Aboard Nautica with Oceania Cruises
Cruise Overview
Cartagena's magnificent city walls and fortresses, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site, enclose a well-restored historic center (the Cuidad Amurallada, or walled city) with plazas, churches, museums, and shops that have made it a lively coastal vacation spot for South Americans and others.
New hotels and restaurants make the walled city a desirable place to stay, and the formerly down-at-the-heels Getsemaní neighborhood attracts those seeking a bohemian buzz.
The historic center is a small section of Cartagena; many hotels are in the Bocagrande district, an elongated peninsula where high-rise hotels overlook a long, gray-sand beach.When it was founded in 1533 by Spanish conquistador Pedro de Heredia, Cartagena was the only port on the South American mainland.
Gold and silver looted from indigenous peoples passed through here en route to Spain and attracted pirates, including Sir Francis Drake, who in 1586 torched 200 buildings.
Cartagena's walls protected the city's riches as well as the New World's most important African slave market.
Aruba's capital is easily explored on foot.
Its palm-lined central thoroughfare runs between old and new pastel-painted buildings of typical Dutch design (Spanish influence is also evident in some of the architecture).
There are a lot of malls with boutiques and shops—the Renaissance mall carries high-end luxury items and designer fashions.
A massive renovation in downtown has given Main Street (a.k.a.
Caya G.
F.
Betico Croes) behind the Renaissance Resort a whole new lease on life: boutique malls, shops, and restaurants have opened next to well-loved family-run businesses.
The pedestrian-only walkway and resting areas have unclogged the street, and the new eco-trolley is free and a great way to get around.
At this writing, Linear Park was well and will showcase local merchants and artists.
There will be activities along a boardwalk that will eventually run all the way to the end of Palm Beach, making it the longest of its kind in the Caribbean.
New hotels and restaurants make the walled city a desirable place to stay, and the formerly down-at-the-heels Getsemaní neighborhood attracts those seeking a bohemian buzz.
The historic center is a small section of Cartagena; many hotels are in the Bocagrande district, an elongated peninsula where high-rise hotels overlook a long, gray-sand beach.When it was founded in 1533 by Spanish conquistador Pedro de Heredia, Cartagena was the only port on the South American mainland.
Gold and silver looted from indigenous peoples passed through here en route to Spain and attracted pirates, including Sir Francis Drake, who in 1586 torched 200 buildings.
Cartagena's walls protected the city's riches as well as the New World's most important African slave market.
Aruba's capital is easily explored on foot.
Its palm-lined central thoroughfare runs between old and new pastel-painted buildings of typical Dutch design (Spanish influence is also evident in some of the architecture).
There are a lot of malls with boutiques and shops—the Renaissance mall carries high-end luxury items and designer fashions.
A massive renovation in downtown has given Main Street (a.k.a.
Caya G.
F.
Betico Croes) behind the Renaissance Resort a whole new lease on life: boutique malls, shops, and restaurants have opened next to well-loved family-run businesses.
The pedestrian-only walkway and resting areas have unclogged the street, and the new eco-trolley is free and a great way to get around.
At this writing, Linear Park was well and will showcase local merchants and artists.
There will be activities along a boardwalk that will eventually run all the way to the end of Palm Beach, making it the longest of its kind in the Caribbean.
Cruise Itinerary
Aboard Nautica
Launch Year: 2000 Length: 181 Width: 25.5 Currency: USD Capacity: 656 Crew Count: 409 Deck Count: 9 Cabin Count: 342
Elegantly charming, Nautica’s lounges, suites and staterooms boast luxurious, residential furnishings and her decks are resplendent in the finest teak, custom stone and tile work. Nautica offers every luxury you may expect on board one of our stylish ships. She features four unique, open-seating restaurants, the Aquamar Spa + Vitality Center, eight lounges and bars, a casino and 333 luxurious suites and chic staterooms, nearly 70% of which feature private verandas. With just 656 guests to pamper, our 400 professionally trained staff ensure you will wait for nothing.
In a dramatic re-inspiration process, Nautica will become a completely redesigned ship without peer. Every surface of every suite and stateroom will be entirely new, while in the public spaces, a refreshed colour palette of soft sea and sky tones will surround a tasteful renewal of fabrics, furnishings and lighting fixtures that exquisitely encompasses the inimitable style and comfort of Oceania Cruises. From the bejewelled new chandeliers in the gracious Grand Dining Room to the beckoning Reception Hall, Nautica will celebrate a rejuvenation so sweeping, you will find it positively unimaginable to resist her welcoming embrace.
Nautica Facilities
Nautica Includes
Cabin Details
The generous dimensions of our suites and staterooms afford the ultimate in luxury. A fashionable colour palette blends sea, sky and comforting earth tones to create a soothing environment that invites relaxation. Every suite and stateroom on board will be imbued with an even more luxurious ambiance, featuring designer residential furnishings, fine fabrics and plush draperies, chic lighting and much more.
Suites Add Another Dimension
All of our suites are uncommonly spacious for added comfort. The Suites are adorned in designer fabrics and furnishings echoing the serene seas and expansive skies, becoming calming and tranquil oases of quietude and relaxation. Penthouse Suites offer oversized living and dining areas, and marble and granite-clad bathrooms with a shower.
Our palatial Owner’s Suites and Vista Suites offer everything you would expect in a world-class hotel, elevating sea-going opulence to new levels. Resplendent with custom Empire-style furnishings from Italy on board, each has its own bedroom, dining area and so much more.
Suite & Stateroom Amenities
- Ultra Tranquility Bed, an Oceania Cruises exclusive
- Free and unlimited soft drinks replenished daily in your refrigerated mini-bar
- Free still and sparkling Vero Water®
- 24-hour Butler service in all suites
- Bulgari amenities
- Free room service menu 24 hours a day
- Signature Belgian chocolates with nightly turndown service
- Wireless Internet access
- All Suites and Staterooms are Smoke-Free
- Suites and Staterooms
ULTRA TRANQUILITY BED
Awaken refreshed and revitalised from the new custom-designed Ultra Tranquility Bed, featured in all of Oceania Cruises’ suites and staterooms.
- Custom-designed mattress featuring 3,000 encapsulated micro-springs, which ensure a peaceful night's sleep with zero noise upon movement
- Quilted with advanced silver-threaded fabric and specially designed thermo-fibre for luxurious comfort
- Plush down comforter
- Hand-quilted throws
