St Peter Line, the Russian cruise ferry company, says its two ships will be used as accommodation vessels at Sochi during the 2014 winter Olympics there.

Accommodation on the 1981 built Princess Maria that offers 1,601 berths and the 2,447 berth capacity Princess Anastasia that was built in 1986 will be available for booking on the Bedsonline service of TUI Russia, the tour operator, St Peter Line said in a statement.

Entertainment for adults and children will be available on both ships during their stay at the Black Sea city and the restaurants, bars, spa and gym on board each ships will also be open for guests to use. 

Both ships are of approximately 35,000 gross tons and they normally operate short cruises from St Petersburg on Russia’s Baltic coast. They are named after two daughters of Nicholas II, the last Czar, and his wife Alexandra Fyodorovna, who was granddaughter of Queen Victoria of Britain.