He cooks, he makes wine, he ran a cooking school – and his ambition is boundless. A feast of a man, Vancouver restaurateur, Umberto Menghi, is one of this country’s most celebrated chefs. Join Umberto on this special Culinary Voyage sailing the beautiful ports of the Mediterranean. Unique optional shore excursions will be offered.

Guests will also have the option of a 4 night post cruise package with Umberto in Tuscany.

Born in Pontedera, Tuscany, Umberto was sixteen years old when he enrolled in a hotel school in Rome, beginning a life-long commitment to food and the world of great restaurants. After more training in London and Paris, he moved to Canada in 1967, and headed west in 1969. In 1973, from a yellow house on the fringe of downtown Vancouver, Umberto started a restaurant revolution with his fresh, authoritative food. He now owns three popular restaurants in Vancouver and the ski resort of Whistler. He has written five best-selling cookbooks, including Umberto’s Kitchen and Umberto’s Pasta Book and his first cooking show, “The Elegant Appetite”, made Umberto a familiar face across Canada.

JOIN CHEF UMBERTO MENGHI O N A FA B U L O U S 1 0 N I G H T M E D I T E R R A N E A N C R U I S E

6« Silver Wind | September 1 – 11, 2015

(604) 985 7447 Ι 1 (888) 392 7447110 West Esplanade, North Vancouver, BC

www.cruiseshipcenters.com/NorthVancouver

10 NIGHT MEDITERRANEAN CULINARY VOYAGEVENICE, ITALY − ROME, ITALY

ITINERARY ARRIVE DEPART

SEPT 1 VENICE, ITALY

SEPT 2 VENICE, ITALY 11 PM

SEPT 3 KOPER, SLOVENIA 7 AM 5 PM

SEPT 4 TROGIR, CROATIA 9 AM 11 PM

SEPT 5 DUBROVNIK, CROATIA 8 AM

SEPT 6 DUBROVNIK, CROATIA 6 AM

SEPT 6 KOTOR, MONTENEGRO 10 AM 6 PM

SEPT 7 CORFU, GREECE 9 AM 11 PM

SEPT 8 DAY AT SEA

SEPT 9 SORENTO, ITALY 8 AM

SEPT 10 SORENTO, ITALY 6 PM

SEPT 11 ROME, ITALY 7 AM

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VISTA WITH PICTURE WINDOW from $4,950*

VERANDA from $6,250*

MIDSHIP VERANDA from $6,550*

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SILVERSEA ALL-INCLUSIVE LIFEST YLEABOARD SILVER WIND

• Intimate & elegant − only 296 guests

• Open seating dining

• All ocean-view suites, most with private teak verandas

• Complimentary beverages, including wine, champagne & spirits

• Butler service for every suite, every guest

• Three alternative dining venues

• In-suite dining served course by course

• In-suite bar setup & refrigerator stocked with your preferences

• Crew-to-guest ratio of nearly one to one

• All onboard gratuities included

$300* ONBOARD CASH CREDIT per suite

This exclusive hosted voyage includes prepaid gratuities,

welcome & farewell cocktail parties, hosted dinners and

optional private and unique shore excursions.

1,700* euros pp

Guests will also have the option of joining

Umberto on a 4 night post cruise package

in Tuscany from only

MEDITERRANEAN CULINARY VOYAGE WITH CELEBRIT Y CHEF, UMBERTO MENGHIVENICE - KOPER - TROGIR - DUBROVNIK - KOTOR - CORFU - SORRENTO - ROME

SEPTEMBER 1−11, 2015 ABOARD THE LUXURIOUS SILVER WIND

VENICE, ITALYIt’s called La Serenissima, “the most serene,” a reference to the majesty, wisdom, and immense power of this city that was for centuries the mistress of trade between Europe and the Orient. Built largely on water by men who both defied and loved the sea, Venice is unlike any other town. Its landmarks, the Basilica di San Marco and the Palazzo Ducale, are exotic mixes of Byzantine, Gothic, and Renaissance styles. Shimmering sunlight and silvery mist soften every perspective here, and you understand how the city became renowned in the Renaissance for its artists’ rendering of color. It’s full of secrets, inexpressibly romantic, and at times given over to pleasure.

