Orient Express Yacht Corinthian and Olympian: 2026-2027 Prices, Itineraries and Tech Secrets

The Orient Express Corinthian is 220 meters long and officially the world’s largest sailing yacht. It sets sail for the first time in May 2026, with a sister ship called the Olympian following in 2027. Together, they mark a serious move into ultra-luxury maritime travel for a brand most people still associate with vintage train cars.

Pricing for the 2026 season runs from approximately €16,800 for entry-level suites up to €43,000 for the largest cabins. If you’re eyeing the six-night launch cruise specifically, reports have placed that at £52,870 per person. These aren’t numbers you stumble into, which is exactly what makes this yacht worth paying attention to.

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Below, you’ll find a breakdown of the Orient Express yacht 2026–2027 prices and itineraries, the SolidSail technology the Corinthian shares with the Black Pearl, and how it stacks up against the most talked-about mega-yachts on the water today.

Orient Express Sailing Yacht Prices 2026-2027

To put it plainly: the Orient Express is attempting to reset the ceiling of what “luxury” actually costs at sea. If you are tracking the launch of the Corinthian (2026) and the Olympian (2027), you’ll notice the pricing is positioned at the absolute apex of the industry, often dwarfing the rates of rivals like Four Seasons Yachts by 50% or more.

Let’s take a close look at the pricing. These figures are per suite (the cheapest option) and typically include Michelin-starred meals by Yannick Alléno, premium beverages, 24-hour butler service, Starlink WiFi, and laundry.

Orient Express Corinthian Price

The majority of Olympian planned itineraries, as well as Corinthian ones starting from June 2027, are available for privatization.

Orient Express Olympian Price

If you’re looking for the absolute peak of the Orient Express experience, the Agatha Christie Penthouse Suite is designed to provide a shock even to seasoned travelers. For a 7-night voyage, this suite commands a price of €196,000 (roughly $213,200).

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What does a quarter-of-a-million-dollar week look like? You’re occupying a 2,422-square-foot sanctuary supplemented by a 1,938-square-foot private terrace. The suite features its own fitness room and a terrace jacuzzi, effectively allowing you to bypass the rest of the ship's amenities entirely.

Why the Price Gap? Service as a Financial Metric

To understand why a week on the Corinthian costs triple the rate of other "six-star" lines, you have to look at the math behind the service. In the luxury world, the crew-to-guest ratio is the ultimate indicator of quality.

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While competitors like Ponant often carry up to 264 guests and Ritz-Carlton accommodates up to 452, the Corinthian limits its guest list to just 110–130 people.

With a dedicated crew of 170, the resulting 1.5:1 ratio (or 0.76 crew members per single guest) ensures that your butler is effectively a personal shadow.

This level of staffing is virtually unheard of outside of private 50-meter mega-yacht charters. Furthermore, while many luxury ships offer only a couple of dining venues, the Corinthian features 13 distinct bars and restaurants.

For US-based travelers, it is worth noting that while these USD equivalents provide a helpful benchmark, official billing is processed in Euros.

Orient Express Yacht Itinerary 2026-2027

The Orient Express Corinthian will spend its first season, June 2026 to October 2026, in the Mediterranean before heading across the Atlantic for winter in the Caribbean.

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Sailings are short by cruise standards, ranging from just 2 nights to a week or slightly longer. The program mixes well-known ports like Marseille, Venice, and Naples with smaller stops such as Propriano in Corsica or Lerici on the Italian coast.

Orient Express Mediterranean Itineraries

These routes focus on Spain, southern France, Italy, and Malta. Most itineraries move between the Balearic Islands, Sicily, Amalfi coast, and Riviera ports, combining short coastal hops with longer cross-Mediterranean segments.

