Orient Express Corinthian · Booking through Via Privata
USD 2,000 in onboard credits per suite
Two separate credits: a USD 250 onboard credit per guest — USD 500 a suite at double occupancy — on every Corinthian booking through Via Privata, from the Orient Express / Accor programme; and USD 1,500 credited by Via Privata on bookings of USD 40,000 or more.
- USD 250 onboard credit per guest on every booking through Via Privata (Orient Express / Accor programme), confirmed in writing at booking
- Suite-selection guidance before the best categories sell through
- We hold your suite while you decide
Yachts & Voyages · Mediterranean · Caribbean
Orient Express Corinthian: Suites, deck plans and 2026–2027 voyages on Corinthian and Olympian
The world's largest sailing yacht · Corinthian — launched May 2026
Orient Express Corinthian is a 220-metre sailing yacht, built by Chantiers de l'Atlantique at Saint-Nazaire, named on 29 April 2026 and due to sail from the yard on 2 May 2026 for the Mediterranean. Three carbon masts carry rigid Solid Sails of 1,500 square metres each; air draft is close to 100 metres.
Fifty-four suites, 110 guests and 170 crew — Orient Express puts the ratio at close to 1.5 crew per guest, and every suite has a butler. Dining runs across five restaurants and two private dining rooms under the direction of Yannick Alléno, the principal room being La Table de l'Orient-Express, with glasswork by Emmanuel Barrois. Le SPA by Guerlain, La Marina at the stern, Le Wagon Bar, a lap pool and a recording studio fill the rest.
The distinction from her nearest rivals is literal. Four Seasons and Ritz-Carlton went to sea in motor yachts; Corinthian sails, and the rigs are propulsion rather than decoration. The other real difference is the length of a voyage. The published Mediterranean programme runs from two to fourteen nights, but most departures sit at the short end — two, three or four nights, which suits a yacht leg bolted onto a land trip better than it suits a fortnight afloat.
A second yacht, Orient Express Olympian, is announced, and Orient Express lists her first voyage on 23 May 2027, from Marseille. She carries no guests yet, so anything offered for her today is sold on a plan. For now the fleet is one hull, and the fare covers more than most at this level — dining, wines and spirits, laundry, gratuities, Wi-Fi, private transfers and, on select itineraries, the shore programme — though La Table, select wines and spirits and spa treatments are charged separately.
Booking through Via Privata
USD 2,000 in onboard credits per suite
Two separate credits: a USD 250 onboard credit per guest — USD 500 a suite at double occupancy — on every Corinthian booking through Via Privata, from the Orient Express / Accor programme; and USD 1,500 credited by Via Privata on bookings of USD 40,000 or more. Both at the fare you would pay booking direct, confirmed in writing at booking.
- USD 250 onboard credit per guest on every booking through Via Privata (Orient Express / Accor programme), confirmed in writing at booking
- Suite-selection guidance before the best categories sell through
- We hold your suite while you decide
- Every benefit confirmed in writing before you commit
Deck plans and suites, ship by ship
Open a ship for every deck plan and its own suites and staterooms, with photographs.
Corinthian
May 2026 · 110 guests, 54 suites
Orient Express Corinthian was named at Saint-Nazaire on 29 April 2026 and sails under the French flag: 220 m long, with 54 suites for 110 guests and three SolidSail rigs of 1,500 m² each.
Deck plans & suitesOrient Express Olympian
First voyage 23 May 2027
Orient Express Olympian is Corinthian's sister: 220 m long, with 54 suites and the same three SolidSail rigs of 1,500 m² each.
Suites & ship facts
The suites
The categories below are the line's own names. Sizes and layouts differ from ship to ship, so each ship page shows its own suites with photographs and the deck plans.
Suites by shipCorinthian · Orient Express Olympian
2,422 sq ft, plus a 1,938 sq ft terrace
Agatha Christie
One of six Penthouse Suites and the one people ask for by name. Two bedrooms with king beds, a marble bath, a fitness room and a terrace with a jacuzzi. The largest private outdoor space on the yacht by a wide margin.
2,486 sq ft, plus a 1,206 sq ft terrace
Zephyr
The largest interior of the six Penthouse Suites, marginally ahead of Agatha Christie but with a smaller terrace. Named for a wind, as are the other four penthouses: Meltem, Libeccio, Sirocco and Mistral.
1,324 sq ft, plus a 205 sq ft terrace
Suite Duplex
The largest of the Signature Suites, on two levels as the name says. It gives up terrace space rather than interior room to the penthouse tier, which makes it the value pick at the top of the ship.
Suite Terrasse
463 sq ft, plus a 161 sq ft terrace
The smallest category with private outdoor space, and where most couples land. A Suite Terrasse Prestige is the same idea at 752 sq ft with a 269 sq ft terrace.
506 sq ft
Suite Panoramique
No terrace, panoramic windows instead — and larger inside than a Suite Terrasse. That is the trade the two entry categories set against each other: floor area or open air. Suite Panoramique Supérieure is published at the same 506 sq ft, Suite Panoramique Prestige at 764 sq ft.
