KYDON PALACE (ΚΥΔΩΝ ΠΑΛΑΣ)
-Minoan Lines
ex-FESTOS PALACE (ΦΑΙΣΤΟΣ ΠΑΛΑΣ), also for Minoan Lines (2001-2020)
Built in 2001 (age 23). Registered in Piraeus. Current line: Patras-Igoumenitsa-Brindisi-Ancona
The cruiseferry KYDON PALACE was the second among the four sister ships ordered by the Heraklion-based company Minoan Lines between 2000 and 2002. She was completed as the FESTOS PALACE in 2001 in Italy, and she joined her sister ship, the KNOSSOS PALACE on her company's main itinerary, the Piraeus-Heraklion line. In 2018 she was deployed on the Piraeus-Milos-Heraklion line. In 2019 she received scrubbers following a conversion in Malta, becoming the third ship in Greek coastal service history to receive them, after her fleetmates, the MYKONOS PALACE and the KNOSSOS PALACE. In 2020 she was renamed KYDON PALACE and was deployed on the Piraeus-Chania line, after having spent 19 years on the Piraeus-Heraklion line. In 2021 she started serving the Piraeus-Milos-Chania line. In 2023 she moved to the Adriatic Sea as she was deployed on the Igoumenitsa-Corfu-Brindisi line.
PHOTOS (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021):
The FESTOS PALACE in Piraeus (7/2013).
The FESTOS PALACE in Piraeus, awaiting her departure for Heraklion (8/2013).
The FESTOS PALCE in Piraeus (7/2014).
The FESTOS PALCE in Piraeus (7/2014).
The FESTOS PALCE in Piraeus (8/2014).
The FESTOS PALACE seen in Piraeus (7/2015).
The FESTOS PALACE in Piraeus (7/2015).
The FESTOS PALACE in Piraeus (7/2015).
The FESTOS PALACE in Piraeus (7/2015).
The FESTOS PALACE resting in Piraeus (7/2015).
The FESTOS PALACE resting in Piraeus (7/2015).
The FESTOS PALACE resting in Piraeus (7/2015).
The FESTOS PALACE in Piraeus. She might be 14 years old, but she still looks as if she was just delivered to Minoan Lines for the first time (7/2015).
The great FESTOS PALACE in Piraeus (7/2016).
The FESTOS PALACE resting in Piraeus (7/2016).
The FESTOS PALACE in Piraeus (7/2016).
The FESTOS PALACE in Piraeus (7/2016).
The FESTOS PALACE in Piraeus (7/2016).
The FESTOS PALACE in the port of Piraeus (7/2016).
The now 15-year-old FESTOS PALACE in the port of Piraeus waiting to leave for Heraklion (7/2016).
The beautiful FESTOS PALACE in Piraeus (8/2016).
The FESTOS PALACE receiving bunkers by a tanker of Aegean Petroleum Maritime in Piraeus (8/2016).
The FESTOS PALACE in Piraeus (8/2016).
The FESTOS PALACE in Piraeus (8/2016).
The FESTOS PALACE seen in the port of Piraeus (7/2017).
The FESTOS PALACE seen in the port of Piraeus (7/2017).
The FESTOS PALACE seen in the port of Piraeus (7/2017).
The great FESTOS PALACE seen in the port of Piraeus (7/2017).
The FESTOS PALACE resting in Piraeus (7/2017).
The FESTOS PALACE resting in Piraeus (7/2017).
The FESTOS PALACE resting in Piraeus (7/2017).
The FESTOS PALACE resting in the port of Piraeus (7/2017).
The big and super modern FESTOS PALACE seen in Piraeus (7/2017).
The FESTOS PALACE in Piraeus, awaiting her departure for Heraklion (7/2017).
A view of the FESTOS PALACE in Piraeus (8/2017).
A view of the FESTOS PALACE in Piraeus (8/2017).
A view of the FESTOS PALACE in Piraeus (8/2017).
The FESTOS PALACE docked in Piraeus (8/2017).
The FESTOS PALACE docked in Piraeus (8/2017).
The FESTOS PALACE berthed in Piraeus (8/2017).
The FESTOS PALACE seen in Piraeus (6/2018).
The FESTOS PALACE seen in Piraeus (6/2018).
The FESTOS PALACE seen in Piraeus (6/2018).
The FESTOS PALACE resting in Piraeus (6/2018).
The FESTOS PALACE resting in Piraeus (6/2018).
The FESTOS PALACE docked in Piraeus (7/2018).
The FESTOS PALACE docked in Piraeus (7/2018).
The FESTOS PALACE docked in Piraeus (7/2018).
The FESTOS PALACE in Piraeus (7/2018).
The FESTOS PALACE resting in Piraeus (8/2018).
The FESTOS PALACE resting in Piraeus (8/2018).
The FESTOS PALACE resting in Piraeus (8/2018).