• The Celebrated Coasts of Algarve and Andalusia
  Lisbon → Portimão → Seville (Cadiz) → Marbella → Málaga
• Moorish Memories in Granada and Casablanca
  Málaga → Marbella → Granada (Motril) → Casablanca
• Casablanca’s Casbah to Costa del Sol’s Starlets
  Casablanca → Cádiz → Marbella → Málaga
• Sketches of Andalusia
  Málaga → Gibraltar → Granada (Motril) → Palma de Mallorca
• Secrets of the Balearics and Sicily
  Palma de Mallorca → Ibiza → Mahón → Trapani → Palermo → Valletta
• Sailing Sicily via Malta
  Valletta → Syracuse → Taormina (Giardini Naxos) → Lipari → Palermo → Valletta
• Mediterranean Blooms through Portofino and Corsica
  Marseille → Portofino → Saint-Florent → Calvi → Propriano → Marseille
• Timeless Harbors of the Riviera di Levante
  Marseille → Saint-Tropez → Santa Margherita → Cannes
• Mediterranean Icons and Legendary Islands
  Cannes → Portofino → Portoferraio → Porto Cervo → Porto-Vecchio → Rome (Civitavecchia)
• Islands of Elegance from Rome
  Rome (Civitavecchia) → Porto-Vecchio → Ischia → Capri → Naples → Rome (Civitavecchia)
• Moonlit Volcanoes and Baroque Beauties of Italy
  Rome (Civitavecchia) → Ischia → Capri → Lipari → Taormina (Giardini Naxos) → Syracuse → Valletta
• From Sicilian Bastions to Balearic Bliss
  Valletta → Trapani → Mahón → Ibiza → Palma de Mallorca
• The Enchanting Isles of Sicily and Malta
  Valletta → Syracuse → Taormina (Giardini Naxos) → Lipari → Trapani → Valletta
• Moorish Gems of Andalusia, the Algarve & Lisbon
  Palma de Mallorca → Granada (Motril) → Seville (Cadiz) → Portimão → Lisbon
• Sunsets of Sicily and Balearic Isles
  Valletta → Trapani → Mahón → Ibiza → Marseille
• Gems of Provence and Monaco
  Marseille → Bendor Island → Saint-Tropez → Cannes → Monte Carlo
• Special events: short trips tied to the Venice Film Festival and Monaco Yacht Show.

The Eastern Mediterranean and Greek Island itineraries are typical island-hopping routes, starting or ending in Athens or Istanbul. They combine Cyclades, Ionian islands, and Turkish coastlines with longer multi-stop cultural routes.

• Mediterranean Mosaic Around the Peloponnese
  Valletta → Otranto → Corfu → Fiskardo → Pylos → Monemvasía → Hydra → Athens (Piraeus)
• Sailing the Cyclades to Constantinople
  Athens (Piraeus) → Paros → Mykonos → Skopelos → Skiathos → Istanbul
• Sailing the Cyclades to Constantinople
  Athens (Piraeus) → Paros → Mykonos → Skopelos → Skiathos → Istanbul
• Turkish Riviera and Cycladic Islands
  Istanbul → Alaçatı (Çeşme) → Samos → Paros → Naxos → Athens (Piraeus)
• Blessed Isles and Turquoise Coasts
  Athens (Piraeus) → Spetses → Mykonos → Symi → Göcek Marina → Adamas Milos → Athens (Piraeus)
• Hellenic Harbors to Adriatic Awe
  Athens (Piraeus) → Hydra → Monemvasia → Pylos → Fiskardo → Otranto → Valletta

These itineraries look similar to what lines like SeaDream and Ponant already offer in the region, though the short 2- to 3-night sailings are more unusual, catering to guests who may be combining a cruise with a land-based holiday.

Caribbean and Atlantic Routes

Caribbean & Atlantic routes are shorter, often loop-based or point-to-point, focusing on island clusters. These itineraries emphasize private islands and repeatable anchorages, while transatlantic routes connect Europe with the Caribbean via the Azores.

• The Grenadines & Leeward Isles
  Bridgetown → Canouan → Les Saintes → Little Jumby → Marigot
• BVI Private Island & Iconic St Barth
  Marigot → Private Estate → Saint-Barthélemy → Marigot
• A Transatlantic Renewal
  Bridgetown → Ponta Delgada → Lisbon

The Caribbean routes echo what Ritz-Carlton’s Evrima or SeaDream II already cover, though Corinthian leans more on French West Indies pairings and condensed getaways.

Northern Europe and Atlantic Coast

These routes are longer, linear journeys along the Atlantic coast, often combining Iberia, France, and the UK. Compared to the Mediterranean, they have fewer stops but longer sailing segments between culturally dense ports.

• From Sea Breeze to Vineyard
  Lisbon → Porto → Bilbao → Bordeaux
• Vintages and Virtuosos from Lisbon to London
  Lisbon → Porto → Bilbao → Bordeaux → Saint-Malo → Cowes → London
• Atlantic Flavours, English Horizons
  Lisbon → Porto → Bilbao → Bordeaux → Saint-Malo → Cowes → London
• A Voyage into the Impressions of Brittany
  London → Torquay → Saint-Malo → Honfleur → London
• Castles, Abbeys and Impressions of Light
  London → Cowes → Torquay → Saint-Malo → Honfleur → London

The holiday-season departures in late December and January are clearly aimed at the peak travel period, when demand for St Barth and nearby islands is highest.

