Carrying a maximum of 608 guests, Silver Spirit combines Silversea's distinctive luxuries and celebrated lifestyle with new enhancements. With a graceful profile and elegantly tiered aft decks, the ship features large suites (most with private verandas) and all accommodation comes with the services of a butler and a minibar stocked with the drinks of your choice.

Touches like pillow menus, Bvlgari goodies in the marble bathrooms and a plate of canapes delivered to your suite at cocktail hour (available in Royal, Grand and Owner's suites) quickly makes it clear that this is one of the most luxurious ships afloat.

Silver Spirit offers 8 dining options to choose from, all of them excellent. Dining in, with a huge range of beautifully prepared international dishes. For a small supplement, you can opt for a wine-paired tasting menu in neighbouring La Dame. Seishin serves excellent sushi, while La Terrazza offers buffet breakfast and lunch and in the evening, is transformed into a romantic Italian restaurant, with regional dishes cooked to order. We love Silver Note, where you dine in the setting of a genuine, old-fashioned supper club as a vocalist sings jazz classics. The Grill on deck is fun, too; you cook your own meat or fish in the open air, on hot lava stones, while waiters bring all the accompaniments.

Silver Spirit has generous deck space and on sunny days, the pool, pool grill and whirlpools are popular gathering places as waiters circulate with cocktails, all included in the price. There's a smart gym and an excellent spa, as well as a show lounge staging musical recitals and song-and-dance productions. Smokers can enjoy Connoisseur's Corner which offers a selection of cigars for purchase and the casino has a glamorous buzz, especially on formal nights when everybody is dressed to the nines.