Cape Town to Mumbai

Cape Town, a jewel nestled at the foot of the awe-inspiring Table Mountain, pulses with an unmatchable rhythm of diversity.

A day aboard Silver Muse is a celebration of slow, unhurried travel, where time stretches generously and every moment can be savoured. Mornings might begin with breakfast on your veranda, brought by your butler, or a leisurely spread at La Terrazza with fresh pastries and ocean views. For a more energetic start, the Fitness Centre and yoga classes provide the perfect boost, while those seeking calm may retreat to the Observation Library with a good book. As the day unfolds, there are endless ways to unwind. The Zagara Beauty Spa offers soothing massages, facials and body wraps, while the Beauty Salon ensures you are always ready for an elegant evening. Outside, the Pool Deck is the social heart of the ship, where you can swim, soak in a whirlpool or simply enjoy a cocktail delivered to your lounger. Culture lovers might spend time at the Arts Café, browsing exhibitions while sipping a speciality coffee, or explore the Boutqieu for fine jewellery, designer fashion and exclusive fragrances. Dining is always a highlight. Atlantide serves elegant seafood and steaks, Indochine offers aromatic Asian dishes, and La Terrazza brings a taste of Italy, transforming from buffet-style lunches to à la carte dinners. For something more casual, The Grill’s Hot Rocks experience and Spaccanapoli’s crisp Neapolitan pizzas are ever popular. Evenings on board are filled with glamour. Begin with an aperitif at Dolce Vita, where live piano music creates a stylish atmosphere, before choosing between French refinement at La Dame, Japanese artistry at Kaiseki or live jazz with tapas at Silver Note. Afterwards, the Venetian Lounge hosts dazzling productions and films, while Connoisseur’s Corner and the Panorama Lounge offer more intimate ways to end the night. However you choose to spend it, a day at sea aboard Silver Muse is crafted to be extraordinary, a perfect blend of relaxation, fine dining and entertainment.

Port Elizabeth is the third largest port and the fifth largest city in South Africa. The center is spread over steep hills overlooking Algoa Bay. Except for some interesting historical architecture, 21st-century Port Elizabeth, or PE as it is commonly known, has few attractions of note. To compensate, the town is surrounded by charming countryside; it bills itself as the Friendly City. Its origins go back to the site of Fort Frederick around which settlers from Britain established Port Elizabeth in 1820.

As South Africa's only large river and sea port, East London is important for the export of citrus fruit, mineral ores and wool. A considerable amount of goods are imported here as well. The first documented vessel to arrive in these waters was in 1688 while searching for survivors of a shipwreck. In 1848, a proclamation annexed the area to the Cape Colony. Today, East London serves as the area's commercial centre and is a bustling town with a population of approximately 175,000. The town's small museum contains the world's only surviving egg of the extinct dodo bird, as well as a mounted coelacanth caught near East London in 1938, a fish thought to be extinct.

A day aboard Silver Muse is a celebration of slow, unhurried travel, where time stretches generously and every moment can be savoured. Mornings might begin with breakfast on your veranda, brought by your butler, or a leisurely spread at La Terrazza with fresh pastries and ocean views. For a more energetic start, the Fitness Centre and yoga classes provide the perfect boost, while those seeking calm may retreat to the Observation Library with a good book. As the day unfolds, there are endless ways to unwind. The Zagara Beauty Spa offers soothing massages, facials and body wraps, while the Beauty Salon ensures you are always ready for an elegant evening. Outside, the Pool Deck is the social heart of the ship, where you can swim, soak in a whirlpool or simply enjoy a cocktail delivered to your lounger. Culture lovers might spend time at the Arts Café, browsing exhibitions while sipping a speciality coffee, or explore the Boutqieu for fine jewellery, designer fashion and exclusive fragrances. Dining is always a highlight. Atlantide serves elegant seafood and steaks, Indochine offers aromatic Asian dishes, and La Terrazza brings a taste of Italy, transforming from buffet-style lunches to à la carte dinners. For something more casual, The Grill’s Hot Rocks experience and Spaccanapoli’s crisp Neapolitan pizzas are ever popular. Evenings on board are filled with glamour. Begin with an aperitif at Dolce Vita, where live piano music creates a stylish atmosphere, before choosing between French refinement at La Dame, Japanese artistry at Kaiseki or live jazz with tapas at Silver Note. Afterwards, the Venetian Lounge hosts dazzling productions and films, while Connoisseur’s Corner and the Panorama Lounge offer more intimate ways to end the night. However you choose to spend it, a day at sea aboard Silver Muse is crafted to be extraordinary, a perfect blend of relaxation, fine dining and entertainment.

Durban, South Africa’s sultry subtropical jewel, stretches along the sun-kissed beaches of the Indian Ocean.

