Welcome aboard Marco Polo
The 22,080grt Bahamian flagged Marco Polo with her handsome traditional profile, beautiful teak decks and distinctive dark blue hull is a fully stabilised and air conditioned classic ocean liner, extensively re-built in 1993 for the discerning premium cruise market. She can accommodate up to 850 guests and has eight passenger decks, serviced by three main lobbies and four lifts.
Her wide range of public facilities include the impressive Waldorf Restaurant offering a traditional two sitting fixed time dining option and, as an alternative more informal experience, the stylish Marco’s Restaurant. There are five principal lounge areas. The Magellan Deck offers the theatre style Marco Polo Lounge; the elegant Captain’s Club, a perfect venue for pre-dinner cocktails with the resident pianist; the relaxing Palm Garden, a quiet spot with wonderful panoramic ocean views; and the stylish Columbus Lounge where the head barman will soon get to know your favourite drink. Completing the quintet is Scotts Bar, an ideal spot for night owls, located on Amundsen Deck.
Other amenities include the ship’s attractive well stocked Livingston Library, the Nansen Card Room, an Internet Café, a spacious shopping arcade and photo gallery, the beautifully appointed Jade Wellness Centre, which offers hairdressing & beauty treatments, fitness and exercise equipment, and sauna and massage facilities. There is an outdoor swimming pool, three whirlpools and a medical centre. In addition, and in keeping with her heritage, the Amundsen Deck offers a traditional walk around promenade.
There is a good selection of comfortable cabin accommodation with 70% of cabins having an ocean view. Cabins range from standard, superior, premium and deluxe and category options priced generally according to position size and the facilities available. Cabin amenities comprise private en-suite facilities including a shower washbasin, toilet, and a hairdryer. All cabins also have a television for satellite channels and in-house movies, telephone, two music channels and a personal safe and the more spacious higher graded de-luxe accommodation have the added benefit of sitting areas, large panoramic ocean views, a bath tub and a fridge.
Broader Horizons
Marco Polo is certified with Ice Class for cruise liners and she is designed to sail in Arctic and Antarctic waters having a reinforced hull, a helipad as well as ten covered boats, with a capacity for some 960 persons. Due to environmental regulations, our cruises to the Antarctic have a reduced passenger capacity of just 500 and landings in these remoter regions are facilitated by the ten expedition-style zodiacs.
The nautical responsibilities are in the capable hands of the highly skilled Captain Alexander Golubev, a Master with eighteen years experience some of which was gained on board specialist polar expedition vessels. He has cruised the Arctic and Antarctic waters more than forty times and is therefore entitled to call himself Ice-Master, a sought-after designation which is only awarded to Masters with extensive experience in the ice regions.
