Has anyone been on the Oceania "Glamorous Riviera" cruise in year's past?

Just looking for any reviews of Oceania's "Glamorous Riviera" cruise.

This year it's a 10 day trip starting and ending in Rome on the Riviera ship.

The names of the cruises can change from year to year or even cruise to cruise

you are better off posting the ports of call or at least the date of the cruise so people can look it up (if interested)

This is the cruise that they are calling "Glamorous Riviera" in 2016; I know because it sails on Stans' Birthday.

I don't believe that it has ever been offered before by Oceania.

DAY PORT = Anchor Port ARRIVE DEPART

Jun 9 Thu Rome (Civitavecchia), Italy Embark 1 PM 6 PM

Jun 10 Fri Florence/Pisa/Tuscany (Livorno), Italy 8 AM 11 PM

Jun 11 Sat Portofino, Italy 8 AM 7 PM

Jun 12 Sun Monte Carlo, Monaco 8 AM 11 PM

Jun 13 Mon Saint-Tropez, France 8 AM 8 PM

Jun 14 Tue Provence (Marseille), France 8 AM 7 PM

Jun 15 Wed Barcelona, Spain 8 AM 8 PM

Jun 16 Thu Ibiza, Spain 8 AM 10 PM

Jun 17 Fri Cruising the Mediterranean Sea

Jun 18 Sat Amalfi/Positano, Italy 9 AM 7 PM

Jun 19 Sun Rome (Civitavecchia), Italy Disembark 8 AM

... the cruise that they are calling "Glamorous Riviera" in 2016 ...I don't believe that it has ever been offered before by Oceania.

Quick question: I thought Oceania used to designate new-to-Oceania ports with an asterisk. Trying to help the OP, I looked at the list of ports on the web site and saw none of them were marked with an asterisk. That suggested the OP ought to be able to find out about Oceania's previous port calls there even if the specific combination of all those ports will be a new one.

Just to double check, I went to Oceania's Around the World itinerary thinking that itinerary must surely include some new-to-Oceania ports. No asterisks. Either that means that Oceania is a mature enough cruise line -- with enough ships -- that there are few appealing ports it has not already visited or my memory of asterisks is not correct. (Either option seems equally likely!)

Does anyone know whether Oceania still uses asterisks to designate new ports?

Does anyone know whether Oceania still uses asterisks to designate new ports?

Looks like they might in the brochure but not online

looked at the circumnavigation of Australia cruise Mar 2017 in the brochure new ports are marked but not the online version

Looks like they might in the brochure but not online

looked at the circumnavigation of Australia cruise Mar 2017 in the brochure new ports are marked but not the online version

Thanks. That's not an outcome I would have predicted! If the asterisk is useful information in one format, it ought to be considered useful in another.

Although they might not have offered that specific cruise in that specific order I don't think there are any new ports on that list. I've been to all of them on Oceania except Portofino & Ibiza, and I'm pretty sure they've been to there.

So, the cruise and the ship look great. We've never sailed on Oceania before nor have we been to this region of the world. We're looking to do something special for our special anniversary and this might be it. I was on the phone with my travel agent yesterday and got lots of good info.

So does anyone want to comment or review the Mediterranean cruise on Oceania?

Thanks.

The Riviera is our favorite Oceania ship, and you've chosen a good itinerary if these ports are new to you. We visited most of these ports on Marina in October, and visited many on Riviera a couple years earlier.

There are a couple anchor ports on this itinerary - St Tropez and Portofino (maybe Amalfi too, don't know since I visited there on Windstar). Our cruise, and several others, skipped Portofino because it the weather was too rough for tenders. You can't predict in advance, so just know that this might happen.

In the larger cities, the main difference we found between the recent Marina cruise and the earlier Riviera is where the ship docked. On the recent cruise, Marina docked much farther from town than on earlier cruises in Marseille and Barcelona, making it more difficult to tour independently in the time in port. Rome and Florence are quite a distance from their ports, so on any cruise you should have a plan to reach the cities by ship or independent tour - there is little of interest in either port. In Monte Carlo, both of our Oceania cruises docked right in the main port - a fabulous location. A friend on a different Marina itinerary docked offshore however, and had to tender into Monte Carlo - so I guess it can vary.

But all in all, it sounds like a lovely anniversary cruise.

