Black Sea - Shuttle service in ports...

[world~citizen]

Can anyone who has taken the Black Sea cruise advise what the situation was with respect to shuttles provided at ports.

 

As one reviewer of this cruise noted last year, it would be helpful information to know in advance.

 

Smooth sailing...

[Wendy The Wanderer]

What are your ports? In Odessa we were docked right in sight of the Potemkin steps, i.e., the centre of the city. Yalta was similar, as was Nessebur and Sevastopol, although we tendered at Nessebur as I remember. (This was another cruise line, but the ports are fairly small.)

[world~citizen]

You named the three I was most interested in.:)

[world~citizen]

What are your ports? In Odessa we were docked right in sight of the Potemkin steps, i.e., the centre of the city. Yalta was similar, as was Nessebur and Sevastopol, although we tendered at Nessebur as I remember. (This was another cruise line, but the ports are fairly small.)

 

Here is the itinerary, it sounds like it is similar to the one you sailed:

 

Sun Jun 14 Athens (Piraeus), Greece

Mon Jun 15 At Sea

Tue Jun 16 Varna, Bulgaria

Wed Jun 17 Odessa, Ukraine

Thu Jun 18 Sevastopol, Ukraine

Fri Jun 19 Yalta, Ukraine

Sat Jun 20 Sinop, Turkey

Sun Jun 21 Istanbul, Turkey

Mon Jun 22 Istanbul, Turkey

Tue Jun 23 Chios, Greece

Wed Jun 24 Ephesus / Kusadasi, Turkey

Thu Jun 25 Santorini, Greece

Fri Jun 26 At Sea

Sat Jun 27 Sorrento, Italy

Sun Jun 28 Rome (Civitavecchia), Italy