KOPER, SLOVENIAJust half the size of Switzerland, Slovenia is often bypassed in favor of more well-known countries such as Croatia and Italy. Backed by hills planted with olive groves and vineyards, Slovenia’s small strip of Adriatic coastline is only 47 km (29 miles) long and dominated by the towns of Koper, Izola, Piran, and Portorož. Following centuries of Venetian rule, the coast remains culturally and spiritually connected to Italy, and Italian is still widely spoken. Koper, Slovenia’s largest port, and Izola, its biggest fishery, are workaday towns that nevertheless retain a lot of historical charm. The medieval port of Piran is a gem and a must-see. Its Venetian core is nearly perfectly preserved. The most unspoiled stretch of coast is at the Strunjan Nature Reserve-which also has an area reserved for nudists-between Piran and Izola.

TROGIR, CROATIAThe island-city of Trogir dates back 4,000 years, and is among the oldest cities on the Mediterranean. Situated between the mainland and Ciovo Island on the western entrance of the bay where Salona once stood, Trogir is believed to be the main town of the Roman Illyricum. The design of Trogir is captured in its impressive history. Palaces and public buildings were built in stone from Baradici, and every house on the island is a masterpiece. The orthogonal street plan of this island settlement dates back to the Hellenistic period, and it was embellished by successive rulers with many fine public and domestic buildings and fortifications. Outstanding Renaissance and Baroque buildings from the Venetian period complement the beautiful Romanesque churches in Trogir.

DUBROVNIK, CROATIADubrovnik is one of the world’s most beautiful fortified cities. Its massive stone ramparts and splendid fortress towers curve around a tiny harbor, enclosing graduated ridges of sun-bleached orange-tiled roofs, copper domes, and elegant bell towers. In the 7th century AD, residents of the Roman city Epidaurum (now Cavtat) fled the Avars and Slavs of the north and founded a new settlement on a small rocky island, which they named Laus, and later Ragusa. On the mainland hillside opposite the island, the Slav settlement called Dubrovnik grew up. In the 12th century the narrow channel separating the two settlements was filled in, and Ragusa and Dubrovnik became one. The city was surrounded by defensive walls during the 13th century, and these were reinforced with towers and bastions during the late 15th century. The city became a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1979.

KOTOR, MONTENEGROLocated in Bokor Kotorska (Kotor Bay), Europe’s most southerly fjord, Kotor lies 50 miles (80 km) west of Podgorica, the capital of Montenegro, from which it is separated by a belt of dramatic, rugged mountains. Listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site, Kotor’s medieval Stari Grad (Old Town) is enclosed within well-preserved defensive walls built between the 9th and 18th centuries and presided over by a proud hilltop fortress. In the Middle Ages, as Serbia’s chief port, Kotor was an important economic and cultural center with its own highly -regarded schools of stone-masonry and iconography. Later, it spent periods under the control of Venice, Austria, and France, though it was undoubtedly the Venetians who left the strongest impression on the city’s architecture. Since the breakup of Yugoslavia, some 70% of the stone buildings in the romantic Old Town have been snapped up by foreigners.

CORFU, GREECEKerkyra (Corfu) is the greenest and, quite possibly, the prettiest of all Greek islands-emerald mountains, ocher-and-pink buildings, shimmering silver olive leaves. The turquoise waters lap rocky coves and bougainvillea, scarlet roses, and wisteria spread over cottages. This northernmost of the major Ionian Islands has, through the centuries, inspired artists, conquerors, royalty, and, of course, tourists. Classical remains vie with architecture from the centuries of Venetian, French, and British rule, leaving Corfu with a pleasant combination of contrasting design elements. Corfu today is a vivid tapestry of cultures, a sophisticated weave, where charm, history, and natural beauty blend.

SORRENTO, ITALYAs you journey down the fabled Amalfi Coast, the route takes you past rocky cliffs plunging into the sea and small boats lying in sandy coves like brightly colored fish. Erosion has contorted the rocks into shapes resembling figures from mythology and hollowed out fairy grottoes where the air is turquoise and the water an icy blue. Lemon trees abound, loaded with blossom or fruit-and netting in winter to protect the fruit. The inhabitants jest that they look after their lemons better than their children. Venture north, and you can fall under the spell of Pompeii’s silent streets, frozen in time under the dust of 25 centuries.

ROME, ITALYRome is a heady blend of artistic and architectural masterpieces, classical ruins, and opulent baroque churches and piazzas. The city’s 2,700-year-old history is on display wherever you look; the ancient rubs shoulders with the medieval, the modern runs into the Renaissance, and the result is a bustling open-air museum. Julius Caesar and Nero, the Vandals and the Popes, Raphael and Caravaggio, Napoléon and Mussolini-these and countless other luminaries and villains have left their mark on the city. Today Rome’s formidable legacy is kept alive by its people, their history knit into the fabric of their everyday lives. Raphaelesque teenage girls zip through traffic on their motorini; priests in flowing robes talking on cell phones stride through medieval piazzas.