Explora II
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Explora II is a sophisticated luxury cruise ship that combines elegant design, exceptional dining and personalised service to create an unforgettable holiday at sea. Launched in 2024 as part of the Explora Journeys fleet, the ship offers an intimate atmosphere with spacious suites, world-class facilities and carefully curated itineraries across some of the world's most desirable destinations.
Designed to deliver a relaxed yet refined cruising experience, Explora II accommodates around 900 guests, ensuring plenty of space to unwind. Every suite features ocean views and a private terrace, while guests can enjoy multiple restaurants, stylish lounges, wellness facilities and enriching onboard experiences. Whether you are planning a Mediterranean escape or a Caribbean adventure, the Explora 2 cruise ship offers a luxurious way to discover the world.
Restaurants on Explora II
Dining aboard Explora II is a highlight of every voyage. Guests can savour a variety of international cuisines, with each restaurant offering its own unique atmosphere and expertly prepared menus. Fresh ingredients, premium produce and attentive service make every meal feel like a special occasion.
Restaurants on board include elegant fine dining venues, relaxed all-day eateries and vibrant culinary spaces inspired by destinations around the globe. From authentic Mediterranean flavours and Asian specialities to expertly grilled seafood and premium steaks, there is something to satisfy every guest's taste.
For those seeking a more exclusive experience, private dining and in-suite dining are also available, allowing guests to enjoy exceptional cuisine whenever they choose. Stylish bars and lounges serve handcrafted cocktails, fine wines and premium spirits throughout the day and into the evening.
Cabins & Staterooms on Explora II
Accommodation aboard Explora II has been designed with comfort and luxury in mind. Every suite offers generous living space, floor-to-ceiling windows and a private terrace, allowing guests to enjoy uninterrupted sea views throughout their journey.
The ship features a range of suite categories to suit different travel styles, from elegant Ocean Terrace Suites to spacious penthouses and luxurious residences. Each accommodation includes premium bedding, a marble bathroom with luxury toiletries, a walk-in wardrobe, a complimentary minibar and thoughtful touches that enhance every stay.
Guests can also benefit from personalised service, with attentive hosts ensuring every detail is taken care of. Whether travelling as a couple, with family or celebrating a special occasion, the accommodation on the Explora 2 cruise ship provides a peaceful retreat after a day of exploration.
Explora 2 Cruise Ship Entertainment
Entertainment on Explora II focuses on sophisticated experiences rather than large-scale productions. Guests can enjoy live music, intimate performances, cultural events and engaging enrichment activities throughout their cruise. Elegant lounges provide the perfect setting for an evening drink, while wellness programmes, fitness classes and luxurious spa treatments offer opportunities to relax and recharge.
The ship also features several swimming pools, outdoor whirlpools, beautifully designed sun decks and boutique shopping, ensuring there is always something to enjoy during sea days.
Explora II Cruise Deals
If you are looking for the best value, booking Explora II luxury cruise deals can provide excellent savings. Cruise offers may include reduced fares, onboard spending credit, complimentary upgrades or inclusive packages featuring drinks and WiFi. Booking early often provides the widest choice of suites and sailing dates, while last-minute offers can deliver outstanding value for flexible travellers.
Whether you are embarking on your first luxury cruise or returning for another unforgettable voyage, Explora II delivers exceptional service, elegant surroundings and memorable experiences from the moment you step on board.
Explora II Ship Facts
Explora II was launched in 2023
The gross tonnage is 63900
The length of Explora II is 248 meters
The currency taken on Explora II is EUR
The ship has 11 decks
Explora II has 461 cabins on board
It also has wheelchair cabins on board
Most Popular Sailings
A Journey from Sunlit Cyclades to Adriatic Elegance
- 14 Jun 2027
- 7 nights
- EXPLORA II
- Greece
A Journey from Adriatic Allure to Sculptured Aegean Seascapes
- 02 Aug 2027
- 7 nights
- EXPLORA II
- Greece
A Journey of Caribbean Charm & Spectacular Natural Beauty
- 22 Nov 2027
- 10 nights
- EXPLORA II
- Caribbean
Explore Explora II
Anthology
A Gastronomic Discovery
Taking guests on a unique culinary journey through Italy.
Refined Italian Cuisine
As our signature fine-dining experience, Anthology elevates Italian cuisine, offering an unparalleled gastronomic adventure.
On the menu, created by our esteemed Head of Culinary, Franck Garanger, each dish is a celebration of Italy’s finest regional ingredients and flavours.