A day aboard Silver Muse is a celebration of slow, unhurried travel, where time stretches generously and every moment can be savoured. Mornings might begin with breakfast on your veranda, brought by your butler, or a leisurely spread at La Terrazza with fresh pastries and ocean views. For a more energetic start, the Fitness Centre and yoga classes provide the perfect boost, while those seeking calm may retreat to the Observation Library with a good book. As the day unfolds, there are endless ways to unwind. The Zagara Beauty Spa offers soothing massages, facials and body wraps, while the Beauty Salon ensures you are always ready for an elegant evening. Outside, the Pool Deck is the social heart of the ship, where you can swim, soak in a whirlpool or simply enjoy a cocktail delivered to your lounger. Culture lovers might spend time at the Arts Café, browsing exhibitions while sipping a speciality coffee, or explore the Boutqieu for fine jewellery, designer fashion and exclusive fragrances. Dining is always a highlight. Atlantide serves elegant seafood and steaks, Indochine offers aromatic Asian dishes, and La Terrazza brings a taste of Italy, transforming from buffet-style lunches to à la carte dinners. For something more casual, The Grill’s Hot Rocks experience and Spaccanapoli’s crisp Neapolitan pizzas are ever popular. Evenings on board are filled with glamour. Begin with an aperitif at Dolce Vita, where live piano music creates a stylish atmosphere, before choosing between French refinement at La Dame, Japanese artistry at Kaiseki or live jazz with tapas at Silver Note. Afterwards, the Venetian Lounge hosts dazzling productions and films, while Connoisseur’s Corner and the Panorama Lounge offer more intimate ways to end the night. However you choose to spend it, a day at sea aboard Silver Muse is crafted to be extraordinary, a perfect blend of relaxation, fine dining and entertainment.

Located about 480 miles east of Madagascar and 102 miles southwest of Mauritius, Réunion is the largest of the Mascarene Islands. The archipelago, consisting of Rodrigues, Mauritius and Réunion, was named The Mascarentes following its discovery in 1512 by the Portuguese navigator, Pedro de Mascarenhas. The French made the decision to settle Réunion in 1642, but no one actually lived here until four years later when the French governor of Fort Dauphin in Madagascar exiled a dozen mutineers to the island. In 1649, the king of France officially took possession of Réunion and renamed the island Colbert Bourbon. After the French Revolution, the island took back its original name. Since 1946, Réunion has been administered by France as an Overseas Department, with St. Denis as its capital. Facilities here are comparable to any major town in metropolitan France. St. Denis straddles the mouth of the St. Denis River and sweeps upward into the flanks of la Montagne where modern apartment complexes and luxurious houses have replaced the shanty town of the post-war era. Pointe des Galets is the principal port of Réunion, 30-minute by car from the small capital, St. Denis. The island is best known for the rugged beauty of its interior. Major attractions include the fascinating and still active volcano, Piton de la Fournaise, and three extinct craters known as cirques. Their forested slopes are dotted with isolated villages. Two thirds of the western part of Réunion are covered by mountain ranges, with the 9,200-foot-high Piton des Neiges the highest point on the island. The major source of income is from agriculture, mainly sugarcane, vanilla and the production of geranium oil used as a fixative in perfumes.

Sandy white beaches. Dazzling turquoise waters. Charming people, verdant countryside. The Indian Ocean island of Mauritius has it all.

A day aboard Silver Muse is a celebration of slow, unhurried travel, where time stretches generously and every moment can be savoured. Mornings might begin with breakfast on your veranda, brought by your butler, or a leisurely spread at La Terrazza with fresh pastries and ocean views. For a more energetic start, the Fitness Centre and yoga classes provide the perfect boost, while those seeking calm may retreat to the Observation Library with a good book. As the day unfolds, there are endless ways to unwind. The Zagara Beauty Spa offers soothing massages, facials and body wraps, while the Beauty Salon ensures you are always ready for an elegant evening. Outside, the Pool Deck is the social heart of the ship, where you can swim, soak in a whirlpool or simply enjoy a cocktail delivered to your lounger. Culture lovers might spend time at the Arts Café, browsing exhibitions while sipping a speciality coffee, or explore the Boutqieu for fine jewellery, designer fashion and exclusive fragrances. Dining is always a highlight. Atlantide serves elegant seafood and steaks, Indochine offers aromatic Asian dishes, and La Terrazza brings a taste of Italy, transforming from buffet-style lunches to à la carte dinners. For something more casual, The Grill’s Hot Rocks experience and Spaccanapoli’s crisp Neapolitan pizzas are ever popular. Evenings on board are filled with glamour. Begin with an aperitif at Dolce Vita, where live piano music creates a stylish atmosphere, before choosing between French refinement at La Dame, Japanese artistry at Kaiseki or live jazz with tapas at Silver Note. Afterwards, the Venetian Lounge hosts dazzling productions and films, while Connoisseur’s Corner and the Panorama Lounge offer more intimate ways to end the night. However you choose to spend it, a day at sea aboard Silver Muse is crafted to be extraordinary, a perfect blend of relaxation, fine dining and entertainment.

