NAPOLEON BONAPARTE HISTORY CRUISE DEAL

Package Duration:    20 nights
Cruise Starts:            14 October 2023 – from Dakar
Cruise Ends:              3 November 2023 – into Santos
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 NAPOLEON BONAPARTE HISTORY CRUISE DEAL

Description:

With the exceptional presence of Franck Ferrand and Thierry Lentz.More than two centuries after his death, there is still a key figure, a myth to which we constantly return. Political genius, feared war leader or despot? Napoleon Bonaparte continues to raise questions, to appeal and to fascinate, well beyond French and European borders. On the occasion of the bicentenary of his death, whose commemorations were celebrated in May 2021, PONANT invites you on an exceptional 20-night cruise following in the footsteps of the first French emperor. Aboard Le Lyrial, leaving from Dakar, the bustling Senegalese capital, you will sail south on the maritime route taken by HMSNorthumberland, the ship that escorted Napoleon to Saint Helena, in 1815. You will then head towards your first port of call: Ascension Island. On this desert island, the British created a garrison to counter any hope of escape by the Emperor.? Today the island is a veritable sanctuary for birds, marine mammals and green turtles. You will then call at the mythical and emblematic island of Saint Helena. Although this British territory, the site of his last exile, houses his tomb, it remains above all the place where Napoleon dictated his memoirs and sealed his legend. Offering an intimate and moving testimony of his last moments on the island, the?Longwood?Residence?and the Emperor's furniture have been preciously maintained and preserved by the French authorities and the Fondation Napoléon. During your visit, you will travel through history in a luxuriant and bucolic setting, far from the sombre image of the island. After a few days at sea, punctuated by several conferences on-board about the life of "the little corporal", Le Lyrial will set sail for the Brazilian coastline. Following ports of call at intoxicatingRio de Janeiro and authentic Paraty, this marvellous trip will end in Santos, one of the first Portuguese colonies to be established in the New World, famous for its picturesque historical centre.

Itinerary:

Day 1: Dakar

Sat 14 Oct 2023 | Depart 5:30 PM 

Day 2: At sea

Sun 15 Oct 2023

Day 3: At sea

Mon 16 Oct 2023

Day 4: At sea

Tue 17 Oct 2023

Day 5: At sea

Wed 18 Oct 2023

Day 6: Georgetown, Ascension Island

Thu 19 Oct 2023 | 7:30 AM To 7:00 PM

Day 7: At sea

Fri 20 Oct 2023

Day 8: At sea

Sat 21 Oct 2023

Day 9: Jamestown, Saint Helena Island

Sun 22 Oct 2023 | Arrive 7:00 AM

Day 10: Jamestown, Saint Helena Island

Mon 23 Oct 2023

Day 11: Jamestown, Saint Helena Island

Tue 24 Oct 2023 | Depart 4:00 PM

Day 12: At sea

Wed 25 Oct 2023

Day 13: At sea

Thu 26 Oct 2023

Day 14: At sea

Fri 27 Oct 2023

Day 15: At sea

Sat 28 Oct 2023

Day 16: At sea

Sun 29 Oct 2023

Day 17: At sea

Mon 30 Oct 2023

Day 18: Rio de Janeiro

Tue 31 Oct 2023 | Arrive 1:30 PM

Day 19: Rio de Janeiro

Wed 1 Nov 2023 | Depart 11:55 PM

Day 20: Paraty

Thu 2 Nov 2023 | 9:00 AM To 6:00 PM

Day 21: Santos

Fri 3 Nov 2023 | Arrive 7:00 AM

Your Ship:

First introduced in 2015 and the fourth ship in the Sister ships series, Le Lyrial is the very embodiment of this new generation of intimately sized cruise ships. Its exterior and interior lines, all sober understatement and refinement, make it a yacht of a rare and innovative kind. For the interior decoration, Cruise took inspiration from the tones and colors of the destinations and used a palette made up of blues, from the soft, luminous grey-like tones of the polar ice to the vivid notes and turquoises of Mediterranean inlets and coves.