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Departs: April 26, 2027

Returns: May 18, 2027

Departure Port: Cape Town

Ship: Seven Seas Splendor

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Seven Seas Splendor

The middle sister, and the one Regent uses for its longest voyages

Aboard

Delivered by Fincantieri at Ancona on January 30, 2020, six weeks before the industry shut down
Second of the three Explorer-class ships, 373 all-balcony suites
Her Regent Suite is 4,443 square feet, 568 more than Explorer's, with a $200,000 Hästens bed
Serena Melani took her out of the yard, the first woman to command a new ocean cruise ship on delivery
Carries Regent's 133-night 2028 World Cruise, Los Angeles to San Francisco the long way

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Ashore

Where You Stop

Cape Town

Rome (Civitavecchia)

also listed as Rome

The port for Rome, an hour and a half up the coast from the city it is named for on every itinerary.

Beautiful view of Rome's historic architecture featuring the iconic Trajan's Column under a bright blue sky. — Rome, Italy

Every itinerary that says “Rome” means Civitavecchia, and the distance between the two is the entire planning problem of the day. The port is about fifty miles up the coast. Door to door (ship, shuttle, station, train, metro), you are looking at ninety minutes to two hours each way.

Pick one thing in Rome. With a twelve-hour call you get roughly six hours in the city. That is the Colosseum and the Forum, or the Vatican, or the centro storico on foot. Trying for two of the three is how people end up seeing lines.

Book skip-the-line entry in advance for whichever you pick. The Vatican Museums and the Colosseum both run timed entry and both sell out; a walk-up in July is a two-hour line in full sun.

The train is cheaper and often faster than a bus, but it is also the thing that strands people. Ship’s excursions have the ship’s guarantee behind them; a regional train does not, and Italian rail strikes are announced days ahead but are not rare. Check before you commit to going independently.

There is a real alternative to Rome. Cerveteri, twenty minutes down the coast, is a UNESCO Etruscan necropolis of round tombs cut into tufa that you walk down into. Tarquinia, the same distance the other way, has the painted tombs. Both are extraordinary, both are twenty minutes from the ship, and on a day when four ships are in you will have them to yourself.

Worth the Day

The Colosseum and the Forum, if you accept that this is the whole day
The Vatican Museums and St Peter's; book the earliest slot available
The Pantheon, Trevi and Piazza Navona, all walkable from each other in the centro storico
Or: skip Rome entirely for Cerveteri's Etruscan necropolis, twenty minutes away and empty