Published December 1, 2003. All images and text copyright Peter Knego 2003 (unless otherwise noted).

Page Seven: ATALANTE Accommodation

Owners: Paradise Cruises, Limassol, Cyprus

Athina Suite (number 39), facing starboard. Photo and copyright Peter Knego 2003.

Athina Suite (number 39) w/c with original sink and bathtub. Photo and copyright Peter Knego 2003.

Aphrodite Suite (number 36), facing port. Photo and copyright Peter Knego 2003.

ATALANTE has three Studio Suites on Apollo Deck. The first two are amidships, with the Athina (number 39) on the starboard side and Aphrodite (number 36) on the port side. A third owners suite was built from the Babies Room on the aft/starboard side during the 1994 conversion. These Studio Suites are Category J, the top level of accommodation available. They have a separate bedroom and sitting area with a sofa that unfolds to sleep a third person. The bathrooms have full-sized tubs, original sink fixtures (Athina and Aphrodite only), and bidets.

Deluxe Outside Category I number 43 (Artemis Suite) facing starboard. Photo and copyright Peter Knego 2003.

Deluxe Category I number 41 (Nefeli Suite) facing starboard/forward. Photo and copyright Peter Knego 2003.

There are two category I Outside Deluxe (mini suite) cabins on Apollo Deck, just aft of the midships suites on either side (Nefeli and Artemis, AKA numbers 41 and 43 starboard; Danae and Daphne, AKA numbers 38 and 40 port). These are largely original Messageries Maritimes styled cabins with wood paneling (painted over), punkah louvres in the ceiling, and TAHITIEN furnishings. They also have large bathrooms with full tubs and original fittings.

Category H cabin number 20, facing port. This was one of TAHITIEN's former first class cabins but has been completely refurbished over the years. Photo and copyright Peter Knego 2003.

Category H cabin number 30 (also refurbished from the TAHITIEN era), facing port. Photo and copyright Peter Knego 2003.

Category H cabin number 10, facing port. This is one of the outside modular cabins added on forward Apollo Deck in 1994. Photo and copyright Peter Knego 2003.

Category H cabin number 10 w/c with all modern fittings. Photo and copyright Peter Knego 2003.

There are 39 Category H outside cabins on Apollo Deck and 22 on Hermes Deck. These range the gamut from original but refurbished TAHITIEN cabins to early ATALANTE add-ons and new modular units from the 1994 refit. They have full w/cs with showers.

Category G cabin number 56, facing starboard. Photo and copyright Peter Knego 2003.

There are fourteen Category G inside cabins on forward Apollo Deck. Twelve are new modular units and four are vintage units. They can accommodate two or three persons, and like all accommodation on ATALANTE, have their own private facilities.

Category F cabin number 169, facing starboard. This Hermes Deck cabin and all the others in the same category were built during the ATALANTE's original conversion from TAHITIEN. Photo and copyright Peter Knego 2003.

Category F cabin number 169 w/c. Photo and copyright Peter Knego 2003.

Category F cabin number 258, facing port. This cabin is located on Pegasus Deck Photo and copyright Peter Knego 2003.

There are twenty Category F outside cabins on aft Hermes Deck and seventeen on aft starboard Pegasus Deck. These cabins can accommodate two, three, or four persons.

There are also eighteen Category E Inside cabins with two lower beds on aft Hermes Deck, forty eight Category D outsides (with two lowers that can accommodate two or three persons) on Pegasus Deck, twenty eight Category C inside cabins (with two lowers that can accommodate two, three, or four persons) on Pegasus Deck, twenty-two Category B outside cabins (with two lower beds that can accommodate two or three persons) on Poseidon Deck, and thirteen Category A inside cabins (that can accommodate two, three, or four persons) on Poseidon Deck.

ATALANTE's uniquely graceful prow at Heraklion, Crete. Photo and copyright Peter Knego 2003.

ATALANTE's owners have done a remarkable job in keeping this magical veteran both popular and profitable. Clearly, she is not a ship for those in need of rock climbing walls, verandahs, skating rinks, and atriums. And she is definitely not for those who insist only on an "American" cruise experience.

The ATALANTE at Rhodes in September of 2003. Photo by and copyright Peter Knego 2003.

In 2004, ATALANTE continued her successful Aegean cruises in addition to her regularly scheduled sailings to Syria and Egypt. But, sadly, with rising steel prices, her sale to Indian breakers was far too tempting. She concluded her final season in October of 2004 and on 14 November after a last minute sale for Persian Gulf service fell through, she departed for Alang, India. Only her TAHITIEN bell was removed and saved for preservation. She passed through Suez on 16 November and was beached at month's end.

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