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grt 12600 length: 134,50 m beam: 21,00 mdraft: 5,28 mowner: Plan Ship Management / Blasplan Marine, Schaffhausen (Switzerland) and Odessa (Ukraine)cruiseline: Columbus Leisure Cruises Ltd, Hamilton / Bermuda operator: Columbus Seereisen GmbH, Hannover / Germanyfirst entered service: 1981built at A. Warski Yard / Szszecin Yards, Gdansk / Polandformer names: LEV TOLSTOY (Black Sea Shipping Company)NATASHA (Blasplan Marine)registry: Ukrainehomeport: Odessaphone: 140 1354 fax: 140 1354machinery: 4 Sulzer-diesel (12800 kW)max. speed: 20 knotspassenger capacity: 350 (mostely German)crew: 174 (Russian / Ukrainian)officers: Russian / Ukrainiancabins are equipped with air-condition, radio, bathroom with shower, hairdryer and toilet.the ship features 1 dining-room (1 seating), a pub, a showroom, 1 children´s playroom, 1 fitness-room, 2 saunas, 1 outside swimmingpool, a massage- and beauty salon, several bars and a shop.
MS PALMIRA, which has been completely refurbished on a Polish yard last year, is offered by two German operators and had an extremely good start. Due to the fact that the ship was very famous in Germany as the LEV TOLSTOY, it is certain that the ship would be a good going product after coming up with even better facilities than before.A lot has changed onboard. The decore is much more colorful now and each cabin has new furniture which makes it much more comfortable. Some new, really spacious suites with seperate livingroom have been added too.The ship is very well maitained and clean and even though it´s not a luxury vessel, the company keeps an eye on the detail.The dining room is tastefully decorated and you feel like being on a highr rated vessel. Food is of a good quality, service is friendly but sometimes there are communication problems. Also the selection could be a bit better. But the hotel-management will certainly do its best to change it into the better.MS PALMIRA is scheduled to perform 1 week cruises out of Palma de Mallorca, always changing between the Western and Eastern itinerary, during the summer season. In winter, the ship is cruising out of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria to perform weekly cruises to Canary Islands and Marocco.The product offers a very good value-for-money cruise, there´s always lots of fun onboard and the warm atmosphere will let you feel like being at home. In April, the company will join MS PALOMA (ex DIMITRY SHOSTAKOVICH) to the fleet which will perform the same kind of cruises in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea and to Nothern Europe.Cruises with MS PALMIRA can be booked through either Columbus Seereisen or Neckermann Sereisen in Germany. Ask your travel agent for details. Remember: Most of your fellow passengers will be German.
My personal rating: ***
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