What the fare includes
The question every enquiry opens with. What follows is what the line itself publishes as included — we confirm it against your exact sailing before you commit.
- An all-suite yacht with butler service in every suite
- Fine wines, spirits and beverages, excluding a select list charged separately
- In-suite dining
- Dining across the yacht's restaurants, bars and lounges, with La Table fine dining charged separately
- Laundry service and bespoke amenities
- Live music, theatre, cinema, game room and library
- The recording studio in Le Salon de Musique
- Hammam and sauna (spa treatments are charged separately)
- The marina platform, its water toys and nautical instruction
- High-speed Wi-Fi via Starlink
- Gratuities and tipping
- Exclusive Destination Experiences ashore, on the select itineraries that include them
- Airport welcome, luggage handling and private transfers to and from the hotel, within 50 miles for Signature Suites and 100 miles for Penthouse Suites
On board
La Table de l'Orient-Express
The principal restaurant, under the direction of Yannick Alléno, with sculptural glasswork by Emmanuel Barrois. Orient Express lists five restaurants in all, plus the private dining rooms Le Cellier and La Perle, so this is the anchor rather than the only room. Note that Orient Express lists La Table as fine dining charged separately rather than covered by the fare.
Le Wagon Bar
The bar that carries the train reference across to the yacht, and the social room the operator names most often in its own copy.
Le SPA by Guerlain
Published at 500 m², with two single treatment rooms, a VIP room and a couples suite, plus hammam, sauna and movement classes. The Guerlain partnership also runs through the programming — the October 2026 transatlantic crossing was sold as a wellness retreat with the house. Treatments themselves are not included in the fare.
La Marina
The stern platform. Windsurfing, kayaking, snorkelling, paddleboarding, wing foiling and Tiwal dinghies, with nautical instruction part of the fare.
Le Salon de Musique
A performance room and a working recording studio, with piano, drums and guitars. Studio access is included, which is not a sentence you write about many ships.
Les Mousses
The children's space, described by Orient Express as dedicated to family sailings. Confirm it is staffed on your specific departure before you build a trip around it.
Where it sails
Mediterranean
May to October
The inaugural season opened in May 2026 and the published 2026 Mediterranean departures ran to mid-October, calling in France, Italy, Croatia, Monaco, Spain, Portugal, Malta, Morocco and Montenegro. Venice, Dubrovnik, Rome, Marseille, Monte-Carlo, Palma, Valletta and Málaga all appear on the published list, including a three-night sailing from Monte-Carlo, 23 to 26 September 2026, timed to the Monaco Yacht Show.
Transatlantic
October
One crossing links Lisbon and the Caribbean via Ponta Delgada in the Azores. In 2026 it ran 14 nights, 12 to 26 October, published as Ocean Rebirth, a Transatlantic Wellness Retreat with Guerlain.
Caribbean
Late October onward
Saint-Barth and the Lesser Antilles over the northern winter — Antigua, Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Martinique, St Lucia and St Vincent, with Gustavia, Marigot, Falmouth Harbour and San Juan on the published calls. The season opens where the crossing ends: the first published Caribbean departure is the three-night Antilles Escape from Bridgetown on 26 October 2026.
Mediterranean, on Olympian
May to June, then September to October 2027
The second yacht's first season. Olympian's first voyage leaves Marseille on 23 May 2027 and she works the western Mediterranean until late June; she comes back from Málaga on 31 August 2027 and stays until mid-October.
Northern Europe
July and August 2027
Nine departures are published between 8 July and 22 August 2027, working between Lisbon, Bordeaux, Copenhagen and London. One thing the brochures gloss over: these sail on Olympian, the second yacht, not on Corinthian herself.
Signature voyages, 2026–27
4 departures we would shortlist from the line's calendar, each with its route, the map and our hotels at either end. Filter them by region, month or length; For any other date the line publishes, ask and we send it with the fare.
All 4 sailings
Ocean Rebirth, with Guerlain
Corinthian · 12 Oct 2026 · 14 nights
Lisbon to Bridgetown
from EUR 60,200 per suite
Booked through usUS$250 onboard credit per guest · Plus USD 1,500 from us at USD 40,000+
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- Lisbon, Portugal
- Days at sea
- Ponta Delgada, Azores
- Days at sea
- Bridgetown, Barbados
Where to stay before and after
Antilles Escape
Corinthian · 26 Oct 2026 · 3 nights
Bridgetown to San Juan
from EUR 15,900 per suite
Booked through usUS$250 onboard credit per guest · Plus USD 1,500 from us at USD 40,000+
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- Bridgetown, Barbados
- Saint-Pierre, Martinique
- Gustavia, Saint-Barthélémy
- San Juan, Puerto Rico
Where to stay before and after
After you disembark
Stay in Puerto Rico
A Sail Through the Isles
Corinthian · 5 Dec 2026 · 6 nights
Bridgetown to Marigot
from EUR 31,800 per suite
Booked through usUS$250 onboard credit per guest · Plus USD 1,500 from us at USD 40,000+
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- Bridgetown, Barbados
- Bequia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Les Saintes, Guadeloupe
- Marina Day (Guadeloupe)
- Gustavia, Saint-Barthélémy
- Virgin Gorda, British Virgin Islands
- Marigot, Saint-Martin
Where to stay before and after
After you disembark
Stay on Anguilla or St Barths
From Scandinavian Light to London
Olympian · 6 Aug 2027 · 10 nights
Copenhagen to London
from EUR 59,000 per suite
Booked through usUS$250 onboard credit per guest · Plus USD 1,500 from us at USD 40,000+
View the route
- Copenhagen
- Skagen
- Bergen
- At sea
- Aberdeen
- Edinburgh
- At sea
- London
Where to stay before and after
After you disembark
Stay in London
Fares are indicative, per suite at double occupancy and include taxes, exactly as Orient Express publishes them. Orient Express's calendar runs to mid-October 2027 across both yachts. We confirm live availability and pricing at enquiry.
