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5 hours ago, HarJan56 said:

Hi fruitmachine, did Azamara offer any transfers into Venice or the airport on the day of disembarkation?

What did other passengers do, do you know? I guess your one man business will be very busy 

When I check for our July cruise, Azamara shows transfers from port to the airport for $29.82 and to Venice City for $23.61.

On 4/6/2022 at 5:11 PM, laurieb said:

As much as you like!  We have a special wine suitcase made for carrying wine that holds 12 bottles.  We've purchased 18 bottles to bring onboard in Bordeaux a few years ago (for more than just the 2 of us :)).  Other cruise lines have a very stringent policy like you describe but not Azamara

Hi Laurie,

Do you normally bring bottles from Europe to the US in your wine suitcase too? If so, have you had any problems with US customs? We bought a 12 bottle suitcase a couple years ago, and recently bought an 8 bottle one during a sale that I thought we’d take on this summer’s cruises.

Diana

On 4/20/2023 at 1:10 PM, jasardeax said:

We are at the

Dimora Fattorina Design House. 
It’s right in the center on a little street close to the Via del Corso

Beautiful place, great hostess, very quiet, lots of space, and public area. 
I will comment on restaurants after dinner tonight and tomorrow. 
We traveled from Padua, where we had stayed for the last few nights. We had the hotel arrange transport. About an hours drive from Padua. Great driver. 

 

What company did you use for a transfer from Padua to Chioggia and what was the cost? We’re doing the opposite when we disembark in Chioggia in July. I was planning to book the Azamara transfer to central Venice and then take the train, but the car would probably be easier.

Yes

1 minute ago, KevintheIrishDJ said:

What is BDM?

Business Development Manager

8 hours ago, midwestchick said:

We’ve done Croatia. It was beautiful, but Dubrovnik was so busy and somewhat of a disappointment.  The rest of that cruise we loved.  It was actually on a 10 day back to back in 2917.

 

We were there on our first Azamara cruise in 2012. We walked the walls and took the cable car. We booked this one to use our 4 free days. There are a couple ports we haven’t been to before.

10 hours ago, midwestchick said:

What cruise are you on in October?

We’re doing back to back Best of the Med September 26 and then Croatia Intensive on October 7.

16 minutes ago, fruitmachine said:

I could have booked a transfer from either Venice (Tronchetto) or the Airport.  Both were very reasonably priced.  We filled in a form today about the return journey.  Although I didn't need it, I wrote and brought to their attention that a Chioggia-Mestre transfer would likely be an attractive option for many passengers.  They said they'd pass the message along, so perhaps it might get through!

I saw the transfer options and thought the prices are very reasonable. Chioggia to Mestre would be a good option for us as we will be headed to a train station when we disembark in October.

1 hour ago, midwestchick said:

That’s roughly what we paid for a water taxi from the airport to a hotel in Venice the last time we were there.  Are you flying into Ve ice?  What is the name of your hotel? We sail in October and I’ve finally started researching this trip.

 

Hi Nancy,

Which sailing are you on in October? We were on the 2016 cruise with you and did some private shore excursions with you then. We’re on the Pursuit Croatia Intensive that leaves from Venice October 7. It’s the second leg of a back to back, so don’t have to worry about getting to the port!

Diana

16 minutes ago, cruisinclined said:

This has probably featured in previous discussions but is imminent for us. A few days in Seville are part of an upcoming cruise. A long awaited and anticipated visit to Seville and we hope for very warm but not severe temperatures in early June - depends on our luck! Could be 35C we have heard.

We hear that there is a 20/30 min walk from the ship to the centre and ask, for older passengers, whether that is doable both ways or do we consider taxi travel?

We walk an hour plus a day in temperate climes but Seville will doubtless be more of a challenge. Is it flat or uphill?

We appreciate the key things to visit but are interested in your experience and any tips plus any less well known locations you recommend.

Any lunch tips? We tend to eat lightly lunchtime but like Spanish food.

Plus other things you think we ought to hear about.

Looking forward to your advice.

 

Seville is pretty flat and easy to walk. Both times we’ve been there, either my husband or I had some foot issues but didn’t have any problems there. We walked to the Alcazar and cathedral, as well as the park with the beautiful tiles.

Is there any way to see the exterior of the monasteries without the hike up and down (can you wait at the bottom while the rest of the tour goes up)? Looks beautiful but unfortunately both my husband and I have developed some foot issues and wouldn’t be able to do the climb.

