ms Vasco de Gama deck plans

MS Vasco de Gama (built 2002, last refurbished in 2009) is one of the CroisiEurope ships in the “4 anchors” class – together with Beethoven, Botticelli and L’Europe (all on Rhine and Danube rivers), La Belle de Cadix (on Guadiana and Guadalquivir rivers in Spain and Portugal) and also the line’s other cruise boats on Douro river in Portugal – Fernao de Magalhaes (sister-ship), Gil Eanes and Infante Don Henrique (sister-ship). Among the largest European river cruise line companies, CroisiEurope is a great choice for an affordable luxury river travel vacation in Europe.

MS Vasco de Gama cruise ship deck plan has a total of 71 staterooms for 142 passengers served by 21 crew/staff. This CroisiEurope ship has 4 passenger decks, 1 restaurant, 2 lounges with bars (1 forward, 1 aft with a terrace), spacious sundeck relaxation area with shaded seating, 1 elevator (connecting all cabin decks). The ship has no Fitness room, Spa (massage room), Sauna, Beauty Salon, swimming pool or jacuzzi (hot tub).

The riverboat is named after the Portuguese explorer and first Count of Vidigueira – Vasco da Gama (1463-1524). After his world voyage 1497-99, he became the first European who reached India not by land but by sea, thus for the first time linking both continents by an ocean route (around Africa).