The MS Marco Polo has a small capacity of just 800 passengers and offering a more exclusive cruising experience. Unlike most cruise ships, the size of the MS Marco Polo allows it to enter into many of small ports and harbours in the destinations we visit.
Dining on board
Dining on board is an experience to be savoured, with many fantastic dishes to experience. The main dining room is the elegant Waldorf Restaurant. Here you can enjoy a varied choice of cuisine at each meal - from full English breakfasts to leisurely five-course lunches and delightful dinners. Breakfast and lunch are generally served on an open-seating basis, meaning you can eat whenever you choose, and dinner takes place over two fixed-time settings each evening. In addition to the main dining arrangements, the casual Marco's restaurant is a great alternative, with fantastic ocean views. Here all meals are served in a buffet style.
Leisure Facilities
MS Marco Polo offers a comprehensive range of leisure facilities to help you make the most of your free time. Many passengers relax after a day's sightseeing in one of the lounges. Each lounge offers something different; the Palm Garden is popular in the daytime, whereas the Captain's Club with its resident pianist comes alive in the early evenings. The Marco Polo Lounge offers theatre-style entertainment, and Scott's Bar is open until the early hours.
The ship also features the Jade Wellness Centre, which has a great array of gym equipment as well as a spa and sauna. There is also a salon, offering a wide choice of relaxing massages and beauty treatments, in addition to an outdoor swimming pool and three whirlpools.
Other leisure facilities include a well-stocked library, an internet café, a popular shopping arcade and the Nansen Card Room - perfect for honing your Bridge skills.
Accommodation
We include accommodation in a Category IG Inside Voyager Cabin. Situated on the lower Caribic, Baltic and Atlantic Decks, these cabins are 126 sq ft (11.71 sq m) and come with two lower berth beds and an en suite bathroom with a shower and WC. Facilities include a television, telephone, safe, music console, hairdryer, a mirrored dressing table and wardrobe and drawer space.
Cabin Upgrades
The option to upgrade to a higher category of cabin is available, subject to availability. The details of the cabins are given below - please contact us for prices. Please note that at the time of booking we should be in a position to advise you whether the cabin has a full or obstructed view.
Category OG Voyager Ocean View
These cabins are mainly situated on the lower Caribic and Baltic
Decks and are, on average, 119 sq ft (11.08 sq m) in size. The
cabins feature twin lower berths, an en suite bathroom with shower
and WC and two portholes offering most cabins a full ocean view.
(Some cabins have a partially obstructed view.) Facilities
include a television, telephone, safe, music console, hairdryer, a
mirrored dressing table and wardrobe and drawer space.
Category 9 Superior Ocean View
The cabins are located on the higher Amundsen and Columbus Decks
and have an average size of 137 sq ft (12.75 sq m). The cabins have
an en suite bathroom with shower and WC and all come with windows -
although some cabins, mainly on the Columbus Deck, have obstructed
views. Facilities include a television, telephone, safe, music
console, hairdryer, a mirrored dressing table and wardrobe and
drawer space. Please note that some cabins on Amundsen Deck have
limited wardrobe space.
Category 12 Premium Ocean View
The cabins are mainly located in the midship section of the
Pacific Deck but are also found in the forward sections of Amundsen
and Columbus Decks and on Navigator Deck. At 161 sq ft (15.02 sq
m), these cabins offer spacious accommodation and most come with
twin beds which may be converted to a queen size bed, whilst others
come with a double bed. Each cabin has either one or two large
windows (views on Navigator Deck are partially obstructed by
lifeboats) and facilities include a television, telephone, safe,
music console, hairdryer, a mirrored dressing table and wardrobe
and drawer space.
Category DL Deluxe Ocean View
There are just eight Category DL cabins on board Marco Polo, two
twin-bedded cabins on Pacific Deck and six cabins with a queen size
bed on Navigator Deck. The cabins are 213 sq ft (19.81 sq m) and
come an integral sitting area and an en suite bathroom with bath,
shower and WC. The cabins have large windows (cabins on Navigator
Deck have partially obstructed views) and facilities include a
television, telephone, music console, safe, hairdryer,
refrigerator, a mirrored dressing table and wardrobe and drawer
space.
