
Holland America Line
12-DAY HISTORICAL BAJA PENINSULA
Mexico
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Your Ship
Zaandam
A ship decorated in signed guitars, with an asteroid named after her and a bad month in 2020
Aboard
- Delivered by Fincantieri in April 2000 and christened by Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen
- Decorated on a music theme, down to a Baroque-style Dutch pipe organ in the atrium
- Guitars signed by the Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton, Carlos Santana and Queen
- Asteroid 277118 Zaandam was named for her in 2024 after an eclipse voyage
- Sails an eighteen-day Great Bear Rainforest itinerary out of Vancouver
Ashore
Where You Stop
Ensenada
Mexico
The Mexican Riviera
The West Coast's answer to the Caribbean, Cabo's granite arch, Puerto Vallarta's old town and Mazatlán's malecón, all within a week of Los Angeles.
- Best Time to Go
- October through April, when the Pacific is calm and dry
- Typical Length
- 4 to 7 nights


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