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Ocean cruises

Guests can join Mickey and Minnie on the Disney Wonder for sailings designed for the whole family.

Five essential things you need to know about Disney cruise ships

Everything you need to know about a Disney cruise, the line that brought the theme park to the high seas.

  • by Sara Macefield
Darwin’s cruise and waterfront precinct.

Port guide: Darwin, Australia

Darwin is a multicultural, characterful small city that’s no longer merely a gateway to the Northern Territory’s national parks, but a destination in its own right.

  • by Brian Johnston
Danube channel cruise port near Vienna’s Schwedenplatz square.

Port guide: Vienna, Austria

This small, intimate capital bursts with high culture, musical history and grandiose architecture, yet is surprisingly laidback, charming and fun.

  • by Brian Johnston
Tufi is magnificent, no comparisons needed.

The magnificent tropical fjords on Australia’s doorstep

Tufi’s coastline is often compared to Norway’s fjords, but that’s before you feel the heat and the dancing and drumming begins.

  • by Brian Johnston
A culinary adventure at the exceptional Peskesi Organic Farm in Crete.

The New York food writer who loves it here (and where he eats in NYC)

The man with one of the best jobs in the world – curating global food experiences for Silversea guests – shares his favourite discoveries both here and overseas.

  • by Trudi Jenkins
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Douglas C-53 Skytrooper wreck from World War I, Vansittart Bay, Kimberley coast.

An Australian plane wreck gives insight into a surreal landscape

It was the night in World War II when a Douglas C-53 Skytrooper, low on fuel and hopelessly lost, made a belly-flop landing on a salt pan in Vansittart Bay.

  • by Kerry van der Jagt
Impossible to miss… the striking Museum of Tomorrow by renowned architect Santiago Calatrava.

Port guide: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

One of the world’s most vibrant cities in one of the world’s most beautiful settings will have you in the mood for sequins and samba.

  • by Brian Johnston
Bora Bora comes into view.

Sorry, cruise ship haters, I just want my holiday hassle-free and lazy

Pacific islands are glorious, but the logistics of travelling through them can be challenging, unless you’re on a cruise.

  • by Brian Johnston
Ship infirmaries have limited hours, but once inside my treatment was swift.

Injured overseas, instead of going to hospital, I boarded a cruise

I didn’t want to be sitting in a hospital emergency room for hours, alone. So I decided to try my luck with the ship’s doctor – and it was a good call.

  • by Lee Tulloch

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