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Taking REFUGE in a wider world

The Atlantic coast has always beckoned those seeking something better, whether it’s the Hugenots and Highlanders who settled Halifax, or the freedom-loving Acadians and Black Loyalists who gave Shelburne its unique heritage. If you can make it in New York, as the song says, you can make it anywhere — but for charm, Charleston can’t be beat. And Miami remains the crossroads of the Americas, where Brazilian business magnates take Barthélemois jewelry designers out for a Haitian meal before dancing all night to homegrown salsa and Cuban jazz.

Seabourn Quest 12-day Montreal to Miami voyage on October 25, 2019

Discovering the perfect HIDEAWAY

Hollywood might be a city made of dreams, but even the happiest Angelinos have found further bliss heading south to the clubs of Cabo and the chocolatiers of Huatulco. For the coastal connoisseur, every beach has its own character, whether it’s the black sands of Puerto Quetzal or the seaside rain forests of Puntarenas. Through the Panama Canal, and the Atlantic gradually unveils treasures vastly different but no less precious or pleasant — the colorful, colonial city of Cartagena and the unspoiled waterfalls of northern Jamaica.

Seabourn Sojourn 19-day Los Angeles to Miami voyage on October 16, 2019

Embracing an OASIS out of the ordinary

Western Civilization has never entirely forgotten the grandeur of Athens — nor the traces of even more ancient mysteries in Crete, where the charming town of Agios Nikolaos gives way to labyrinth of Minos at the Palace of Knossos. In Ashdod, at the gateway to Jerusalem, the recently arrived cultures and cuisines of Ethiopia and Russia blend together in surprising harmony. The rose-tinted ruins of Petra point to past grandeurs in the deserts of Jordan, while the age-old fortress of Dhaya looks patiently over the seaside sanctuary of Ras Al Khaimah. In Doha and Dubai, traditional dhows float by postmodern dreamscapes of the Middle East, cities bustling between the past and far future.

Seabourn Ovation 19-day Athens to Dubai voyage on November 13, 2019

Finding a secret RETREAT from the mundane

The romance of the pirate way, of giving it all up for the free life of the sea, shaped the islands south of Miami. The caves riddling West End’s cliffs gave refuge to outlaws and settlers alike, and the Castle of Jagua was built to guard the peaceful bay from freebooters. From then till now, many an adventure has been fueled by the rums of Jamaica and Cuba — or maybe it’s just something in the Caribbean breeze. Santiago, site of the first house built in the Americas, served as a base for explorers and revolutionaries. And Havana? The eclectic city remains a gathering place for the refined and the passionate alike.

Seabourn Sojourn 12-day round-trip Miami voyages on November 16 & 28, 2019