Cunard V415 Sept 14

[leofwen]

My wife and I are considering booking on the QV to the black sea in sept 14. An early saver fare does not now include port shuttle buses. Does anyone know if any of these ports require shuttle buses, and if so what is the charge.

Ephesus, Istanbul, Yalta, Odessa, Piraeus, Vigo. Many thanks.

[Pies4u]

My wife and I are considering booking on the QV to the black sea in sept 14. An early saver fare does not now include port shuttle buses. Does anyone know if any of these ports require shuttle buses, and if so what is the charge.

Ephesus, Istanbul, Yalta, Odessa, Piraeus, Vigo. Many thanks.

 

Great voyage did it in 2010.

 

Ephesus is from Kusadasi, that is bus trip. The ship can dock but sometimes it is a tender job. Kusadasi is a complete & utter dump IMO and not worth venturing off the ship unless you are on a trip.

 

At Odessa you dock at the foot of the Potemkin Staircase Steps, fantastic, straight up in to the heart of the City. Yalta is the same but there is little to see in the City itself, all the good stuff is out and about. Istanbul, it is usually possible to walk or get at a shuttle, the ship berths in the port which is, again, smack in the main part of the City. Piraeus is a few miles from Athens, nothing to see there, definite shuttle or taxi ride to Athens.

 

Vigo, we berthed there on QM2, bang in the City again but, rather like Odessa, it is huge and sprawling so you need a bus or taxi to get out and see it all.

 

Odessa is one of the most incredible places have ever seen. It is staggeringly wonderful and beautiful. Istanbul is, unequivocally, the most amazing City I have ever set foot in - love it, fantastic place.

Edited January 13, 2014 by Pies4u

[leofwen]

Thanks very much for that, very useful information.:)

[busmech]

Use this link to see about all of the ports:

https://ask.cunard.com/help/cunard/on-shore/Port_Shuttle_Info

[florrie135]

thanks for that, but my friend uses a wheelchair and you mentioned steps at Odessa do you know if there is a lift

[florrie135]

Just heard cunard have cancelled odessa and yalta and calling at rhodes and Bulgaria instead

 

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