Star Clippers Blog - Why You Should Give ‘Slow Sailing’ A Go!

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A SLOWER

But Extremely Unique Sailing Experience

WHY YOU SHOULD GIVE ‘SLOW SAILING’ A GO! Slow Travel is a different way of exploring the world; venturing off the beaten path and avoiding over-saturated tourist areas, using means of travel that bonds the explorer to the destination in an unconventional way. This approach to travel emphasizes connection to local people, cultures, food and music, thus allowing holiday-goers to get to know areas in a way that is not possible if visited in a more mainstream manner. As we all transition back from the decelerated life we were unexpectedly thrown into, it can be understandably difficult

at times to return to the pace we were once quite comfortably accustomed to. Thankfully, tallship sailing offers the perfect opportunity to maintain a level of simplicity, relaxation and contentment.

Star Clippers has been advocators of slow travel for over 30 years, visiting intimate ports of call untouched by larger cruise lines, and allowing the wind to propel the ships gently through calm, unspoilt waters. Slow Sailing, as we have affectionately named it, is the explorative and immersive

experience that sailing on a tall-ship offers, with added opportunities to further connect with the landscape and cultures surrounding you. With laid-back, low key evening entertainment around the Tropical Bar on the agenda most evenings, connections with other passengers and the transcending horizons around you are favoured over fast-paced shows hidden away below deck. Guests can lay on the upper deck under the stars, watching the cloaked sky’s celestial patterns shift as the hours slowly pass by.

With smaller passenger numbers than most conventional cruise lines, guests can visit ports of call larger cruise lines cannot reach.

Sailing schedules are spent island-hopping and coastlineskimming, giving guests the chance to relax and unwind at a slower pace, whilst discovering unchartered and intimate jewels of the world. In Antigua, Star Flyer will nestle out of the way of other cruise ships in cosy

Falmouth Harbour, and St Lucia’s Marigot Bay and Rodney Bay are favoured by Royal Clipper over the busier port of Castries.

Star Clippers epitomises ‘slowing down’ not only in practice and ethos, but also cosmetically. With décor and themes reminiscent of a simpler time less governed by fastpaced technology and busy schedules, guests can unwind in unrivalled comfort without bright distractions and noise.

Relax in the comfort of a quiet library, or feel the wind on your face as the sails gently lap in the wind. It’s easy to take in more of what’s around you and fully inhale the cultures and scenery that surround you when you are given the opportunity to wind down the pace.

We’ve put together our perfect Slow Sailing itinerary, which comprises a Greek islands sailings with a post-cruise island stay at White Coast Pool Suites on the beautiful island of Milos, accessed by a local ferry

for optimal immersion. After a 7-night sailing visiting jewels of Greece, with a mixture of well-known and lesser-known ports, guests can enjoy four-nights in pampered luxury at White Coast Pool Suites, where serenity and peace are the order of the day.

- Rosanna Ivkovic, PR & Communications Manager

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