Regent Seven Seas Cruises

Your flights, your transfers, your excursions in every port, every restaurant on the ship, the wine at dinner and the tips at the end of it. All of it sits inside one fare, agreed before you travel. There is no daily reckoning and no bill waiting at the end of the week.

Every guest sleeps in a suite, and almost every suite opens onto its own balcony. They run from generous to extraordinary, up to the Regent Suite on Seven Seas Splendor at 4,443 square feet. Wherever you are on the ship, you have room to spread out and a view worth waking up for.

Regent includes unlimited shore excursions, in every port, at no extra cost. You can take the walking tour in the morning and the vineyard visit in the afternoon simply because you fancy both. Choosing is the only part left to do.

The ships are quiet by design. Serene Spa & Wellness draws its treatments from wherever you happen to be sailing, the pool decks stay uncrowded because there are relatively few guests for the space, and the theatres run Broadway style productions in the evening.

The newest ship in the fleet and the most lavish. Grandeur carries one of the highest ratios of space and crew for each guest at sea, which is why it never feels busy.

It also holds the first Fabergé egg to live permanently at sea, an art collection that runs as far as Picasso, and four Broadway style productions in the Constellation Theatre. Six restaurants on board, including the Culinary Arts Kitchen, where you cook rather than order.

Splendor was built to be the most refined ship Regent had launched, and the detail shows in every finish.

It is home to the Regent Suite, at 4,443 square feet the largest suite at sea, alongside the same six restaurants as Grandeur and Serene Spa & Wellness. Space for each guest is among the highest anywhere, so the pool deck and the lounges stay calm even when the ship is full.

Explorer opened the Explorer Class and set the standard the newer ships were measured against.

Marble and stone throughout, an art collection worth several million, and the first Culinary Arts Kitchen in the fleet, where classes run at your own cooking station. Compass Rose, Prime 7, Chartreuse, Pacific Rim and Sette Mari all sit on board, none of them charging a supplement.

Voyager was one of the first ships anywhere to give every guest a suite with a balcony, and it still feels generous.

The public rooms are unusually spacious, the main pool deck runs to two whirlpools, and the Observation Lounge is the best seat on the ship for a fjord or a harbour arrival. Evenings run from Broadway style shows to live music in the lounges.

Mariner was the first ship in the world to give every suite its own balcony, and it remains a favourite among people who prefer the fleet’s longer established ships.

Four gourmet restaurants alongside the casual options, a high number of crew for each guest, and one of the fullest enrichment programmes at sea, with guest lecturers and cooking demonstrations filling the days between ports.

The smallest ship in the fleet and the most personal. Navigator carries fewer guests, which means more crew for each of them and a club like feel that regulars come back for.

Elegant public rooms, Compass Rose and Prime 7 among the restaurants, and Serene Spa & Wellness on board. It is also the one ship where a few suites have an ocean view rather than a balcony, which is worth knowing when you choose.