VirtuosoLife - January/February 2008 - (Page 41) LUXE REPORT BON VOYAGE Tashichhodzong in Bhutan. MUSICAL JOURNEY Cabaret takes center stage on Regent Seven Seas Cruises’ 15-day sailing from Fort Lauderdale to Spain on the 700passenger Seven Seas Voyager. Top Broadway performers Billy Stritch, Marilyn Maye, Steve Ross, and others entertain and mingle with guests between calls at Bermuda, Madeira, Málaga, and Valencia. A portion of the cruise’s proceeds goes to the Mabel Mercer Foundation to promote American song and cabaret. Departure: April 30, 2008; from $5,170. Regent’s Seven Seas Voyager takes Broadway abroad. enter the kingdom Cruise lines’ land programs literally reach new heights this spring with Crystal Cruises’ excursion to the remote kingdom of Bhutan. Sandwiched between the 1,080-passenger Crystal Serenity’s sailings from Singapore to Bombay (14 days) and Bombay to Rome (16 days), the six-day pre- or post-cruise program begins with two nights in Delhi before moving to the town of Paro, 7,000 feet up in the Himalayas. Visits to monasteries, temples, and marketplaces fill the itinerary, which includes a tour of the seventeenth-century fortress Tashichhodzong, the current seat of the Bhutanese government and a sanctuary for the rare takin, an animal that is half goat, half ox. Departures: March 27 and April 10, 2008; from $7,680 and $8,105, respectively. Bhutan extension from $4,099. Three Times the Charm Lovers of Seabourn cruise line’s 208-passenger yachts, the Seabourn Spirit, Legend, and Pride, are in for a surprise on their next voyages: Outdoor dining and entertainment areas such as the Veranda Café and the Sky Bar have been expanded to include more seating and moonlit dance floors, and staterooms, card rooms, and Internet centers have been spruced up with new furnishings as part of shipwide renovations. The Seabourn Pride recently emerged from drydock; the Spirit debuts its new look on January 17 in Singapore, with the Legend following on May 3 in Lisbon. Norwegian Cruise Line is ramping up its golf program in Bermuda – home to more golf courses per square mile than any place on earth – with Callaway rental sets and advance tee-time bookings and transfers at additional courses. Highlights include the Riddell’s Bay Golf & Country Club, which opened in 1922 and is Bermuda’s oldest course, and the recent PGA Grand Slam of Golf host, the Mid Ocean Golf Club in Tucker’s Town. Golf excursions from $85. Bermuda’s Mid Ocean Golf Club. Molokini Crater off Maui. BY JIM GULLO 41 J A N U A RY | F E B R U A RY 2 0 0 8 (BHUTAN) KAzUYOSHI NOMACHI/ CORBIS SEE GREEN IN BERMUDA
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