Looks like they might in the brochure but not online

looked at the circumnavigation of Australia cruise Mar 2017 in the brochure new ports are marked but not the online version

Don't tell me you have convinced DH into the long haul flight to come visit us.:)

Don't tell me you have convinced DH into the long haul flight to come visit us.:)

lol no chance :D

There is a really good reduced price for this sailing right now. If your TA doesn't have it you might do a bit of checking. I just got an email on it today.

I, too, have been looking at this cruise. I'd like to do the western Medditeranean, looking specifically for an itinerary that includes Amalfi/Positano or Capri, Pompeii Naples area; and the Riveria, especially Monte Carlo, and preferably Nice and/or St. Tropez. I couldn't find too many itineraries that included these ports but this Rome to Rome trip looked good. Is June a good time to go? I heard September or October was nice, but I didn't see this cruise during that time period.

There is a really good reduced price for this sailing right now. If your TA doesn't have it you might do a bit of checking. I just got an email on it today.

me too ...

sadly ...my dog sitter is booked

:(

The Riviera is our favorite Oceania ship, and you've chosen a good itinerary if these ports are new to you. We visited most of these ports on Marina in October, and visited many on Riviera a couple years earlier.

 

There are a couple anchor ports on this itinerary - St Tropez and Portofino (maybe Amalfi too, don't know since I visited there on Windstar). Our cruise, and several others, skipped Portofino because it the weather was too rough for tenders. You can't predict in advance, so just know that this might happen.

 

In the larger cities, the main difference we found between the recent Marina cruise and the earlier Riviera is where the ship docked. On the recent cruise, Marina docked much farther from town than on earlier cruises in Marseille and Barcelona, making it more difficult to tour independently in the time in port. Rome and Florence are quite a distance from their ports, so on any cruise you should have a plan to reach the cities by ship or independent tour - there is little of interest in either port. In Monte Carlo, both of our Oceania cruises docked right in the main port - a fabulous location. A friend on a different Marina itinerary docked offshore however, and had to tender into Monte Carlo - so I guess it can vary.

 

But all in all, it sounds like a lovely anniversary cruise.

After almost booking this cruise in June, we opted for the Grand Voyage, or back to back October 15 and October 22 sailings on Marina instead. You mentioned you toured similar ports in October, I'm assuming it was one of these cruises. Do you have a review posted in another thread I can look at?

I have been several times with Oceania's Riviera, Marina, Insignia and Nautica in the Western Med. All the ports are beautiful. As you will start and arrive in Civitavecchia maybe you will visit Rome before or after the cruise. The distance between port an airport is about one hour by car. It depends on the traffic. In Livorno the bigger ships like Riviera normally dock in an industrial port. It is not allowed to walk but they have shuttle busses. In front of the ship there are also rental cars and some taxis. You can take a taxi to the train station and take a train to Pisa or Florence. You also can take the taxi to Pisa. Last time it was about 60 Euros per car/way. Portofino is a tender port. You can walk around, have a drink an watch people or you can take a boat to Sta. Margherita. Sometimes the sea is rough in Portofino and impossible to tender. Then normally the ship goes to La Spezia ( Cinque Terre) or Genoa.

Genoa has very interesting places in walking distance from the cruise port. In Monte Carlo we had both. Docking and tendering. But both is very easy. From the tender boat arrival you can take a Hopp-on Hopp-off bus or you can walk uphill to the Palace or to the Casino.

St. Tropez is also a tender port. You will arrive just in the Marina.You can walk around or take a ferry to Ste. Maxime or Port Grimaud. In Marseille only the smaller ships are docking near the Vieux Port in the city center next to the new MUCEM Museum. The bigger ships like Riviera will go to the big cruise port. Here it is by far to far to walk but they provide shuttle busses to the Old Port. The area there is very new rebuild and worth to visit. You can also take the little train uphill to Notre Dame Cathedral. From the old port ( Vieux Port) you can also take sightseeing boats and trips to the islands. Also you can book an excursion with Oceaniai to the Provence, maybe Aix en Provence and Les Beaux. The cruise port in Barcelona is not far away to Las Ramblas. From there you can do many sightseeings. Ibiza. Normally the ship docks in Ibiza Town which is a nice village with beaches nearby and may shops an bars. Amalfi is also a tender port. The tender boat brings you into a small port. You can walk into the center, see the church, eat gelato or you take a ferry boat next from the tender boat to Positano. This is a cheap tour along the beautiful coastline and you can have also a nice time in Positano. We one time did this and the other time we booked a private tour which brought us to all the villages and resorts alone the Amalfitano and also uphill to Ravello.

You will enjoy every port!!

Gaby

Gaby, Excellent post! Thank you - urlaub!