Discover Four Reasons to Make Oceania Cruises Your Next Small-Ship Luxury Vacation!

1. Boutique, luxurious ships

Oceania is a prime example of why bigger isn’t always better! The smaller size of Oceania’s ships allows them to stop at lesser-visited ports around the world that the big ships can’t access.

Oceania boasts a reduced passenger load but an impressive guest-to-staff ratio, resulting in highly personalized service for you and an unparalleled attention to detail! With staff come from some of the finest hotels, resorts, restaurants and hospitality areas in the world, you’ll experience professional butlers, expert concierges and suite and stateroom attendants ready to serve you – from the moment you step on board.

When you are ready for dinner, a cocktail or ready to venture back to your stateroom you are only moments away from it all with no long walks! Enjoy plenty of cozy spots, hideaways and special nooks, as well as quicker embarkation and disembarkation at ports with no long lines or crowds.

Oceania’s intimate size affords gourmet, imaginative dishes, created with the best and freshest ingredients for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Each meal is created by innovative chefs, elevated with dishes and flavors from all around the world, using artisanal ingredients in every dish, from custom-milled flour to premium saffron. Oceania’s distinguished chef hold numerous accolades and is selected from renowned restaurants.

Oceania’s dining experience is centered around the eye candy elegance of the Grand Dining Room, glistening with the ambiance of a five-star European hotel.

The dining experience on Oceania cruises also include gastronomically delightful specialty restaurants, masterfully diverse in cuisine type to appeal to even the most discerning taste buds.
What time do we eat? Whenever you want! Oceania offers open seating in the main dining room, meaning you choose when you’d like to enjoy your gourmet meals. As the line’s motto goes, “Whatever you want, whenever you want!”

Oceania is well known for destination immersion, a key element of the 2024-2025 Tropics and Exotics Collection, as well as their Around the World Cruises. With 30% to 50% more time in port than other luxury cruise lines, Oceania’s itineraries include 451 overnight stays across 123 voyages.

Explore at your own pace with leisurely dinners ashore, iconic UNESCO World Heritage site visits and once in a lifetime cultural experiences. Delve into a deeper understanding of the traditions in Bora Bora, embark on a majestic desert safari in Dubai or become enveloped in Iceland’s dramatic glacial and volcanic landscapes. Oceania’s overnight cruise ports allow you the time to slowly ingest the magic of each destination.

Oceania also offers a wide variety of cruises that focus on single destinations you’ve dreamed of exploring in detail, like the Amazon, the coastal villages of Brazil, the Arabian Peninsula and Japan.

While at sea, you’ll find plenty of ways to fill your time. Oceania’s smaller ship size lends to more socializing and relaxation.
Guest can enjoy a number of bars and lounges with themes, as well as take part in wine and martini tastings.

For art lovers, Oceania’s Artist Loft is a dedicated art studio, stocked with art supplies for a range of media. Each cruise boasts working artists who teach passengers drawing, painting, printmaking and more. Oceania’s Marina and Riviera collectively contain more than 2,000 works of hand selected art by Oceania’s founders. The collection is diverse, and guests can even take a museum-like audio tour of select works.

On Marina and Riviera, the Culinary Center, a state-of-the-art cooking school, offers guests the ability to learn from skilled chefs how to prepare a variety of inspiring gastronomic dishes.

For proper conversation over a cup, a High Tea is held at 4:00pm in the Horizons lounge on all ocean vessels.
Serenity can be found during in many places on an Oceania cruise, but the Aquamar Spa + Vitality Center will provide just the skin & body treatment your wellness journey craves.

Guest lecturers can be experienced on each ship, treating passengers to their immense cultural and destination expertise.
Delight in ever changing high-energy production shows, talented vocalists, classical music and more during Oceania’s nighttime entertainment that never fails to impress.
Need more stimulation? Bridge tournaments and trivia events and will keep minds sharp at sea, or perhaps stop by the lively Monte Carlo-style Casino for a rousing card game or two.