing Sept. 18, 2025.

Disney Cruise Line's Lighthouse Point itineraries

Disney Cruise Line 's new Lookout Cay at Lighthouse Point , a private destination on the Bahamian island of Eleuthera, is set to open in June with a three-night preview sailing on June 6 aboard Disney Magic. Following the initial voyage, the line will run regular three- to seven-night voyages to Lighthouse Point on Disney Magic, Disney Fantasy and Disney Dream.

The island will feature a dedicated family beach and water play area, an arts and culture pavilion focused on Bahamian culture, 20 family cabanas, an adults-only beach and a selection of shore excursion options.

Details: Prices for itineraries that include Lighthouse Point start from $624 per person ($208 per person, per night) for a three-night cruise on Disney Magic. The cruise departs Nov. 5 and sails from Fort Lauderdale's Port Everglades to San Juan, Puerto Rico.

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