For seven luxurious days in August 2023, Virgin Voyage's Valiant Lady cruise ship was my home.

Virgin Voyages , a luxury, adults-only cruise line, launched in 2021. It's won several awards, according to its website . For example, it was named the no. 1 cruise line in Travel + Leisure's 2025 World's Best Awards.

Virgin Voyages has four "lady" ships: Scarlet Lady , Valiant Lady, Resilient Lady, and Brilliant Lady. A Virgin Voyages representative told Business Insider that the ships are pretty much identical, aside from differences in artwork and entertainment.

I cruised on Valiant Lady, which began sailing in March 2022. Like the other ships, it can hold more than 2,700 guests.

Virgin Voyages ships sail in Europe and the Caribbean. I took a seven-day Mediterranean cruise that left out of Barcelona.

Valiant Lady docked in Ibiza. Joey Hadden/Business Insider

My ship sailed round-trip from Barcelona to ports in Italy and France, including Toulon, Ajaccio, and Marina di Carrara .…