Every time I’ve tried to reset my password, I get a response saying I’m not authorized to view that site. I finally set up my husband’s new password today. All of our cruises are showing, all of our balances are correct, and our account numbers are the same. It does show my husband has moved up a level with an extra 2000 points than he actually has. We’re also missing a bunch of onboard credit. Since our next cruise isn’t until mid-July, I’ll try again in a couple weeks.

Good arrival timing. We’ve done that cruise twice and have had to get up in the middle of the night both times to see that. Seville is beautiful and very easy to get around on your own.

8 minutes ago, Host Jazzbeau said:

I only received this email (not the one that asks me to set up a new account):

Neither my husband or I have received either email!

13 minutes ago, cruisinclined said:

For our booked June '23 cruise on Journey we looked through the excursions and there appeared the 0 cost evening in the city of Valencia. The second night of the cruise.

Probably not information that is available before booking?

A similar question applies to the White Night and we will wait to be on board before knowing when that is being held.

Having said the above we are relaxed about these dates and just go with the flow.

I suppose if you are planning the booking of a full day, riguorous excursion that returns late then knowing such dates beforehand makes sense.

It’s probably the Hemisferic show in Valencia which we attended as the AzAmazing Evening in 2019. It’s a great acrobatic show. You will need to register in advance. You won’t know when White Night is until you’re on the ship (it will be a night when you’re in port late or overnight). It can also change because of weather.

13 hours ago, crusinbanjo said:

We are with AMA Waterway.  We looked at Viking, and wanted to go with them, but they were sold out until way into 2024.

Love AMA-we’ve been on 4 of their river cruises including Vietnam and Cambodia with a land package.

11 hours ago, luv2travel90266 said:

Rome is 2 hours away by bus so not much time there. I'm on a cruise before you and found tarquinia-tuscania-shore-excursion . Rome is great but just a few hours doesn't leave time to see much. 

Interesting-the link takes you to a page that looks exactly like the Spain Day Tours website. I wonder if the companies are related. I’m going to see what they offer for our ports in October because I’ve seen enough of Rome and Florence for awhile.

2 hours ago, Travellingbeaver said:

We are doing a b2b departing Lisbon 19 Sept, through civitavecchia and on to Choggia disembarking 7 Oct.

wondering if anyone else is doing the same and if so, how you might be planning to spend the day in Civitavecchia. We would love to spend the day in Rome but because it is a changeover port, there doesn’t seem to be any excursion plans for people doing b2b cruise through here. 

Did you check the roll call for that cruise to see if anyone has organized an excursion that day? We’ve taken a train to Rome from Civitavecchia on a previous cruise and were able to see quite a bit before taking the train back.

That link is also showing our September cruise docking in Villefranche.

We stayed at El Palace pre-cruise when we were there in 2019. I loved the area, but looking for something a little less expensive this September. I’ll take a look at some of these suggestions.

24 minutes ago, Backbord said:

Good morning al! Just wondering when and where the meet & mingle party will take place. I can't find any information on that. Thanks!

It will be listed in the daily Insider. On the 4 cruises we took last year, they were on Embarkation Day.

32 minutes ago, the_dylaness said:

 

Azamara Pursuit, Sept 25 Barcelona to Venice.

We’re on that cruise also. I added the cruise to our Croatia Intensive because of the Four Sisters Meet AzAMazing Evening. Disappointed at the change but we had 4 excellent on board AzAMazing Evenings last year so I’m sure we’ll enjoy.

2 hours ago, lisiamc said:

I totally agree with you! Some of the independent excursions in some ports are 8-9 hours, to a place 2 hours away by coach. I always suspect that there is something charming to see or fun to do much nearer the port. (With a few exceptions, of course. Some of the ports are near enough to bucket list attractions to be tempting.) About 5 hours into a tour, I can feel the will to live draining away through the soles of my shoes, (especially if part of the tour is a guided visit to a museum 😄) and I’m ready to head back to the ship.

Our first Mediterranean cruise in the 1990’s was a last minute replacement for a barge trip in the Carmarque  which was cancelled at the last minute due to plumbing issues and a subsequent train trip to Italy. Since we already had rail passes, we took trains to Florence and Rome instead of shore excursions. We hadn’t been to either and could see what we wanted on our own schedule.

55 minutes ago, wjfan417 said:

We did the French and Italian Chef’s Tables last fall and both were very good? Agree with the above post that the wines were much better quality.

Tried to edit to change the question mark to an exclamation point, but it didn’t give me that option. Both were very good-no question about it!

We did the French and Italian Chef’s Tables last fall and both were very good? Agree with the above post that the wines were much better quality.