S.S. Catherine
Floating boutique hotels, fully all-inclusive
Uniworld treats each ship as a boutique hotel that happens to move—S.S. Catherine's Murano glass and antique brass, S.S. La Venezia's Fortuny fabrics, no two vessels alike. Sailings are fully all-inclusive: premium spirits and wines, gratuities, daily excursions, and airport transfers, so the onboard experience carries no bill-signing friction.
The line's heartland is France—Burgundy, Provence, Bordeaux, and the Seine—with Venice's lagoon as a second home. Guests tend to be design-literate couples who notice thread counts and wine lists. Alpha Travel times departures to Provence lavender or Bordeaux harvest and extends Uniworld journeys through sister-brand Red Carnation hotels ashore.
Journeys
Signature routes we book with preferred partners—each voyage below can be tailored to your season, cabin category, and shore interests.
Burgundy & Provence
Eight days on the Saône and Rhône aboard S.S. Catherine—Beaune's wine capital, Lyon's bouchons, lavender country, and Avignon's papal palace.
- Beaune's Hospices and a Burgundy cellar tasting sit an easy morning from the Chalon-sur-Saône dock.
- Lyon rewards the food-obsessed: Les Halles de Paul Bocuse with a Uniworld chef-guide, then dinner back aboard.
- Avignon's Palais des Papes and an evening sail past the broken bridge deliver Provence's greatest hits in one day.
Venice & the Jewels of Veneto
A lagoon-based week aboard S.S. La Venezia—private after-hours St. Mark's, Burano's lace island, and Po Delta birding between Venetian days.
- A private evening opening of St. Mark's Basilica—Uniworld's signature access—without the daytime crowds.
- Burano's candy-coloured fishermen's houses and lace ateliers a short boat hop from the ship's berth.
- Bologna excursion day trades lagoon for Emilia-Romagna: porticoes, mortadella, and the oldest university in Europe.
Brilliant Bordeaux
Médoc, Saint-Émilion, and Sauternes from the Garonne—château tastings at grand cru estates and Arcachon's oysters and dunes.
- Saint-Émilion's monolithic church and a grand cru classé tasting in the hilltop village itself.
- The Médoc château route strings Margaux and Pauillac names along a single scenic morning drive.
- Arcachon Bay pairs oyster-farm boat trips with the Great Dune of Pilat towering over the Atlantic.
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