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Item: Britannia
Rating: 4
Author: Birdy70

Britannia Cruise Review to Canaries

Birdy70

Contributor Level: Purser

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Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 9

Overall rating:

4 out of 5

Canary Islands

Sail date: September 23, 2019

Ship: Britannia

Cabin type: Balcony

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

Fantastic time on board Britannia. Would definitely recommend P&O cruises.

Embarkation

4 out of 5

Well organised but very busy.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

Main restaurant was very pleasant, great food and very clean. Specialty dining was very good. Good selection of restaurants. Main buffet felt like a staff canteen area but with good selection of different food. Always plenty to eat.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Pool area was very clean but water was very cold.

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Very good variety of entertainment and areas of music. Loved the live lounge. Felt there was something for everyone.

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

Good room steward. Staff generally were very helpful and friendly.

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

The cleanliness of the ship was ok. Felt the some public toilets could have been better. Ship design- need a middle staircase of lifts . Strange that you were unable to go down all by stairs to get to the restaurants.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Ship tip

Very good. Well worth a try.

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Ports of call

Southampton (London), England Did not visit port

Embarked from this port

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Funchal, Madeira

3 out of 5

Very beautiful place and the trip we did was very good fun. Well worth the visit.

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La Palma, Canary Islands

3 out of 5

It was ok not to do much in this port

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Tenerife, Canary Islands

3 out of 5

Again ok but not on a Sunday when most things are shut!

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Gran Canaria

3 out of 5

Nice to walk around the town and port

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Lanzarote

2 out of 5

Didn’t like this port. Excursion was a waste of money. The coach ride was much better than the places we visited. Wouldn’t go back.

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Cadiz (Spain)

5 out of 5

Lovely place. Able to walk into town. Very beautiful. Place I’d like to return to.

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Lisbon, Portugal

5 out of 5

Another lovely port. Easy to walk into town and walk around. The hop on hop off bus was a good way to find your way around.

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Disembarkation

5 out of 5

Very easy.

2 Comments

Besty1 5 years ago

I like Britannia, but I do think the retreat at the front should not be charged for... They do not have enough hot tubs for the rest of the ship... I appreciate they need to up sell / get more more money but a small increase in the initial cruise price could cover this... or provide more hot tubs in the general area... Even other ships on P&O (Ventura) give you more facilities...

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dengage 5 years ago

I would definitely recommend p & o having done 24 cruises with them. 😊

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