Regent’s Seven Seas Explorer Resumes Sailing from Italy

Regent Seven Seas Cruises’ Seven Seas Explorer has welcomed luxury travelers back on board for the first time since the industry-wide pause in operations.

Guests embarked the ship – dubbed by the line as the most luxurious ever built – on Oct. 15 in Trieste, Italy, for cruise through Italy, Croatia and Greece.

The cruise line’s enhanced SailSAFE Health and Safety Program requires 100 percent vaccination of guests and crew. For details on the program, click here.

Seven Seas Explorer is the second of Regent’s ship to return to passenger service, joining the newest ship, Seven Seas Splendor, which has been operating its inaugural season since Sept. 11, 2021.

“It’s truly amazing to be back on board Seven Seas Explorer, and it is fantastic to see our guests being treated to the unrivaled Regent experience once again,” Regent President and CEO Jason Montague said from Seven Seas Explorer. “Our crew have done an outstanding job in preparing for the ship’s return, with the service so seamless it is as if we were never away.”

The ship is scheduled to arrive in Rome on Oct. 23, after which it will continue to cruise Southern Europe before crossing the Atlantic to Miami for a season in the Caribbean from mid-November until March 2022.

The next ships to resume sailing will be Seven Seas Mariner on Dec. 18, 2021, and Seven Seas Navigator on Jan. 6, 2022, both from Miami. Seven Seas Voyager will sail on Feb. 15, 2022, from Barcelona, Spain.

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