Explore the world's most enticing ports when you sail onboard an Ensemble Hosted Cruise. To find the perfect voyage in any part of the globe, consult the list of sailings featured below and choose an Ensemble Hosted Cruise as your next vacation. When you book on any of these cruises, availably exclusively through Paragon Travel, you'll enjoy the company of an Ensemble Host onboard the ship, delight in a private onboard cocktail party and delve into local culture as you take part in the Ensemble Experience, a private shore excursion planned with our knowledgeable local experts. To learn more about these benefits call Paragon Travel today and allow us to assist you in planning your exciting journey.

Spend a delightful day exploring vibrant, bustling Ho Chi Minh City, beginning with a visit to the fascinating National History Museum. Built by the French in 1927, it documents the evolution of Vietnams many cultures, from the Bronze Age Dong Son civilization to the southern Chinese Funan people, the Cham and the Khmer societies. Among the exhibits are stone and bronze relics, bronze drums, enigmatic Cham art and ceramics, and a display of the traditional costumes of ethnic minorities. Your next stop is the Reunification Palace. Today it is a museum with everything left much as it was on that fateful day, April 30, 1975, when communist tanks crashed through the palaces wrought iron gates and overthrew the South Vietnamese government. The basement houses the combat strategy room, the communications and map rooms and the presidential bomb shelter. Above, on the ground floor, is the banquet hall and the state chamber where the government surrender took place as well as the cabinet room, which had been used for daily military briefings during the period leading up to the governments fall. On your way to a traditional Vietnamese lunch enjoy a short drive through the city past the 19th century Notre Dame Cathedral, built with material imported from France, and the attractive colonial-style Post Office. After lunch its off to the bustling Binh Tay wholesale market crowded with locals. Here you will have some free time to shop and browse through the stalls before continuing on to Thien Hau Pagoda dedicated to the Goddess Protector of Sailors. Chinese Buddhists built this lovely temple at the end of the 18th century as a thank you to the goddess for having safely delivered them on these shores after a perilous sea journey from China. Then sit back and relax during the drive back to the ship.