cruises in the Mediterranean Sea, Barcelona and to the USA
Venice hotels & travel
- 12 Night Mediterranean Romance
Holland America Line (HAL) Cruises
Holland America Line (HAL) is a large cruise shipping company with a fleet of 15 ships to 7 continents. HAL started in 1873 and is part of the Carnival Corporation since 1989. The HAL cruise ships depart from the Marittima harbor in the Venice cruise port. Only one cruise depart from Riva Setta Martiri at Septmber 10, 2011. HAL's main cruise ship (in 2011) in Venice is the 'MS Nieuw Amsterdam'. A few times, the cruise boats are the 'Rotterdam' and the 'Prinsendam'. An example cruise itinerary of the HAL is listed below.
Itinerary: Venice - Dubrovnik - Kerkira - Corfu - Argostoli - Thira (Santorini) - Catania - Naples - Civitavecchia (Rome) - Livorno (Florence/Pisa) - Barcelona.
HAL cruises from/to Venice:
- 12 Night Mediterranean Empires from Venice to Venice
- 12 Night Mediterranean Romance from Venice to Barcelona
- 17 Night Venetian Passage from Venice to Fort Lauderdale (USA)
- 19 Night Mediterranean Serenade Collector's Voyage
- 24 Night Magic of the Mediterranean from Venice to Barcelona
- 24 Night Magic of the Mediterranean Collector's Voyage
- 24 Night Magic of the Mediterranean from Venice to Venice
- 25 Night Mediterranean Farewell Collector's Voyage from Venice to USA
- 29 Night Mediterranean Farewell from Venice to Fort Lauderdale (USA)
Nieuw Amsterdam
This new ship is the main cruise boat from the HAL in Venice. It was even build in Venice with Fincantieri's Marghera shipyard and launched at July, 2010. The Nieuw Amsterdam has many facilities such as an extended art collection, a luxury jewelry boutique, an atrium bar area, a premium wine-tasting lounge and a cyber-coffee house powered by The New York Times.
Other cruise operators in Venice
- MCS Cruises
- P& O Princess Cruises
The Eurodam, a sistership of the Nieuw Amsterdam
Venice Lido - Venice historic centre - Grand Canal Venice - St. Mark's Square
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