Most cabins are outside, and 12 have balconies. There are four single cabins and four wheelchair-Accessible cabins. There are 52 inside cabins. Food is continental. Low calorie menus are available and special diets are accommodated.
Room service is available.
Jacket and tie for men are required at night in the main dining room and there are two black tie nights. The Minerva, originally intended as a Soviet spy ship, is Swan Hellenic s replacement for the Orpheus that they had chartered for many years. Passenger makeup is about 50 percent American, with the rest mostly European, others from Hong Kong and China. There is a teak wrap-around promenade deck. There is a heated pool, a fitness center, a hairdresser, a sauna and a self-serve launderette.