The FESTOS PALACE resting in Piraeus. This is my first-ever picture of the ship with her newly-updated funnel, after she acquired scrubbers (7/2019).
The FESTOS PALACE seen in Piraeus (7/2019).
The FESTOS PALACE seen in Piraeus (7/2019).
The FESTOS PALACE seen in Piraeus (7/2019).
The FESTOS PALACE docked in Piraeus (7/2019).
The FESTOS PALACE docked in Piraeus (7/2019).
The FESTOS PALACE docked in Piraeus (7/2019).
The FESTOS PALACE resting in Piraeus (8/2019).
The FESTOS PALACE resting in Piraeus while receiving bunkers (8/2019).
The FESTOS PALACE resting in Piraeus while receiving bunkers (8/2019).
The FESTOS PALACE resting in the port of Piraeus, in what turned out to be last-ever picture of the ship under that name, as she was renamed KYDON PALACE in 2020. Her former name was taken over by the ex-MYKONOS PALACE (8/2019).
My first-ever picture of the ship as the KYDON PALACE, as she is seen resting in Piraeus (8/2020).
The KYDON PALACE seen resting in Piraeus (8/2020).
The KYDON PALACE seen resting in Piraeus (8/2020).
The KYDON PALACE seen resting in Piraeus (8/2020).
The KYDON PALACE docked in Piraeus (8/2020).
The KYDON PALACE seen receiving bunkers in Piraeus (8/2020).
The KYDON PALACE seen receiving bunkers in Piraeus (8/2020).
The KYDON PALACE docked in Piraeus (8/2020).
The KYDON PALACE seen in the port of Piraeus (8/2020).
The KYDON PALACE seen in the port of Piraeus (8/2020).
The KYDON PALACE seen in the port of Piraeus (8/2020).
The KYDON PALACE resting in Piraeus (8/2020).
The KYDON PALACE resting in Piraeus (8/2020).
The KYDON PALACE resting in Piraeus (8/2020).
The KYDON PALACE seen in Piraeus during the morning (9/2020).
The KYDON PALACE seen in Piraeus during the morning (9/2020).
The great KYDON PALACE docked in Piraeus (9/2020).
The KYDON PALACE docked in Piraeus (9/2020).
The KYDON PALACE docked in Piraeus (9/2020).
The KYDON PALACE docked in Piraeus (9/2020).
The KYDON PALACE having just exited the port of Piraeus (7/2021).
The KYDON PALACE having just exited the port of Piraeus (7/2021).
The KYDON PALACE having just exited the port of Piraeus (7/2021).
Crossing the KYDON PALACE as she has just exited the port of Piraeus, beginning to sail towards Chania (7/2021).
The KYDON PALACE seen receiving bunkers in Piraeus (7/2021).
The KYDON PALACE seen receiving bunkers in Piraeus (7/2021).
The KYDON PALACE seen in the port of Piraeus (7/2021).
The KYDON PALACE seen in the port of Piraeus (7/2021).
The KYDON PALACE seen in the port of Piraeus (7/2021).
The KYDON PALACE docked in Piraeus (7/2021).
The KYDON PALACE docked in Piraeus (7/2021).
The KYDON PALACE docked in Piraeus (7/2021).
The KYDON PALACE seen resting in Piraeus (7/2021).
The KYDON PALACE seen resting in Piraeus (7/2021).
The KYDON PALACE seen resting in Piraeus (7/2021).
The KYDON PALACE seen right outside Piraeus, as she is about to enter the port (7/2021).
The KYDON PALACE seen right outside Piraeus, as she is about to enter the port (7/2021).
The KYDON PALACE docked in Piraeus (8/2021).
The KYDON PALACE docked in Piraeus (8/2021).
The KYDON PALACE docked in Piraeus (8/2021).
The KYDON PALACE seen in Piraeus (8/2021).
The KYDON PALACE seen departing the port of Piraeus (8/2021).
The KYDON PALACE seen departing the port of Piraeus (8/2021).
The KYDON PALACE having just exited the port of Piraeus (8/2021).
The KYDON PALACE seen in Piraeus (8/2021).
The KYDON PALACE seen in Piraeus (8/2021).
The KYDON PALACE seen as she is docked in Piraeus (8/2021).
The KYDON PALACE seen as she is docked in Piraeus (8/2021).
The KYDON PALACE seen as she is docked in Piraeus (8/2021).
The KYDON PALACE docked in the port of Piraeus (8/2021).
The KYDON PALACE docked in the port of Piraeus (8/2021).
The KYDON PALACE docked in the port of Piraeus (8/2021).
The KYDON PALACE spotted in Piraeus (8/2021).
The KYDON PALACE spotted in Piraeus (8/2021).
The KYDON PALACE spotted in Piraeus (8/2021).
The KYDON PALACE seen in Piraeus (9/2021).