Holland America is taking inspiration from the Nineteen Twenties once more for its newest over-the-top Mediterranean cruise.
The Seattle-based line revealed plans Tuesday for an epic, 45-day crusing from North America to the Mediterranean and again that mimics an formidable voyage the road provided in 1925.
Scheduled to depart Oct. 7, 2025, the Final Mediterranean & Atlantic Passage itinerary, because it’s being known as, will provide North American vacationers an opportunity to expertise a grand tour of the Mediterranean with out ever getting on a transatlantic flight — identical to within the Nineteen Twenties.
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It is the second such voyage the road has placed on its schedule prior to now 12 months, becoming a member of a 42-night crusing from the U.S. to the Mediterranean and again that’s already on Holland America’s schedule for November.
One notable distinction between the newly introduced crusing and the one happening later this 12 months: The primary voyage begins and ends in Fort Lauderdale, whereas the brand new crusing begins and ends in New York Metropolis.
Just like the beforehand introduced crusing, the brand new voyage takes place on Holland America’s 1,432-passenger Volendam. It will deliver calls at 18 ports throughout eight nations, together with a number of stops in Greece for visits to such historic websites because the Parthenon in Athens and Knossos Palace on the island of Crete.
Different stops embrace Ponta Delgada within the Azores archipelago of Portugal because the ship crosses the Atlantic eastward from New York, adopted by a name in Portugal’s capital, Lisbon.
There will even be in a single day visits to Civitavecchia, Italy (the gateway port for Rome); Alexandria, Egypt (the gateway port for Cairo and its pyramids); and Istanbul — all identified for his or her historic websites courting to historic instances.
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Barcelona can also be on the schedule, as is La Goulette, Tunisia (the port for Tunis, the place cruisers can tour the ruins of the traditional metropolis of Carthage); Gibraltar; Cadiz and Cartagena in Spain; and Kusadasi, Turkey. Kusadasi is a gateway port to go to the ruins of the traditional metropolis of Ephesus.
Two extra calls are Livorno, Italy (the gateway port for Pisa and Florence), and Naples, Italy, a jumping-off level for visits to the traditional ruins of Pompeii.
The cruise concludes Nov. 21 in New York after a return journey throughout the Atlantic.
The 1925 model of the itinerary was comparatively related, additionally starting and ending in New York and together with stops at ports close to most of the Mediterranean’s most well-known historic websites. That journey passed off on the fourth model of Holland America’s Rotterdam (the road has had seven ships known as Rotterdam over time, together with one presently crusing).
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Holland America says 550 passengers had been aboard the unique crusing, which departed from New York Metropolis on Feb. 4, 1925.
The unique itinerary in 1925 had 15 stops, a lot of that are on the brand new itinerary.
One massive distinction between the unique itinerary and the 2 new variations of it was that the unique crusing was an extended 67 days. This was partly as a result of the ship spent 9 full days docked in Egypt for off-ship touring of the nation’s many historic websites.
One other distinction between the journeys is that the 1925 model of the voyage wasn’t a “closed loop” journey on a single ship — that’s, it did not return passengers to North America on the finish of the crusing on the identical ship that took them to Europe.
As a substitute, the voyage led to Rotterdam within the Netherlands, and passengers needed to change to a different Holland America ship for the ultimate transatlantic leg again to New York Metropolis.
Based in 1873, Holland America was initially a transport and passenger line identified for transatlantic crossings that took folks between North America and Europe. However beginning within the Nineteen Twenties, it started to often provide what right now can be thought of extra conventional cruises, taking leisure vacationers to far-off locations such because the Mediterranean for sightseeing.
The February timing of the 1925 crusing to the Mediterranean would have coincided with the time of 12 months when there was much less demand for transatlantic crossings.
A ‘legendary voyage’ for Holland America
The brand new Mediterranean itinerary introduced Tuesday is the newest addition to a brand new collection of Legendary Voyages that Holland America unveiled in 2023. The additional-long sailings, scheduled to happen over the subsequent three years, deal with a single area and vary from 25 to 59 nights in size. In addition they characteristic particular programming.
The preliminary lineup of Legendary Voyages included each beforehand provided routings and a few all-new routes — the latter together with an epic itinerary targeted on Japan scheduled for 2024 that can final greater than 50 days.
Normally, the voyages deal with far-off locations — together with Australia and New Zealand, the Amazon and South America, the South Pacific and Hawaii, Greenland and Iceland, Asia, and Alaska and the Arctic Circle. However in a twist, most sailings are designed to start and finish in a North American port, which means that North American passengers can attain distant locations with out ever getting on a world flight.
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The brand new lineup of lengthy journeys is designed to enhance Holland America’s celebrated assortment of even longer Grand Voyages — far-ranging, typically world-circling sailings that usually are 70 nights or longer.
The preliminary grouping of Legendary Voyages introduced in 2023 included 17 particular departures between late 2023 and early 2025. Holland America has since added extra departures.
Holland America has lengthy been identified for longer sailings from U.S. ports that introduced folks to far-flung locations across the globe. The brand new Legendary Voyages and an expanded lineup of different lengthy voyages mark a doubling down by the road on such journeys.
Fares for the brand new Mediterranean itinerary begin at $5,749 per particular person, not together with taxes, charges and port expenses. For extra data, see the web page for the crusing on Holland America’s web site.
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