Latest news

Take your Loved One For Free Swan Hellenic launches two-for-one celebration of love One-month celebration offer brings added romance and discovery to the year Nicosia, Cyprus: Today, Tuesday the 15th of February 2022 Swan Hellenic announced the launch of a one-month celebration offer for all couples bookings made between the 15th of February and 15th of March. So adventurers can spread the Saint Valentine spirit through the year and on into memories that last a lifetime. Here’s how it works: Treat yourself and your loved one to a romantic voyage of...

SH Vega, Swan Hellenic's second bespoke expedition cruise ship, is now on water Helsinki Shipyard floats out second of three next-generation ships for cultural expedition cruise pioneer Nicosia, Cyprus: Today, Friday the 11th of February 2022 Swan Hellenic announced that Helsinki Shipyard had floated SH Vega out of dry dock. SH Vega is the twin ship of SH Minerva, launched at the end of last year and now exploring Antarctica. Steelwork production for the third slightly larger vessel commissioned from Helsinki started last Summer, and ab...

SWAN HELLENIC PRESS RELEASE 03 February 2022 Photographer of stars Sasha Gusov sees what others don’t with Swan Hellenic With a knack for being in the right place at the right time, Gusov not only captured the wild majesty of Antarctica but the emergency extraction of the Antarctic Quest 21 expedition team. London-based photographer Sasha Gusov, famed for his portraits of stars of the stage, silver screen, music and ballet, is more often engaged in his own artistic projects today. A constant traveller, crafting haunting images of l...

SWAN HELLENIC PRESS RELEASE 26 January 2022 Swan Hellenic’s brand-new cultural expedition cruise ship evacuates Antarctic Quest 21 expedition team to Ushuaia SH Minerva performs emergency extraction of team collecting valuable samples and data during expedition to commemorate the centenary of Shackleton’s final voyage. Nicosia, Cyprus: Today, Wednesday the 26 January 2022 Swan Hellenic announced that its five-star, ice-class cultural expedition cruise ship SH Minerva gave assistance to evacuate the Antarctic Quest expedition team from Portal Point, sai...

SWAN HELLENIC PRESS RELEASE 17 January 2022 Swan Hellenic rises to strong demand following success of SH Minerva’s maiden cruise Cultural expedition cruise pioneer schedules new February cruise and opens limited unused charter capacity to meet surge in demand. Staterooms and suites still available. Nicosia, Cyprus: Today, Wednesday the 8th of December 2021 Swan Hellenic announced that the 9-day maiden cruise of its new ship SH Minerva had been a huge success, with guests expressing their delight both in person and in many enthusiastic social media posts during and af...

SWAN HELLENIC PRESS RELEASE 31st December 2021 New Year maiden cruise of Swan Hellenic’s SH Minerva launches new era Cultural expedition cruise pioneer’s purpose-designed new ship has left Ushuaia on a stunning 9-day New Year celebration Antarctic cruise. Nicosia, Cyprus: Today, Friday the 31st of December 2021 Swan Hellenic announced that its new ship SH Minerva had left Ushuaia yesterday evening on her maiden cultural expedition cruise of the Antarctic, a 9-day New Year celebration of discovery. Cruising in the exper...

Wonderful Things You Never Expected to See On a Scottish Islands Cruise Before you embark on a cruise of Scotland’s remote and wild islands, your preconceptions might extend to treeless rocky outcrops, abandoned castles and tussocks of resilient vegetation grazed by only the hardiest of sheep. In fact, these ancient lands are full of unexpected surprises. From seaweed eating sheep and turquoise waters to Neolithic homes and ominous sea stacks, a Scottish islands cruise is an experience in the mysterious, unanticipated, and often extraordinary. Sail with Swan Hellenic on an 11-day tour of...

SWAN HELLENIC PRESS RELEASE 08th December 2021 Renascent Swan Hellenic’s SH Minerva sets sail for Antarctica The cultural expedition cruise pioneer’s purpose-designed new ship is on her way to Ushuaia ready for a New Year maiden Antarctic cruise departing 29th December. Nicosia, Cyprus: Today, Wednesday the 8th of December 2021 Swan Hellenic announced that its new ship SH Minerva had left Helsinki for Argentina and her first cultural expedition cruise of the Antarctic, a 10-day New Year celebration of discovery departing Ushuaia on the 29th of December 2021. SH Mine...