Like jade-colored jewels in the Indian Ocean, the more than 100 Seychelles Islands are often regarded as the Garden of Eden. Lying just four degrees south of the equator, the Seychelles are some 1,000 miles from the nearest mainland Africa. Little more than 200 years ago, all 115 islands were uninhabited.Then in 1742 a French ship dispatched from Mauritius sailed into one of the small bays. Captain Lazare Picault was the first to explore these unnamed islands. He encountered breathtaking vistas of rugged mountains, lagoons, coral atolls, splendid beaches and secluded coves. After Picault sailed away, the islands remained untouched for the next 14 years. Then France took possession of the seven islands in the Mahé group. During an expedition Captain Morphey named them the Sechelles, in honor of Vicomte Moreau de Sechelles.This name was later anglicized to Seychelles. The first settlers arrived at St. Anne's Island in 1770; 15 years later the population of Mahé consisted of seven Europeans and 123 slaves. Today there are about 80,000 Seychellois, the majority of whom live on Mahé; the rest are scattered in small communities throughout the archipelago.The people are a fusion of three continents — Africa, Asia and Europe.This has created a unique culture and the use of three languages — Creole, French and English. Mahé is the largest island in the archipelago and the location of the capital,Victoria. Ringed by steep, magnificent mountains, few capitals can claim a more beautiful backdrop.The town features a mixture of modern and indigenous architecture; it is the center of business and commerce thanks to the extensive port facilities. Noteworthy sites in Victoria are the museum, cathedral, government house, clock tower, botanical gardens and an open-air market.

A day aboard Silver Muse is a celebration of slow, unhurried travel, where time stretches generously and every moment can be savoured. Mornings might begin with breakfast on your veranda, brought by your butler, or a leisurely spread at La Terrazza with fresh pastries and ocean views. For a more energetic start, the Fitness Centre and yoga classes provide the perfect boost, while those seeking calm may retreat to the Observation Library with a good book. As the day unfolds, there are endless ways to unwind. The Zagara Beauty Spa offers soothing massages, facials and body wraps, while the Beauty Salon ensures you are always ready for an elegant evening. Outside, the Pool Deck is the social heart of the ship, where you can swim, soak in a whirlpool or simply enjoy a cocktail delivered to your lounger. Culture lovers might spend time at the Arts Café, browsing exhibitions while sipping a speciality coffee, or explore the Boutqieu for fine jewellery, designer fashion and exclusive fragrances. Dining is always a highlight. Atlantide serves elegant seafood and steaks, Indochine offers aromatic Asian dishes, and La Terrazza brings a taste of Italy, transforming from buffet-style lunches to à la carte dinners. For something more casual, The Grill’s Hot Rocks experience and Spaccanapoli’s crisp Neapolitan pizzas are ever popular. Evenings on board are filled with glamour. Begin with an aperitif at Dolce Vita, where live piano music creates a stylish atmosphere, before choosing between French refinement at La Dame, Japanese artistry at Kaiseki or live jazz with tapas at Silver Note. Afterwards, the Venetian Lounge hosts dazzling productions and films, while Connoisseur’s Corner and the Panorama Lounge offer more intimate ways to end the night. However you choose to spend it, a day at sea aboard Silver Muse is crafted to be extraordinary, a perfect blend of relaxation, fine dining and entertainment.

Cultural Cochin - ‘Queen of the Arabian Sea’ - is surrounded by historical towns and considered the regional centre for the arts.

Pepper, ginger, coffee and cashew nuts flow through the important Indian port of New Mangalore - a red-roofed town of many flavours. Taste freshly caught fish, smothered in taste-bud tantalising spice pastes, and visit stunning temples and spectacular pine-tree lined beaches - with plenty of space to relax and recharge. The whacks and whoops of make-shift cricket games echo from grassy clearings, while rickshaws flit through the streets, and incredible smells of cuisine drift out from kitchens. View less India can be a thrillingly chaotic and stimulating place, but the Kadri Manjunath Temple is a tranquil oasis of serenity, and one of the country's most beautiful temples dedicated to Lord Shiva. Trees and shrines intertwine, while the towers are embedded with golden deities. A little outside of the city, Kateel Shri Durgaparameshwari Temple is another beautiful site, nestled within the flow of the Nandin River. There is an unusually high congregation of Catholic worshipers in New Mangalore, and St. Aloysius Chapel is their colourful place of worship. Richly decorated inside, vibrant frescoes from the brush of Antonio Moscheni are lavished across the interior, rivalling some of Italy’s finest. Lazy waves roll ashore at New Mangalore’s tranquil beaches, where you can settle back and relax. Cool off with a dip in the waters, or bob on the surface in a leisurely boat. Enjoy wide panoramas of the sunset bouncing off waves where long-legged, wading birds tread carefully.

As one of the wealthiest and most populous regions in Asia, Mumbai (known as Bombay until 1995) has been an inspiring tourist hotspot for years – and with its jaw-dropping architecture, culture and food, it’s easy to see why.