Dear readers,
No need to have sea legs to get on the deck of a cruise: the appetite for travel is enough.
From going down a peaceful river to crossing the Atlantic, there's something for everyone.
Even gourmets are served!
Hélène Darroze, Anne-Sophie Pic, Alain Ducasse... In 2024, the cuisine of great chefs comes on board.
Long confined to marked destinations like the Nile or Mediterranean ports, cruises are also the floating vessel for sailing towards new horizons: towards the Norwegian fjords or the Japanese islands, along the Mekong or the Ganges, off the coast of Patagonia and all the way to the Arctic!
Whether aboard a sailboat or the largest ship in the world the size of a city block... In short, a cruise is the land going out to sea. So: heading offshore, or not heading?
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The Arctic in pole position
Ponant’s “Transarctic, the quest for the two North Poles” cruise.
BLAUD OLIVIER
Faithful to its pioneering spirit, the French company Ponant is embarking on an unprecedented crossing of the Arctic Ocean, to reach not THE but THE North Poles, the magnetic and the geographical.
And it is aboard the
Commandant Charcot
, a scientific opportunity ship with hybrid propulsion and 5-star comfort, that this adventure takes place.
The Arctic, but also Indonesia, Greenland, Chilean Patagonia and even the Canadian Great North...
Le Figaro Magazine
has delivered its selection of the most beautiful crossings of the year 2024.
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On
the largest liner in the world
The first ship in the Icon class (which will include three) and the latest flagship of the Royal Caribbean fleet, the Icon of the Seas is officially the largest ship in the world.
PAOLA CHIOMANTE / REUTERS
Seven swimming pools, 40 restaurants, 30,000 plants, 2,350 crew members, an ice rink and a golden retriever: the American cruise line Royal Caribbean inaugurated last January in Miami the
Icon of the Seas
, its new flagship powered by liquefied natural gas.
It is incidentally the largest ship in the world.
Immediate boarding !
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Aboard a gastronomic cruise
Alain Ducasse supervises the culinary offering on Ponant ships and opened his first gourmet restaurant at sea, aboard the
Commandant Charcot
.
SDP / Â heikki verdurme / heikki verdurme / Agurtxane Concellon
Menus worthy of palaces, a race for star chefs, dedicated stopovers... As if echoing the splendor of the first transatlantic ships, companies are pulling out all the stops to bring gourmets on board.
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2025 Golf & Pro-Am Cruise in the Persian Gulf
As for golf, you will play in Dubai on the sublime courses of Montgomerie and Jumeirah Earth, Saadiyat Golf Club in Abu Dhabi.
For this new edition, the
Figaro
golf cruise invites you to head towards the Persian Gulf, by sailing aboard the
Bougainville.
From €5,410.
From January 9 to 16, 2025.
INFO AND RESERVATIONS
On the little Ganges of Bengal
In a halo of mist, the cruise ship
Rajmahal
sets off on the Hooghly Tuul & Bruno Morandi
The Hooghly, this arm of the Ganges meanders over 250 kilometers, tells us the history of the first trading posts in the East Indies, touches upon singular “terracotta” temples, before ending its course in the Bay of Bengal.
A timeless journey to a still confidential India.
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