An epic 132-day voyage from San Francisco to London – Silversea’s World Cruise 2019: A Tale of Tales – is now open for reservations.Hosted aboard the elegant, all-suite Silver Whisper, the one-of-a-kind journey offers innovative destinations and unique features, such as an overnight stay in Tokyo with two full days to explore, a circumnavigation of Africa with an overnight in Cape Town, and a double overnight in Bordeaux to enjoy the region’s famous wines. There is also a stopover in Saint-Malo, gateway to Mont Saint-Michel, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Guests will also have the chance to sail the Guadalquivir River in Seville and savour Bilbao’s cultural scene with a visit to the Guggenheim Museum, before the voyage concludes in London – all up, 52 ports in 31 countries across five continents!Onboard for the voyage will be nine writers, including Paul Theroux, travel writer, novelist and winner of the James Tait Black Prize for Fiction; and Pico Iyer, novelist, travel writer and essayist since 1986 for Time magazine, Harper’s, The New York Times, and The New York Review of Books.Each writer will create a short story inspired by regions of sublime natural beauty and exotic cultures. The result will be an exclusive anthology of the voyage, an unprecedented portrait of The Tale of Tales. To view the complete itinerary, pricing and other details, click here. cruiseSilversea read more