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St Petersburg and the Baltic in luxury

St Petersburg and the Baltic in luxury

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A journey fit for a king. Travel to four of Europe’s most iconic cities, without missing the smaller gems in between. Take your fill of Scandinavian style and culture in Copenhagen and Stockholm, wander unhurried through the palaces and gardens of the incredible St. Petersburg, during a three day stop. Pretty Borgholm and Ronne beg discovery, while an overnight in London needs no introduction.

Trip Name
St Petersburg and the Baltic in luxury
Days
14
Overview
GUESTS: 296 CREW: 222 LENGTH: 514.14 Feet / 156.7 Meters Al fresco dining with panoramic ocean views. Warm clubby spaces for evening cocktails with friends. The plush comfort of your ocean-view suite after a day of incredible sights. Welcome home to the luxury cruise ship, Silver Wind. Timelessly elegant yet luxuriously relaxed, Silver Wind strikes the perfect balance of yacht-like intimacy combined with the space, amenities and diversions typically reserved for larger vessels. Warm welcomes and gracious personalized service inspire our guests to call Silver Wind their “home away from home” - join us and discover the charms of Silver Wind. Silversea's oceanview suites are some of the most spacious in cruising, and all include the services of a butler. 

Itinerary



Day 1 - Day 1. Embark Copenhagen
The Kingdom of Denmark is the geographical link between Scandinavia and Europe. Half-timber villages and tidy farms rub shoulders with towns and a few cities, where pedestrians set the pace, not traffic. In the capital, Copenhagen—København in Danish—mothers safely park baby carriages outside bakeries while outdoor cafés fill with cappuccino-sippers, and lanky Danes pedal to work in lanes thick with bicycle traffic. The town was a fishing colony until 1157, when Valdemar the Great gave it to Bishop Absalon, who built a castle on the site of what is now the parliament, Christiansborg.
Day 2 - Day 2. At Sea
Days at sea are the perfect opportunity to relax, unwind and catch up with what you’ve been meaning to do. So whether that is whale watching from the Observatory Lounge, writing home to your loved ones or simply topping up your tan by the pool, these blue sea days are the perfect balance to busy days spent exploring shore side.
Day 3 - Day 3. Stockholm
Stockholm is a city in the flush of its second youth. In the last 15 years Sweden's capital has emerged from its cold, Nordic shadow to take the stage as a truly international city. What started with entry into the European Union in 1995, gained pace with the extraordinary IT boom of the late 1990s (strengthened with the Skype-led IT second-wave of 2003), and solidified with the hedge fund invasion of the mid-nineties continues today.
Day 4 - Day 4. Tallinn
Estonia's history is sprinkled liberally with long stretches of foreign domination, beginning in 1219 with the Danes, followed without interruption by the Germans, Swedes, and Russians. Only after World War I, with Russia in revolutionary wreckage, was Estonia able to declare its independence. Shortly before World War II, in 1940, that independence was usurped by the Soviets, who—save for a brief three-year occupation by Hitler's Nazis—proceeded to suppress all forms of national Estonian pride for the next 50 years. Estonia finally regained independence in 1991.
Day 5 - Day 5-7. St Petersburg
Commissioned by Tsar Peter the Great (1672–1725) as "a window looking into Europe," St. Petersburg is a planned city whose elegance is reminiscent of Europe's most alluring capitals. Little wonder it's the darling of fashion photographers and travel essayists today: built on more than a hundred islands in the Neva Delta linked by canals and arched bridges, it was called the "Venice of the North" by Goethe, and its stately embankments are reminiscent of those in Paris.
Day 6 - Day 8. At sea
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Day 7 - Day 9. Borgholm
On a long, thin sliver of an island, just offshore in the Baltic Sea, there’s a land of slowly rotating windmills, and extraordinary landscapes. Öland is dominated by the spectacular shell of Borgholm Castle, and this grand, squat ruin stands proud and imposing - despite having been gutted by fire over two centuries years ago.
Day 8 - Day 10. Ronne, Bornholm
Although much nearer to Sweden, the island of Bornholm has been a Danish possession since 1522 and was once an important Baltic trading port. Today, the islanders make their livelihood from fishing, farming and, increasingly, tourism. Visitors from Scandinavia and Germany flock to Bornholm and the town of Rønne each summer to enjoy the scenic beauty. The south features a coastline of white sand beaches, while the north boasts rugged cliffs; the wooded interior is crisscrossed by hiking trails.
Day 9 - Day 11. Travemunde
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Day 10 - Day 12. Kiel Canal
Opened in 1895, the Kiel Canal is one of the world's busiest artificial waterways. Sixty miles (98 kilometres) long and thirty-six feet (11 metres) deep, the canal links the North Sea with the Baltic and saves international shipping the long detour around the stormy Skagerrak. Vessels heading east from the North Sea into the Baltic enter the canal at Brunsbüttel and complete the transit at Kiel-Holtenau, or vice versa. At both ends, there are locks to adjust the water level of the waterway to that of the ocean.
Day 11 - Day 13. At sea
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Day 12 - Day 14. Disembark in London
London is an ancient city whose history greets you at every turn. If the city contained only its famous landmarks—the Tower of London or Big Ben—it would still rank as one of the world's top cities. But London is so much more. The foundations of London's character and tradition endure. Theatre, pubs, sport, culture, restaurants, parks, world leading museums, pageantry, tradition.... the list goes on.

Trip Dates

StartEndPrice FromRoom Type
06-07-201920-07-2019£23,400Royal Suite
06-07-201920-07-2019£16,300Silver Suite
06-07-201920-07-2019£8,800Midship Veranda Suite
06-07-201920-07-2019£8,400Veranda Suite
06-07-201920-07-2019£6,700Vista Suite
06-07-201920-07-2019£13,600Medallion Suite
06-07-201920-07-2019£26,400Owners Suite

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