Holland America Line
From: European Cruise Guide

ABOVE: The ms Rotterdam
arrives in Rotterdam, Netherlands after a cruise to Scandinavia. INSET BELOW:
Eurodam, Maasdam, Prinsendam, and a lanai stateroom
with access to a promenade deck.
Holland America Line
transported some 850,000 immigrants to the United States in its heyday as a
Dutch transatlantic steamship company. Service between Rotterdam and New York
ended in 1971, and today HAL is an American-owned "premium cruise line" with 15
ships that serve more than 600,000 guests per year.
In 2013,
Holland America is offering 107 cruises with 53 different itineraries of varying
lengths on seven ships in Northern and Southern Europe--including the ms Nieuw
Amsterdam, which entered service in 2010 and is the second
Signature-class ship in Europe (along with Eurodam).
HAL's
2013 cruise calendar has been designed so that ambitious cruisers can combine
different itineraries into "Collectors' Voyages" of 14 to 33 days.
The purple squares on
Holland America Line's regularly-updated
sailing schedule
provide an overview of European cruises in the current and coming seasons.
Note
for Rotterdam fans: HAL's
Rotterdam
(see our
ms Rotterdam cruise review)
now offers a large number of cruises, including roundtrip itineraries, from
Rotterdam, Netherlands. The city of
Rotterdam is as underrated as it is interesting, and the voyage from the city
center to the North Sea takes the ship through one of the busiest ports in the
world. Best of all, Rotterdam is only an hour from Amsterdam's Schiphol airport,
so international connections are easy.
Cruise line's Web site:
Holland America Line
Cruise review:
ms Rotterdam: Scandinavian cruise
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