Contemporary, Refined Elegance
With the opportunity to dine outdoors, Anthology offers an intimate yet elevated dining atmosphere with flawless, attentive service.
- Indoor seating: 48
- Outdoor seating: 22
- Open for dinner
- Reservations recommended
- An Exclusive Experience Fee Applies
- Located on Deck 5
Destination Experiences
Inspiring authentic discovery across culture, history, and cuisine.
Intimate Explorations
Intimate, smaller groups with like-minded guests, for authentic exploration – with opportunities to understand the culture and connect with locals.
Explore with Peace of Mind
Seamless experiences with everything taken care of, no hidden fees, fully insured partners, transportation arrangements and flexibility in case of change of plans.
Authentic Immersions
Enriching opportunities to explore behind-the-scenes in unique locations. Crafted experiences curated in collaboration with expert partners and ambassadors.
Destination Experiences Categories
Private Arrangements
We are pleased to curate your requests for customised arrangements that can be as off-the-beaten-path or utterly indulgent as you wish.
Whether yours is an intimate group or a larger gathering of family and friends, we can help you adapt a featured destination experience or tailor an arrangement that delivers exactly what and where you prefer.
Destination Essentials
Our Destination Essentials offer immersive experiences, with hidden wonders and little surprises.
Your experiences will feature:
- Must-do experiences
- Discovering local highlights through a different lens
- Expert guides and hosts to enhance your discovery
- Culinary tastings through local flavours and traditions
- Full immersions into cultures and customs
- Close-up encounters with the natural world
Curated Explorations
Our Curated Explorations offer unmatched experiences and moments that are off-limits to most.
Your experiences will feature:
- Small, intimate groups
- Tailored, boutique adventures
- Behind-the-scenes experiences
- Guided by locals for more enriching discovery
- Deeper insights into cultures and traditions
- Premium culinary and beverage experiences
- VIP access to landmark sites and special events
Overland Immersions
Our Overland Immersions are all-inclusive and available to small groups during your Journey.
What to expect:
- Luxury transportation such as private jet, helicopters, vehicles, boats or other means
- Accommodation in 5-star or boutique hotels
- Culinary experiences, including all meals, beverages, and selected spirits
- VIP access to landmark sites and special events
- Exclusive evening experiences
- Meticulously vetted hosts to coordinate all logistics
- Luxury transfers and luggage handling
Journeys Lounge
Mixology, enrichment and entertainment continuously evolving throughout the day.
The most spacious onboard lounge features mixology specialists, enrichment activities and cabaret-style entertainment daily. This venue is designed to continuously evolve and transform throughout the day along with the ocean journey.
- Indoor seating: 210
- Located on Deck 4
Ocean Wellness The Spa
A calming space designed to reconnect guests to themselves – influenced at every level by the calming presence of the ocean.
The spa is where the pressures of daily life dissipate to insignificance amidst a sensory journey to the Ocean State of Mind.
Features & Services
- Spa
- Wellness area with thermal facilities
- Signature Ocean Wellness rituals
- Facial treatments
- Body treatments
- Specialised Medi Luxe Treatments by Dr Levy Switzerland
- Ashore wellness Destination Experiences
- In-suite treatments
*Spa treatments, including massages and facials, require a minimum age of 12 years, with parental supervision. Access to our Wellness area and thermal facilities is reserved for guests aged 16 years and above.
Eleven Dedicated Treatment Rooms
- Two Private Spa Suites with a dedicated outdoor relaxation area
- One Double treatment room
- Seven single treatment rooms
- One single treatment room for specialised skin treatments
- Outdoor relaxation area
*Spa treatments cannot be booked until 90 days prior to embarkation.
The Spa Facilities:
- Steam Room - A regenerating oasis of psycho-physical wellbeing. Air, steam, and scented fragrances combine and gently rest on the skin, making natural exfoliation easier and increasing perspiration.
- Experience Shower - A multi-sensory journey, the warm shower is complete with fragrances and soft colour lights, offering moments of utmost pleasure – either at the beginning or at the end of the day.
- Hydrotherapy Pool - This warm therapeutic pool is designed to promote healing, relaxation and physical rehabilitation. Heated to a soothing temperature, gentle currents and jets work to ease muscle tension, improve circulation, and support joint mobility.
- Finnish Sauna - A deeply purifying experience using dry heat, to help you unwind and reduce stress levels while also opening the airways, relaxing the muscles, and oxygenating tissues.
