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Saga’s Spirit of Adventure has made her maiden call to Santander in Cantabria, Northern Spain, with 800 passengers and 550 crew members on board. She arrived from Le Verdon in France and departed for Leixoes in Portugal in the late afternoon and she is the third cruise ship to call in the Port of Santander since the start of the pandemic.
Spirit of Adventure is 236 metres long and 31.2 metres wide and has a maximum capacity of 1,000 passengers, but currently reduced because of COVID measures to a maximum of 800, as well as 550 crew, with all passengers and crew said to have been able to take advantage of their stay in Cantabria to visit the city of Santander during the day, as well as other places in the region.
To commemorate the ship’s maiden visit to the region, the director of the Port Authority, Santiago Díaz Fraile, together with Miriam Díaz, Councillor for Tourism of Santander City Council, presented the captain of the Spirit of Adventure, Franko Papic, with a commemorative medallion and a collection of books about Santander to add to the onboard library.
To organise and secure cruise ship calls and the promotion of cruise tourism, the Port Authority of Santander, the Government of Cantabria and the City Council of Santander have created the brand Santander Cruise Deluxe.
With the Spirit of Adventure, the group says that this joint effort has shown once again with the contribution of plans and support of staff by the City Council of Santander, while the regional government has laid on a group of pipers and tambourine players to welcome cruise passengers to Santander.
For more information, visit www.cruisesantander.es
John Alwyn-Jones, Cruise Editor