Grab a Holland America bargain in the Mediterranean with 12-day cruises at merely $1299 pp - balcony cabin. This offers are on Holland America's newest ship, the newest Nieuw Amsterdam (that is pronounced "new" Amsterdam), a beautiful, spanking new vessel with lots of dining and entertainment options, as well as roomy and comfortable stateroom.
To see many of these offers and several more - navigate to the "Summer on Sale" European cruises at HollandAmerica.com. Please remember about the bonus offers: air and shipboard credits, kids sailing free and much more (offers vary according to the cruise you decide on).
Making the offer even better costs nothing cruise fare for children (17 and under inside the same stateroom), air credits up to $500 and shipboard credits up to $200 per suite. Necessities such as kinds of special offers that make a cruise an incredibly sweet deal when you add it and examine the bottom line.
One of the cruises in reference sails May 12 from beautiful Venice, Italy. The good news is that you stay on the ship overnight in Venice and sail in the morning at 1:00 pm. This provides you some time get settled in the ship and still get out and find out a little bit of the most beautiful city on the planet - even dining within the famous Italian city. Needless to say, I believe Venice is worth more time than that product as long as you are flying in I propose getting there early and remaining in a nice little hotel for several days pre-cruise.
I have found a number of very convenient hotels at under $200/night in Venice close to the Venice railroad station which sits on the main canal and has an end for the Vaporetto (the local "water bus" system).
From Venice you sail to historic and beautiful Dubrovnik, Croatia, a walled city that juts out to the sea that was not offered to Western tourists for many years because it was a part of Yugoslavia. The city was originally an effective city-state that was only rivaled by Venice itself dads and moms of Marco Polo.
Next stop may be the lush and tranquil isle of Corfu; as well as a day at a fine Greek beach at Argostoli. Next you arrive in beautiful Santorini, the most fascinating and beautiful Greek Isle in the world. The ship anchors on the now sea-filled caldera of an ancient volcano that when it erupted many scholars trust it created the tidal wave that plundered Atlantis.
From a day at sea you get to Catania, Sicily, where you can hire a 4x4 land rover and scale the mighty Mt. Etna. In route you ride though endless olive and citrus orchards when you soak up the sunny tranquility which is historic Sicily. The next stop is Naples, Italy, a bustling modern city but you can get away for a visit to ancient Pompeii, the famous Roman Empire city that was buried in ash when Mount Vesuvius erupted with minimal warning. The entire city was preserved with roads, homes, murals as well as the bodies of some of the locals completely encased inside falling ash.
Then it is about the vibrant city of Rome, in which the ship stops for 13 hours providing you plenty of time to get to the heart of the city to see the Coliseum, the Forum, the Pantheon, the Vatican, and also the Spanish Steps. The next day is often a stop at Livorno, the port stop for the famous cities of Florence and Pisa. Once more you have 13 hours there - plenty of time to see all of the sites you desire. After a day at sea you arrive in Barcelona, Spain - another bustling European capitol with endless walking and shopping streets featuring the astounding architecture of Gaudi.
As I said, today this 12-day Mediterranean cruise can be had for as little as $899 per person, or perhaps $1299 for a balcony stateroom. And as long as you should fly to Europe to catch this cruise, I suggest you align a few hotels and train tickets. For example, you could easily start in Switzerland, Austria or Munich and get to Venice to catch the ship inside of hours.
To see all of these offers and many more - go to the "Summer on Sale" European cruises at HollandAmerica.com. Please remember about the bonus offers: air and shipboard credits, kids sailing free and more (offers vary according to the cruise you pick).
Other Euro-cruise Options
As long as we're talking about staying in a hotel in Europe, should you prefer you can land in Europe and grow awhile and include a shorter cruise on Holland America at an even better rate than above. The seven-day "Mediterranean Glamour" or "Norwegian Fjord" cruises start at only $599 per person - to have an inside or an oceanview stateroom!
Some of the other European cruise options starting as low as $599 per person include a seven-day cruise roundtrip Rome to Monte Carlo, Palermo and Tunis (in Algeria) to find out ancient Carthage and Barcelona.
The Norwegian Fjords Cruise sails roundtrip Rotterdam to Oslo, Stavanger, Kristiansand and Flam. In the process the ship will traverse the gorgeous Norwegian fjords of Sognefjord, Lysefjord and Oslofjord. A similar cruise is accessible roundtrip Dover, England, so you can see Canterbury and Wales before you decide to sail away to points north. Both these cruises start at just $599 per person.
The 10-day Western Discovery cruise starts in Rome and calls in Monte Carlo, Barcelona, Alicante (famous for the Moorish Alhambra Palace), Gibraltar (site of the strait that open on top of the Mediterranean Sea), a call in Lisbon, Portugal, to Bruges (Brussels) and ends in enticing Amsterdam (exactly what can we possibly say about this city?). This cruise starts at only $799 per person.
The 10-day Roman Empire cruise sails roundtrip Rome to Dubrovnik, Corfu, Katakolon (site with the original Olympic games), Athens, Kusadasi (for ancient Ephesus), Santorini and Messina in Sicily - and starts at merely $799 per person.
Other cruises combine Norway with all the beautiful Scottish Highlands across the North Sea from Norway. After you see Copenhagen, Oslo, Alesund, Skjolden and some of the most beautiful fjords in Norway go over to northern Scotland to visit Lerwick, Invergordon, Edinburgh and end the cruise in Rotterdam. This 14-day cruise starts just $1099 per person.
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