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Iconic Asian Capitals

Aboard Seven Seas Explorer with Regent Seven Seas Cruises

Departure Date

19 February 2025

Duration

14 Nights

Fly Cruise From

£9,454pp

Cruise Reference

ART-1ICRE18

Cruise Overview

The Hong Kong Island skyline, with its ever-growing number of skyscrapers, speaks to ambition and money.

Paris, London, even New York were centuries in the making, while Hong Kong's towers, bright lights, and glitzy shopping emporia weren't yet part of the urban scene when many of the young investment bankers who fuel one of the world's leading financial centers were born.

Commerce is concentrated in the glittering high-rises of Central, tucked between Victoria Harbor and forested peaks on Hong Kong Island's north shore.

While it's easy to think all the bright lights are the sum of today's Hong Kong, you need only walk or board a tram for the short jaunt west into Western to discover a side of Hong Kong that is more traditionally Chinese but no less high-energy.

You'll discover the real Hong Kong to the east of Central, too, in Wan Chai, Causeway Bay, and beyond.

Amid the residential towers are restaurants, shopping malls, bars, convention centers, a nice smattering of museums, and—depending on fate and the horse you wager on—one of Hong Kong's luckiest or unluckiest spots, the Happy Valley Racecourse.

Kowloon sprawls across a generous swath of the Chinese mainland across Victoria Harbour from Central.

Tsim Sha Tsui, at the tip of Kowloon peninsula, is packed with glitzy shops, first-rate museums, and eye-popping views of the skyline across the water.

Just to the north are the teeming market streets of Mong Kok and in the dense residential neighborhoods beyond, two of Hong Kong's most enchanting spiritual sights, Wong Tai Sin Temple and Chi Lin Nunnery.

As you navigate this huge metropolis (easy to do on the excellent transportation network), keep in mind that streets are usually numbered odd on one side, even on the other.

There's no baseline for street numbers and no block-based numbering system, but street signs indicate building numbers for any given block.
With the glittering lights of Taipei - a futuristic metropolis of culture and ideas - sparkling nearby, Keelung is the first calling point for many visitors arriving in Taiwan.

While this port city essentially serves as Taipei's ocean gateway, you shouldn’t be too hasty in dashing off to Taipei's neon-lit magic – first it’s well worth spending some time exploring the famous glowing night market, which hums with life each evening and is famous for its local seafood.

Cruise Itinerary

Aboard Seven Seas Explorer

Launch Year: 2016 Length: 224 Width: 31 Currency: USD Capacity: 732 Crew Count: 567 Deck Count: 10 Cabin Count: 366

Seven Seas Explorer® is something of a snowbird, often spending the summer in cooler Northern European destinations and winters in warmer climates. The ship also cruises the picturesque Mediterranean coastlines.

Seven Seas Explorer® is stunning, with art by Pablo Picasso on the walls and a vivid cobalt-blue glass installation on the ceiling in the elegant restaurant Compass Rose. See for yourself how every space is designed to impress.

You could take a cooking class, get a seaweed wrap, lounge by the pool, eat a gourmet meal and play some blackjack all in one day aboard Seven Seas Explorer®. Explore the deck plans to plan your perfect day.

Seven Seas Explorer Facilities

Seven Seas Explorer Includes

Cabin Details

Experience a new level of comfort in your new home away from home. Our suites bring you the best in sumptuous living, from 28 to over 412 square meters, adorned with the finest décor and best-in-class amenities

Regent Seven Sea Cruises® offers an in-suite experience like no other at sea. Every suite has spacious closets, high-end finishes, relaxing Elite Slumber™ beds and private balconies. Sizes range from 307 to 4,443 square feet (93.6 to 1,354.2 meters).

Our luxurious ships feature all-suite accommodations that range from 28 to 412 square meter and are complemented by private, furnished balconies aboard Seven Seas Grandeur™, Seven Seas Splendor®, Seven Seas Explorer®, Seven Seas Voyager®, Seven Seas Mariner®, and 90% of suites aboard Seven Seas Navigator®. Marble appointments accent the bath, featuring a tub or walk-in shower and the majority of suites feature a walk-in wardrobe. A spacious sitting area is enhanced by soothing colours and rich textures with plenty of room to stretch out and watch a movie, read a best seller, or simply enjoy ever-changing vistas that stretch to the horizon's edge.

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