South Norway Maiden Voyage onboard Vasco de Gama departing from Bremerhaven, Germany, 10 June 2019, 9 nights
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.
Itinerary
| DATE | PORT | ARRIVALS | DEPARTURE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10/6/19 | Bremerhaven (Germany) | – | 1630 | |
| 11/6/19 | Rest at sea | – | – | |
| 12/6/19 | Alesund (Norway) | 0700h | 1300h | |
| In 1904, a catastrophic conflagration raged in Ålesund and left nothing but ashes. Then the city was rebuilt in the Art Nouveau style, incidentally with support from Germany, the then current architecture direction. Buildings with bay windows and turrets and facades with romantic, medieval ornaments give Ålesund its very own ancient charm. It is not without reason that it is regarded as the prettiest city in Norway and extends on a series of islands that stretch out into the open sea. From the city park, 418 steps lead up to the summit of Askla Mountain, which offers great views of Ålesund. In the lavishly designed building of the former Schwanenapotheke, the Art Nouveau Center delights with insights into the unique architectural heritage of the city. | ||||
| 12/6/19 |  Passage Stor- and Sunnylvsfjord (Norway) |
– | – | |
| 12/6/19 | Passage Geirangerfjord (Norway) |
– | – | |
| 12/6/19 |  Geiranger (Norway) |
1900h | 1930h | |
| Around 1800, the small farming village Geiranger was relatively isolated from the outside world, but meanwhile it has become one of Norway’s most popular tourist destinations. Behind the village at the end of the fascinatingly beautiful Geirangerfjord there rises a magnificent and impressive mountain scenery. Steep mountain roads wind up to dizzying heights, revealing panoramic views that are truly breathtaking in the truest sense of the word. Snow capped mountain peaks, wild falling waterfalls, lush green valleys and dramatic gorges stretch as far as the eye can see and are reflected in the smooth, calm surface of the incredible Geirangerfjord deep in the valley below. | ||||
| 13/6/19 | Olden (Norway) | 0800h | 1700h | |
| The southernmost of the three short arms of the inner Nordfjord ends in Olden. The charming village is located between neat 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. | ||||
| 13/6/19 | Passage Nordfjord (Norway) |
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| 14/6/19 | Vik (Norway) |
0700h | 0800h | |
| 14/6/19 | Passage Sognefjord (Norway) |
– | – | |
| 14/6/19 | Flåm (Norway) | 1300h | 2000h | |
| Surrounded by majestically towering mountains, the tiny village of Flåm with its approximately 500 inhabitants nestles at the end of the Aurlandsfjord, the innermost arm of the mighty Sognefjord. Its popularity as a holiday destination began in the late 19th century with the arrival of steamboats, which brought English and German passengers, including European nobility, to salmon fishing on the Flåm River. Today’s visitors are attracted by the opportunity to ride on one of the steepest and most spectacular railways in the world. The Flåm Railway is considered a masterpiece of engineering and zigzags up the steep slopes of the Flåm Valley in the middle of one of Norway’s most breathtaking mountain scenery. | ||||
| 15/6/19 | Bergen (Norway) | 1000h | 1730h | |
| Norway’s second largest city is also known as the gateway to the fjords. With a population of less than a quarter of a million people, but rather the pleasant feeling of being in a small town. Seven surrounding mountains form a beautiful backdrop and a cable car ride up to the city mountain Fløien promises magnificent panoramic views of Bergen and the Norwegian coastline with its many skerries. The colorful quay promenade of Bryggen Old Town is the face of Bergen. The typical wooden gabled houses were once the home and workplace of Hanseatic merchants. Today, shops are located here selling handicrafts and traditional souvenirs. | ||||
| 16/6/19 | Eidfjord (Norway) | 0630h | 1300h | |
| Located at the end of a tributary of the beautiful Hardangerfjord, Eidfjord scores with its impressive mountains towering up to 1,900m. The small town is the gateway to Hardangervidda, the largest high mountain plateau in Europe and Norway’s largest national park. Just a short walk from the town center you can find tombs from the Iron Age and the Viking era next to the road. The old church in Eidfjord dates back to 1309. Not too far away, the magnificent Vøringfossen waterfall is one of Norway’s favorite natural wonders and is the destination of an optional excursion combined with a visit to the amazing Sysen Dam. | ||||
| 16/6/19 | Passage Hardangerfjord (Norway) |
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| 16/6/19 | Leirvik (Norway) | 2000h | 2100h | |
| 17/6/19 | Stavanger (Norway) | 0900h | 1930h | |
| 18/6/19 | Rest at sea | – | – | |
| 19/6/19 | Bremerhaven (Germany) | 0900h | – | |
Ship is at anchor
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.
* Technical stop, guests can not go ashore
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