Review of Holland America's Nieuw Amsterdam
Background We are a professional couple in our early- to mid-thirties from Chicago. We have traveled extensively on land and have been on four cruises on different cruise lines. This was our first cruise on Holland America.
We were on the second cruise of the Nieuw Amsterdam (July 14-26). We embarked from Venice, Italy (with an overnight stay); ports of call included Split, Croatia; Athens, Greece; overnight in Istanbul, Turkey; Mykonos, Greece; Kusadasi, Turkey; Santorini, Greece; and Olympia, Greece. We had two sea days (after Split and Olympia). There were three formal nights: both sea days and between Athens and Istanbul.