The Zaandam

Holland America Line

Zaandam

A Calender

2000

A Weight

61,396

A Ruler

237 Meters

A Gauge

23 Knots

Stick people

1,432 Guests

People

647 Crew

Discover

Your floating resort

Designed to carry fewer guests while offering greater space, Zaandam is comfortable and stylish. Fantastic facilities, elegant decor and efficient and friendly service come with exciting extra offerings. Her decor is inspired by music and features musical instruments including signed guitars from Queen, Iggy Pop, Eric Clapton and the Rolling Stones and a Baroque-style pipe organ.

Each voyage features fascinating lectures, interactive workshops, cultural performances and memorable shore excursions to explore your destination through the lens of photography, culture, nature and port-to-table culinary experiences. For your next cultural enhancement cruise, look no further than the Holland America's Zaandam.

Restaurants

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Rotterdam Dining Room

Open for breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea and dinner, this beautiful main dining room makes every meal feel like special occasion. The Rotterdam offers a choice of either traditional pre-set seating and dining times or the ships 'As You Wish' freedom dining. Dinner consists of five courses ranging from appetisers of steamed mussels to fettuccine, chicken, desserts and more.

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Lido Marketplace

This eatery provides a relaxed dining area with fresh cooked to order selections and a choice of seating either indoors or al-fresco. The food is very good for a main buffet, and the variety on offer from all these regions of the world is extraordinary. The Lido Market fully embraces the station concept, which aids navigation and sanitation as everything is served from behind a glass panel.

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The Pinnacle Grill

The Pinnacle Grill is an upmarket yet intimate reservations-only restaurant, which specialises in only serving the highest quality steaks, chops and seafood at dinnertime. Dishes on offer range from premium sterling silver beef, filet mignon and jumbo prawns, and broiled lobster tail to Caesar salad and lobster bisque for starters and chocolate and raisin bread and butter pudding or baked Alaska for dessert. It re-opens later on in the evening serving late night snacks based on different themes, such as the chocolate dessert extravaganza and hot hors d'oeuvres during cocktail hour.

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Canaletto Restaurant

This world-class establishment is the Zaandam's reservations-only complimentary Italian dinner restaurant. It is famous for offering a delectable Italian sharing menu at dinnertime for a very reasonable price. Food on offer includes a selection of antipasti, soups and salads, pasta and desserts.

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Terrace Grill

This poolside restaurant on deck eight serves mouth-watering burgers and hot dogs. They do a gourmet version of American fast food staples and are very popular with passengers. Expect dishes like pizza, nachos, grilled hamburgers, lamb burgers and salmon burgers as well as sandwiches, wraps, panini, smoothies and juices.

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Explorations Cafe

This lovely coffee bar on the upper promenade deck doubles as the ship's internet and library room. This means you can enjoy a book while having a speciality coffee along with a pastry, biscuit, muffin or fresh fruit salad. Charges do apply.

Bars and Lounges

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Prices on display are from and per person based on 2 sharing the lowest cabin grade unless otherwise stated. Gratuities are not included in any of these offers unless otherwise stated. Baggage charge may apply. No Booking fee is payable when you book online. Cruise Nation and Cruise Line Terms & Conditions apply. E&OE.

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Great service great prices

Excellent service, we had to book over the phone as there was 6 of us and the lady booking was really friendly and helpful and very thorough. Made the booking process easy.

Tunnicliffe-29 July 2025

Will always book our cruises through Cruise Nation

Rachel Atkins our cruise advisor was so helpful. Checking many cruise options for us until we found the right one for us. She explained everything very clearly. This is our second cruise through Cruise Nation and the first one went absolutely perfectly. We were recommended...

-29 July 2025

Cruise nation, great service

We phoned to finalise our booking as the system wanted beginning of card and ending of card details. I don't know the beginning. Scott was extremely helpful.

Mrs Delia Leopold-29 July 2025

Excellent service

They have extensive knowledge. Always helpful & give the best professional advice.

-29 July 2025