In a press conference yesterday attended by the biggest names in cruise news, Holland America Line announced they finally have a date for their restart of operations! The cruise line received approval from the government of Greece to begin sailing from Piraeus on August 15, 2021 on board their ship
Eurodam. There are four cruises from Piraeus to choose from and bookings for these cruises will open May 6.
New Greek Cruise Itineraries
Starting on August 15th, the “Idyllic Greek Isles” itinerary features calls on Kotor, Montenegro, plus the Greek isles of Kékira (Corfu), Thíra (Santorini) and Mykonos. The “Ancient Wonders” departs August 22nd with calls on Haifa, Israel, as well as Náfplion, Mykonos and Rhodes in Greece. Both sailings can be combined to form a longer, back-to-back 14-day Collectors’ Voyage.
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Add Holland America to the list of cruise lines planning to restart at least some operations by late summer. The Seattle-based cruise company known for globe-circling itineraries on Wednesday said it would resume departures in the Mediterranean in August albeit with just a single ship. The line said its 2,104-passenger Eurodam would operate a …
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Holland America Line has received approval from the Greek government to restart cruising from
Piraeus (Athens) in August with four
Eurodam departures. Bookings will open on May 6.
Gus Antorcha, the line s president, enthusiastically told reporters attending a Tuesday virtual briefing: We re back. The bottom line we are back.
He acknowledged that while it s one out of 11 total ships (including the new
Rotterdam) in the fleet to restart, it s a positive as the process starts as one. Antorcha also noted that as Holland America returns to service, there may be more tweaks to the fleet.
To accommodate the new
Eurodam’s published