2025 is set to be an extraordinary year for travel, with recently published ‘Hot Destinations’ lists by the likes of Condé Nast Traveller and the New York Times highlighting where to go, from cities with new museums, to ancient landmarks and lesser-known islands.

Ultra-luxury cruise line, Seabourn, offers guests a unique way to explore these destinations by sea and makes visiting those harder-to-access spots a stress-free experience.

Seabourn’s fleet of six intimate ships can access ports that many larger ships must bypass, creating a private yacht-like environment with rich potential for true discovery.

The four ocean and two purpose-built expedition ships travel the globe to over 450 destinations across 7 continents.

Below, we’ve rounded up a selection of 2025’s ‘hottest destinations’ to visit with Seabourn, from a trans-Atlantic crossing to discover New York City’s new museums and art galleries, to exploring Norway’s Lofoten Islands by RIB boat and island hopping in the British Virgin Islands.

Seabourn has just published its 2025-2026 Cruises & Expeditions Collection Brochure, which details the ‘Seabourn difference’ and highlights some of their most unique and exclusive shore excursions available to guests and showcases the incredible selection of itineraries available across the world in easily digestible sections. The full brochure can be downloaded here.

2025’s ‘hot destinations’ to visit with Seabourn:

New York City

10-Day Atlantic Coast Harbours, 1-11 November 2025, Ocean View Suites from £3,399 per person

2025 is the year that New York will officially be celebrating its 400th birthday and the city has a gift for art lovers, with four major museum reopening’s. After a five-year refurbishment, the Frick Collection will return in April with restored first-floor spaces and a suite of galleries on the long-private second floor. Further openings include: the Michael C. Rockefeller Wing opens its doors at the Metropolitan Museum this May, the New Museum is set to make a splash with its new, OMA-designed 60,000-square-foot extension that will double its exhibition space and finally this autumn the Studio Museum will open in a brand-new 82,000-square-foot building.

Montserrat, Spain

9-Day Tyrrhenian Treasures & Malta, 20-29 September 2025, Veranda Suites from £4,529 per person

From the bustling city of Barcelona, drive to Catalonia’s most famous mountain, Montserrat, a cultural, religious and natural symbol of the area and home to La Moreneta, a basilica visited by pilgrims.

Lofoten Islands, Norway

14-Day North Cape & Norwegian Fjords, 14-28 June 2025, Ocean Suites from £6,799 per person

Speed across the water with Seabourn Ovation’s knowledgeable crew on a RIB boat excursion to discover Norway’s charming villages and rugged coast. Keep an eye out for soaring sea eagles!

British Virgin Islands

7-Day Classic Caribbean Yacht Harbors, 1-8 March 2025, Penthouse Suites from £5,949 per person

Mooring up in the idyllic Great Harbour on Jost Van Dyke, the smallest of the British Virgin Islands’ four main islands, rent a dinghy or hire a boat to explore some of the outlying islets and cays. Spend the afternoon relaxing on White Bay Beach, home to the famous Soggy Dollar Bay, and be sure to try a Painkiller, the island’s signature rum cocktail.

Alaska – Glacier Bay

7-Day Alaska Inside Passage & Glacier Bay, 16-23 May 2025, Ocean View Suites from £3,314 per person

The unrelentingly beautiful Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve will be celebrating its 100-year anniversary of becoming a national monument. The park is filled with rugged mountains, wild coastline and abundant wildlife, and is the ancestral land of the Huna Tlingit people. From the luxurious decks of Seabourn Quest, spot black and brown bears, wolves, moose, eagles and ravens going about their daily routines, while harbour seals and whales frolic within the bay waters.

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

33-Day Pacific Crossing & Southeast Asia, 29 December 2025 – 1 February 2026, Veranda Suites from £12,324 per person

2025 marks exactly 50 years since the Fall of Saigon ended the Vietnam War in 1975. Ho Chi Minh City is set to unveil several grand events, exhibitions and celebrations commemorating half a century of the national reunification. Enjoy an overnight stay in Vietnam’s largest city onboard Seabourn Encore and join the team for a journey through small villages, rice paddies and rubber plantations to the infamous Cu chi Tunnels, for a historical tour. Foodies will enjoy exploring the bustling Ben Thanh Market and Saigon Street Food Market with a local guide or take part in a culinary art workshop with a chef from the luxury Rex Hotel.

Source: The M Collective

Images: ©2025 Seabourn Cruise Lines, Inc

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