We thoroughly enjoyed our Azamara ‘Journey’ and would do it again, on a different route, just for a change. Highly recommended for the ship, amenities, food and drinks, staff, and ports of call.
Embarkation
5 out of 5
Very easy, once we found the correct entrance - an Azamara rep helped us
Ship experiences
Food and Dining
5 out of 5
Absolutely fantastic! Wide variety of food and drinks, dining experiences. The ship’s staff were unfailingly helpful, courteous - and smiling! Their obvious liking of their jobs hlped elevate the quality of our experience.
Onboard Activities
4 out of 5
none
Entertainment
4 out of 5
did not attend
Service and Staff
5 out of 5
wonderful staff, smiling and happy, attended to our every need. Room steward and butler were great. Room service food was delicious.
Ship Quality
4 out of 5
Some outside windows were dirty when nwe started in Istanbul but they were cleaned while we in port in Greece - Rhodes, I think
Cabin / Stateroom
5 out of 5
Could not have been better
Ship tip
don ‘t sail with anyone else! The ship is small, so it has an uncrowded, intimate atmosphere.
our excursion to the Knossos Palace was a disappointment. There is little to see, except for a few small structures that are reconstructions. Not worth the time or money.
The town of Thera (?) was worth visiting, we had a nice lunch overlooking the ocean, rode the cable car down. BUT: the excursion was our major let-down of the entire trip. We signed up for a hike around the caldera; it was listed as ‘strenuous’. We are pretty good hikers, but we did not find out until we were on the bus that the ‘hike’ was 7 miles long and uphill for the first 2 miles, and over broken, uneven cobblestones followed by a gravel path then just slippery dirt. ‘Strenuous’ doesn’t begin to describe that tour - I would say ‘brutal’. We had to be rescued via a taxi (provided by Azamara at no charge, for which, thanks) after about 2 miles. We were done! The actual conditions of this excursion should be spelled out much more clearly to potential customers.
Very good, well, apart from the small detail that it wasn’t clear what location the disembarkation was from. It’s starboard side, deck 3, but you can’t get there from the port side without going to starboard side and then down to level 3. There were a lot of confused passengers milling around like us, asking each other ‘where do we get off?’ Better instructions and signage are needed.
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