Corinthian Key Features and Onboard Experience

For its size, the Corinthian is unusually facility-heavy. It is reported to have 5 restaurants, 8 bars, 2 pools, a cabaret, a cinema, and a recording studio.

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By contrast, other boutique ships such as SeaDream I and II typically carry just 2 restaurants and 1 small pool, while Scenic Eclipse offers 1 plunge pool but no large lap lane.

The 54-foot pool, therefore, sets the Corinthian apart, since most yachts under 300 passengers rarely include a true swimming facility.

Design and Inspiration

Maxime d’Angeac’s design leans into Riviera Art Deco of the 1920s–30s. This places it closer to the look of the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express rail cars than to contemporary luxury ships like Ritz-Carlton Evrima or Explora I, both of which favor muted modern minimalism.

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The result will likely appeal to travelers who prefer nostalgia and ornament over the clean-lined style now common in new cruise builds. It is a deliberate throwback rather than an attempt to look futuristic.

Orient Express Corinthian vs Aman Amanganti

The real competition here isn't about the hull. It is about the staff. Both ships have capped their guest counts far below luxury lines like Regent or Seabourn to mimic the feel of a private mega-yacht charter, but they deploy their crews in very different ways.

Difference between Aman Amanganti and Orient Express Corinthian service levels

Amangati runs with an extraordinary crew-to-guest ratio, with more than 200 crew members looking after roughly 94 guests. In practice, that means a dedicated suite host assigned to your cabin, daily laundry and pressing, unpacking handled on arrival, and in-suite dining available around the clock.

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Almost everything is anticipated before you ask for it. The overall feel mirrors a high-end Aman resort: consistent, calm, and quietly managed. Inclusions are broad too, covering all-day dining, non-alcoholic drinks and beer, Starlink Wi-Fi, water toys, marina access, and gratuities.

Mediterranean Itinerary comparison

Corinthian’s routes are designed to cover ground. The itineraries often link several distinct regions within a single sailing. A route like Palma → Ibiza → Mahón → Trapani → Palermo → Valletta moves from the Balearics into Sicily and Malta, shifting cultural context along the way. Others connect the Riviera with Corsica, or southern Italy with the Greek islands.

There is a clear pattern here. Routes are built around variety, mixing islands, mainland ports, and longer sailing legs. The experience feels progressive. Each stop adds something different rather than repeating the same type of coastline.

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Amangati’s itineraries stay more focused. Routes tend to cluster within a region, such as the Balearics and French Riviera, the Amalfi Coast, or the Greek islands. A typical sailing might look like Palma → Barcelona → Marseille → Saint-Tropez → Nice, or Naples, looping through Capri and Amalfi.

Distances between ports are shorter, and there is more time built into the schedule for staying onboard. You also see specific “Marina Days,” where the focus shifts to swimming, water toys, and using the yacht as a base rather than moving to the next destination.

World's Largest Sailing Yacht

As of today, the biggest yacht in the world belongs to Russian businessman Andrey Melnichenko. It goes by the mysterious name 'A' and cannot be chartered. However, it's not a 'sailing yacht' since it uses a diesel-electric engine for its propulsion.

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So among the super-yachts that use wind power for propulsion, the largest one is Koru, belonging to Jeff Bezos. Let's have a look at how Silenseas or Corinthian compares to the 6 largest yachts.

As we can see, the Accor yacht is the longest and the heaviest, which in due turn affects its speed — it is definitely not the fastest.

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As for the sailing experience, 3 of them (Black Pearl, Maltese Falcon, and Athena) are available for charter. Here's what they offer in terms of accommodations and amenities:

So OE Corinthian or Slienseas is positioned as the 'world's largest sailing yacht'. While this is technically correct since it uses sails in its hybrid propulsion.

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Furthermore, in terms of the experience and amenities, while being a sailing yacht, it provides a lot more services and amenities than all of the existing super yachts.

While being a giant amongst the super yachts, Corinthian is quite tiny compared to the most luxurious cruise ships. Only Scenic Eclipse, though substantially longer, can compare to OE in size. All other ships are somewhat 5 times bigger. Except for the size, what truly sets Corinthian apart is the exceptional crew-to-passenger ratio and suite size, which is only being rivalled by Aman Amangati.

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