- Salt Cave - In an inviting cavern with walls covered in Himalayan salt bricks, the air is infused with microscopic salt particles and negative ions. As you inhale the mineral-rich air, respiratory health is enhanced and a sense of overall relaxation ensues.
- Steam Shower - A shower that combines the relaxing heat of the steam and the regenerating freshness of water. (* Available within private Spa suites)
- Ice Fall - The Ice Fall regenerates the body after intense heat exposure in the Finnish Sauna or Steam Room.
- Heated Marble Loungers - A restful place to relax, equipped with an infrared system that radiates the heat to ease muscle stiffness and create on overall feeling of comfort and warmth.
- Outdoor Relaxation Area - A tranquil open-air relaxation deck with infinite ocean views, perfect for reflection before or after a treatment.
Nautilus Club
A space dedicated to our younger guests
The Nautilus Club offers a tailored environment for younger travellers aged 6-17 years, featuring curated activities designed to entertain and engage. Children aged three to five years are also welcome at specific intervals for age-appropriate activities, if accompanied by a parent or guardian.
Open every day from 9:00 until midnight, the Nautilus Club offers the latest generation of video games and VR consoles, such as PlayStation 5 and PlayStation VR2, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, iPads and Oculus Pro.
Children can also try their hand at foosbal, pool (at a table designed and crafted in Italy by MBM Biliardi), or listen to their favourite music at our jukebox tablet connected to streaming platforms such as Spotify and Apple. We also offer a large collection of board games and a digital library with a wide range of books across a multitude of languages.
Other Nautilus Club Activities
The space also offers sports sessions, technology tournaments, painting, arts and crafts, and games throughout the ship. Our Nautilus Club hosts are certified according to CLIA (Cruise Lines International Association) policies and standards on youth activities, making sure that children and teens are looked after as and when needed. All younger guests can also enjoy reserved periods at the Sports Court, one of the heated pools, as well as other locations around the ship.
Deck 14
- Sports Court
- Whirlpool
- Ocean Wellness Open Air Fitness
- Sky Bar On 14
Deck 12
- Helios Pool & Lounge (Adults Only)
- Running Track
- Whirlpools
- Staircase
- Lift
Deck 11
- Explora Lounge
- Private Dining Room
- Malt Whiskey Bar
- Chef's Kitchen
Nautilus Club
- The Conservatory Pool & Bar
- Indoor Whirlpool
- Gelateria & Creperie
- Emporium Marketplace Restaurant
- Emporium Marketplace Restaurant Outdoor Seating
- Staircase
- Lift
Deck 10
- Bridge
- Ocean Wellness Fitness Centre
- Atoll Pool & Bar
- Grand Penthouse
- Deluxe Penthouse
- Cove Residence
- Premier Penthouse
- Ocean Terrace Suite
- Bridge
- Staircase
- Lift
Deck 9
- Retreat Residence
- Ocean Terrace Suite
- Cove Residence
- Grand Penthouse
- Premier Penthouse
- Deluxe Penthouse
- Penthouse
- Serenity Residence
- Guest Laundry
- Staircase
- Lift
Deck 8
- Owner's Residence
- Retreat Residence
- Ocean Terrace Suite
- Penthouse
- Premier Penthouse
- Grand Penthouse
- Cove Residence
- Staircase
- Lift
Deck 7
- Retreat Residence
- Ocean Grand Terrace Suite
- Ocean Terrace Suite
- Grand Penthouse
- Cove Residence
- Deluxe Penthouse
- Penthouse
- Serenity Residence
- Staircase
- Lift
Deck 6
- Cocoon Residence
- Penthouse
- Deluxe Penthouse
- Ocean Grand Terrace Suite
- Ocean Terrace Suite
- Grand Penthouse
- Cove Residence
- Staircase
- Lift
Deck 5
- Ocean Wellness The Spa
- Future Journeys Ambassadors
- Anthology Restaurant
- Crema Café
- Marble & Co. Grill Restaurant
- Galleria D'Arte
- MSC Foundation
- Astern Lounge
- Sakura Restaurant
- Astern Pool & Bar
- Staircase
- Lift
Deck 4
- Journeys Lounge
- The Casino
- Guest Services
- Destination Experiences
- Lobby & Lobby Bar
- Piaget
- Buccellati
- The Journey
- Cartier
- Panerai
- Med Yacht Club Restaurant
- Fil Rouge Restaurant
- Staircase
- Lift
Deck 3
- Medical Centre
- Staircase
- Lift
Explora II Cabins & Suites
