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2025 RSS Splendor Canary Islands Crossing

OzsTravels 2025 Atlantic Crossing, Cruises, Food, Food & Wine, Wine January 14, 2026January 14, 20262025 Atlantic Crossing, Canary Islands Crossing, Regent Seven Seas, Regent Seven Seas Cruises, Regent Seven Seas Splendor, RSS Splendor 7 Comments

The Canary Islands Crossing on the RSS Splendor was definitely an enjoyable cruise along with providing me with a number of firsts.

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First time in Brazil, Cape Verde (not claiming Africa) and the Canary Islands. My first crossing of the Atlantic Ocean and my first crossing of the equator on a Cruise Ship. The crossing the line ceremony was definitely more restrained than on other vessels.

Itinerary and Sailing Distances

From	To	Distance*
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Cabo Frio, Brazil	92Nm (170Km)
Cabo Frio, Brazil	Salvador de Bahia, Brazil	683Nm (1,265Km)
Salvador de Bahia, Brazil	Maceio, Brazil	283Nm (524Km)
Maceio, Brazil	Recife, Brazil	137Nm (254Km)
Recife, Brazil	Porto Grande, Cape Verde	1,605Nm (2,972Km)
Porto Grande, Cape Verde	Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands	868Nm (1,608Km)
Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands	Arrecife, Canary Islands	157Nm (291Km)
Arrecife, Canary Islands	Lisbon, Portugal	630Nm (1,167Km)
	Total Distance	4,455Nm (8,251Km)

*Nm = Nautical Miles
Km = Kilometers

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2025 Lisbon Foodie Tour

OzsTravels 2025 Atlantic Crossing, Cruises, Europe, Food, Food & Wine, Lisbon, Places, Portugal December 30, 2025December 30, 20252025 Atlantic Crossing, Casa do Alentejo, Food Porn, Lisbon, Lisbon Portugal, Sofia the Fearless Woman 2 Comments

This was not my first visit to Lisbon, nor my first Lisbon Foodie Tour, but how can you not do a foodie tour in Lisbon. There is so much great food and history that one, nor even tour, would ever by enough.

This time I booked The 10 Tastings of Lisbon: Bairro Alto, Chiado & Baixa tour via WithLocals.com. Our guide for the afternoon was the amazing and lovely Sonia.

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2025 Lisbon Arrival

OzsTravels 2025 Atlantic Crossing, Cruises, Europe, Lisbon, Portugal December 27, 2025December 27, 2025Atlantic Crossing, Convent Square Lisbon, Lisbon, Lisbon Portugal, Regent Seven Seas, Regent Seven Seven Seas Splendor, RSS Splendor, RSS Splendor Crew Capers 0 Comment

It was beautiful morning for our arrival in Lisbon, clear skies and a great sunrise.

Unfortunately this would be my last morning on board the RSS Splendor and the end of my first Atlantic Crossing. Looking forward to doing another crossing soonish.

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2025 Champagne Experience – RSS Splendor

OzsTravels 2025, 2025 Atlantic Crossing, Cruises, Food, Food & Wine, Wine, Wine Reviews December 23, 2025December 23, 2025Champagne, Champagne Tasting, Oz's Wine Reviews, Regent Seven Seas, Regent Seven Seas Splendor, RSS Splendor, Ruinart, Wine Tasting 0 Comment

The Champagne Experience was scheduled for on our last day on board the RSS Splendor, and it was a tasting that I was looking forward to most of the cruise. As usual the tasting was conducted over lunch. This tasting is also an extra, cost me USD170, though, considering the Champagnes that we would be tasting, it was decent value.

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Due to the number of people who wanted to attend the Champagne Experience it was moved from Pacific Rim to Compass Rose. Probably a better location for this sort of thing any way.

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2025 RSS Splendor Crew Capers

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After sailing away from Lanzarote it was time for this cruises RSS Splendor Crew Capers, and a martini.

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Crew Capers is one of the shows I always try to see as it is the night when the Crew puts on a show.

The Crew have their version of a talent show to make it into the cast and then rehearse in their own time before putting on one show per cruise.

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2025 Lanzarote, Spain

OzsTravels 2025, 2025 Atlantic Crossing, Cruises, Food, Food & Wine, Lanzarote, Spain, Wine, Wine Reviews, Wineries November 2, 2025November 2, 20252025 Atlantic Crossing, Bodega de Uga, Lanzarote, Lanzarote Spain, Regent Seven Seas, RSS Splendor, Wine Reviews by Oz, Wine Tours Lanzarote 0 Comment

Our penultimate port on our Atlantic Crossing was Lanzarote, Spain. Lanzarote is another of the Canary Islands and is known as a tourist destination as well as wine producer.

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Lanzarote is the 4th largest island in the Canary Islands and is, apparently, the first island in the chain to have been settled. The island is covered in dormant volcanoes, the ash from their eruptions in the 1700’s covered a large portion of the island which now home to the vineyards that Lanzarote is famous for.