North Cape onboard Vasco de Gama departing 24 May 2020, 12 nights from £1252
With only 1220 passengers, the Vasco da Gama combines beautiful, contemporary décor with a more traditional cruise style. There are 120 spacious superior and premium balcony cabins and 29 de-luxe balcony suites including an impressive Royal Penthouse Suite. A majority of twin bedded cabins convert to double bed cabins and a limited number also have inter-connecting doors, ideal for family groups.
The facilities on board Vasco da Gama are impressive with a choice of six restaurants, five lounge bars, a pool bar and four entertainment venues each with its own individual style. She offers a casino, library, card room and shopping galleria plus extensive deck areas, two swimming pools (one of which has a retractable roof), sports courts, spa amenities and a gym.
The Vasco da Gama has great entertainment on board, from show teams to pianists to disco. Why not start your evening with a pre-dinner drink and enjoy some of your favourite melodies? The resident musicians invite you to sit back, relax and enjoy conversation with new friends about another wonderful day ashore.
Please note that the Vasco da Gama cruises are sold primarily to the German market and therefore the majority of passengers onboard will be German. The crew onboard the Vasco da Gama speak German and English and you will be provided with English menus and a printed daily programme in English informing you of the days events onboard the ship and port information.
Itinerary
| DATE | PORT | ARRIVALS | DEPARTURE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24/5/20 | Bremerhaven (Germany) | – | 17:00 | |
| 25/5/20 | Rest at sea | – | – | |
| 26/5/20 |  Vik (Norway) |
06:00 | 07:00 | |
| 27/5/20 | Hellesylt (Norway) | 10:30 | 18:00 | Information Hide Information |
| The roots of the tiny village of Hellesylt, which lies at the head of Sunnylvsfjord, go back to the Vikings. Its living history is closely linked to tourism. Since the first hotel was built here in 1875, Hellesylt has welcomed royalty and celebrated celebrities from the arts and arts, including Henrik Ibsen, who drew inspiration for his drama Brand from the spectacular Hellesylt landscape. The town center is divided into two parts by a river with a rushing waterfall. The village is the starting point to experience the exceptionally beautiful scenery of the Geirangerfjord. The excursions offered will take you to some of the greatest mountain and fjord regions Norway has to offer. | ||||
| 28/5/20 | Rest at sea | – | – | |
| 29/5/20 | Leknes, Lofoten (Norway) | 06:00 | 12:30 | Information Hide Information |
| Geographically, Leknes is right in the middle of the Lofoten Archipelago on Vestvågøy Island, one of the seven main islands. Although Leknes may not be the most attractive city, it is considered the gateway to one of Norway’s most awesome and grandiose landscapes. The excursions on offer explore the land of jagged mountain peaks, sheltered coves and dramatic shores scattered with quaint fishing villages. The archipelago is home to large bird populations and looks back on a rich and fascinating heritage of the Vikings. | ||||
| 30/5/20 | Passage North Cape | – | – | |
| 31/5/20 | Honningsvåg, North Cape (Norway) | – | 03:00 | Information Hide Information |
| Despite the fact that the Norwegian law states that a city must have 5,000 inhabitants to call itself a city, the small municipality Honningsvåg with its 2,500 souls was granted city rights in 1996. Thus, Honningsvåg rose to one of the smallest cities in the country. It is located on the southeast side of the island Magerøya in the Barents Sea. The city is known as a starting point for excursions to the dramatic North Cape, where the monumental 307 meter high cliff plunges vertically from a rocky plateau into the Atlantic Ocean. It is here at the northernmost point of Europe, and between the North Cape and the North Pole is only the endless Arctic sea. | ||||
| 01/06/20 | Rest at sea | – | – | |
| 02/06/20 | Olden (Norway) |
10:00 | 18:00 | Information Hide Information |
| The southernmost of the three short arms of the inner Nordfjord ends in Olden. The charming village is located between smart farms on gently rising, fertile slopes, which become steeper and steeper up into dense, overgrown mountain peaks. The beautiful Oldendalen valley runs from the town between towering mountains to the edge of the mighty Jostedalsgletscher. The Briksdal Glacier is one of the most accessible glacier tongues of the Jostedalsbreen. The creeping moving, furrowed arm of ice is visited on the excursions offered from Olden, next to magnificent waterfalls, glacier-fed rivers and beautiful mountain lakes. | ||||
| 03/06/20 | Stavanger (Norway) | 13:00 | 22:00 | Information Hide Information |
| In modern times, Stavanger is considered the oil capital of Norway. It is a lively, modern city with the old town Gamle Stavanger. The picturesque old part of Stavanger has gently sloping cobblestone streets lined with small, white wooden houses built at the end of the 18th and beginning of the 19th century. The Anglo-Norman cathedral dates back to 1125, the official founding year of Stavanger. One of the most popular trips from Norway’s fourth largest city is the visit of an Iron Age farmstead at Ullanhaug. This reveals fascinating insights into the life of this area about 1,500 years ago. | ||||
| 04/06/20 | Rest at sea | – | – | |
| 05/06/20 | Bremerhaven (Germany) | 07:00 | – | |
Note: In case of bad weather or sea conditions that prevent the ship from reaching a planned port, alternative arrangements will be made as far as possible.
Ship is at anchor, ashore by tender boat.
* Technical stop, guests can not go ashore
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