Where to cruise next ?

[allanna]

Our first cruise (May 2017) was a 14 day NOTS from the UK to the Med, (Gibraltar, Rome,Barcelona, Florance etc)

We live in Greece and had to fly to the UK for a

depart from Southampton. A pain and expensive but added to the adventure,

 

We loved the ship and the environment it provided for us both. The disadvantage we found were the amount of days at sea.(yes ok we should have checked this prior) but this being our first cruise we trusted our instincts and hoped for a good time.

 

We have now got the cruise bug.

 

We do not need to do the Greek islands as we can just hop on the local ferry any time for a visit.

 

Any suggestions for cruises from Athens to the rest of the world?

[Biker19]

Try one from Venice that misses Greek ports.

[crystalspin]

Allanna -- in the Cruise Critic banner on any page, cruise "Find a Cruise". Put in one of the two Athens ports. It will bring up 15 best cruises from that port. Each has a drop down Itinerary button. Do for the other Athens port.

 

Many (more than half!) feature many or all Greek isles, but some focus on Croatia and neighbors, and some on Italy. Good luck!

[Biker19]

Allanna -- in the Cruise Critic banner on any page, cruise "Find a Cruise". Put in one of the two Athens ports. It will bring up 15 best cruises from that port.

But probably none on RCI.;)

[kbklcamp]

You could embark from Barcelona. That'd be great.

 

 

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[crystalspin]

RCI from Barcelona (expand my signature) is what has me here on your forum!

[George C]

We did 12 day cruise from Barcelona last year, with only 3 sea days ( would have liked more) 5 stops in Italy, Croatia, Kotor and France

[allanna]

Thanks for all the replies and information.

 

Departure from Barcelona seems a good idea, bit nearer to fly from Greece.

 

George C ...which cruise line and which ports in Italy?

[Biker19]

Departure from Barcelona seems a good idea, bit nearer to fly from Greece.

Yes, but, it will likely repeat many of the ports you already experienced on your last sailing.

[allanna]

Must agree with you Biker19,

 

Maybe we should try to fly further a-field for a departure port but that would only increase the cost of our holiday.

4 hours to the UK then another 9 hours to USA then transport to the departure port.

 

Caribbean sounds awesome and I am sure the trip would be worth it but we would have to add an extra 4/5 days air travel.

Still thinking about places.

 

Cheers

[Getting out there]

Sorry to jump in here, but I can't figure out how to start a new thread. I'm thinking of doing a transition cruise on Adventure from Miami to Puerto Rico. I've read in the past that transition cruises seem to water down the cruise. Has anyone done a cruise like this? Has Adventure done this cruise?

[George C]

Thanks for all the replies and information.

 

Departure from Barcelona seems a good idea, bit nearer to fly from Greece.

 

George C ...which cruise line and which ports in Italy?

 

RCCL Brilliance of the sea

 

11-Sep Barcelona, Spain 5:00 PM

 

12-Sep Villefranche (Nice), France 10:00 AM 7:00 PM Tendered

 

13-Sep Livorno (Florence), Italy 7:00 AM 7:00 PM Docked

 

14-Sep Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy 7:00 AM 7:00 PM Docked

 

15-Sep Naples (Salerno), Italy 7:00 AM 6:30 PM Docked

 

16-Sep Cruising Cruising

 

17-Sep Kotor, Montenegro 7:00 AM 4:00 PM Tendered

 

18-Sep Ravenna, Italy 12:00 PM 7:00 PM Docked

 

19-Sep Venice, Italy 7:00 AM 5:00 PM Docked

 

20-Sep Dubrovnik, Croatia 1:00 PM 9:00 PM Docked

 

21-Sep Cruising Cruising

 

22-Sep Cruising Cruising

 

23-Sep Barcelona, Spain 6:00 AM

[Biker19]

^ that is a good itinerary even if some of the W Med ports repeat OP's previous sailing.

[allanna]

Thanks for all the help ( Biker19 and George C )

 

We were expecting another cruise this year but due to urgent family hospital problems this has now been put on the back burner.

 

MIL is in hospital and the results do not seem good so my loving wife has to care for her for the next few months.

Still have our 100 $ casino chip from the Navigator burning a hole in my pocket, lets wait and see.

 

Regards