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The travel industry is ever evolving and reflects who we are as people, as a community and as a nation. We saw the growth of mass tourism to the Costa’s in the 70’s, low-cost long-haul travel in [...]

The final port on my short Explora Journeys mini-cruise up the Adriatic was somewhere I have wanted to go for a while. The Croatian port of Rovinj in Istria, the most northern region of Croatia, [...]

With high-profile neighbours, you might not of heard of Zadar. It might even surprise you that there is a direct flight from Luton to the city, with easyJet during the summer, and there are a [...]

The starting point for my Explora Journeys cruise was the southern Italian port city of Bari. As one of two major entry points to the Puglia region (along with Brindisi), Bari is somewhat [...]

Even for a small ship, there is still a huge amount going on aboard an Explora Journeys ship. This is taken from mid-cruise in July, when we had half a sea day, and the afternoon in Zadar to give [...]

Explora I is the first ship from Explora Journeys, a new take on modern luxury cruising that sits alongside names like Silversea, Regent Seven Seas and Crystal. But from the moment you step [...]

Over the next couple of years, the way we enter and travel to Europe is going to change, and the first part of that change will start this Autumn. As background, when the country decided to leave [...]

Last week, I spent a few days onboard a new ‘cruise line’ for us, Explora Journeys, on a ‘journey’ from Bari in Puglia to Venice. Born from the heritage of the MSC Group, and that shouldn’t be [...]