What we add · 2026 sailings
US$2,000 in credits per suite
US$1,500 credited by Via Privata on bookings of US$40,000 or more, plus a US$250 onboard credit per guest on every booking of the world's largest sailing yacht.
- US$1,500 from us on bookings of US$40,000+
- US$250 per guest on every booking
- The fare you'd pay direct
Booking this line
Fifty-four suites is a small inventory for a yacht this publicised, so nine to twelve months ahead is the sensible lead time, and longer for the six Penthouse Suites. For most people the target is an Appartement or a Suite Terrasse — private outdoor space without the penthouse commitment. Voyages are short, so we usually build a land stay either side. We hold the suite, arrange the transfers Orient Express includes, and confirm in writing which Destination Experiences apply to your sailing before anything is paid.
Questions, answered
What is the best Orient Express Corinthian booking offer?
Judge any offer on what reaches you per suite. Every Corinthian booking through Via Privata carries a USD 250 onboard credit per guest from the Orient Express / Accor programme — USD 500 a suite at double occupancy. Separately, on bookings of USD 40,000 or more we add our own USD 1,500 credit, USD 2,000 per suite in all, at the same fare you would pay booking direct. We confirm in writing exactly which benefits your dates carry before you commit.
What does the fare include?
More than most at this level. Orient Express sells the voyage as all-inclusive: butler service in every suite, dining across the restaurants, fine wines, spirits and beverages, in-suite dining, laundry, the cinema, library, game room and recording studio, hammam and sauna, the marina platform with its water toys and nautical instruction, high-speed Wi-Fi via Starlink, and private transfers with airport welcome and luggage handling. Gratuities and tipping are included. Destination Experiences ashore are included on select itineraries. What is not included: flights, hotel and rail arrangements, spa treatments, La Table fine dining and a select list of wines and spirits. We confirm the exclusions in writing before you commit.
Is Corinthian actually sailing, and is there a second yacht?
Corinthian is sailing. She was named at Chantiers de l'Atlantique in Saint-Nazaire on 29 April 2026; Orient Express says she lay in the bay of Cannes through the Festival de Cannes, 12 to 23 May 2026, at the start of her first season. A sister, Orient Express Olympian, is announced. Orient Express lists her first voyage on 23 May 2027 from Marseille and gives her 54 suites, as on Corinthian, but she is not yet carrying guests and has no published deck plans. Anything offered on Olympian today is being sold ahead of delivery, and we would say so before you paid a deposit.
Which suite should we book?
It comes down to whether outdoor space matters more than floor area. A Suite Terrasse gives you a private terrace at 463 sq ft; a Suite Panoramique gives you 506 sq ft behind panoramic windows and no terrace. The Appartement categories add both, and the Suite Duplex sits at the top of the Signature tier on two levels. The six Penthouse Suites — Agatha Christie, Zephyr, Meltem, Libeccio, Sirocco and Mistral — are the ones that go first.
When is the best time to sail?
The Mediterranean season carries the warm months. The published 2026 programme ran from the May debut to a final departure on 12 October, taking in Venice and the Adriatic, Rome, Provence and the Riviera, with a three-night sailing from Monte-Carlo timed to the Monaco Yacht Show. The yacht then crosses to the Caribbean, where the season opens with a three-night departure from Bridgetown on 26 October 2026 and runs through the winter around Saint-Barth and the Lesser Antilles. In 2027 the second yacht, Olympian, opens in the Mediterranean on 23 May from Marseille, sails nine Northern Europe departures from 8 July to 22 August, working between Lisbon, Bordeaux, Copenhagen and London, and returns to the Mediterranean in September and October.
Why book Orient Express Corinthian through an advisor?
Because the fare is fixed and everything around it is not. There is no online booking here. The parts that decide whether a voyage works — which suite category is still open on your dates, which Destination Experiences apply to that particular sailing, how the included transfers are arranged, what happens either side of a two- or seven-night leg — are settled between us and the line. We hold the suite, put the detail in writing and build the land stay around it. Nothing on this page is a rate; we quote live when you enquire.
Details checked against Orient Express Corinthian's published materials · August 2026
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