Reflections of the past

Celebrity Reflection Cruise Review to Europe - Mediterranean

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 9

Overall rating:

5 out of 5
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Celebrity Reflection

11 Night Eastern Mediterranean (Rome Roundtrip)

Sail date: June 06, 2016

Ship: Celebrity Reflection

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: Can't remember

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 8 years ago

Review summary

The ship - Reflection - was, as expected, top quality for this range of cruising. From easy boarding at Civitevechia to disembarking at each stop, everything went smoothly.

The on board facilities were excellent and the choice of food was superb.

The highlight for me was the trip, in Turkey, to  Ephesus  where the excavations and detailed finds were mindblowing.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
My wife used the spa facilities and we were surprised at the higher-than-expected cost and the constant pressure to buy extras.

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Clean and well serviced.

Ship tip

Find the afterdeck behind the buffet restaurant early in the cruise as this is an excellent venue - with plenty of seating - to take breakfast in port.

Ports of call

Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy

5 out of 5

Santorini, Greece

5 out of 5
When you land on the quayside, walk 50m to the left and buy a ticket for a boat that takes you on a 30 min cruise to Oia quay where an included bus takes you up to the town. After 3 hours the bus takes you all back to the cable cars to get back to the ship's tender.

Piraeus (Athens), Greece

5 out of 5
Find the fish market and enjoy a dirt cheap meze lunch with ouzo for 5 euros for 2 in the little cafe that appears in guidebooks and sits between fish stalls!

Mykonos, Greece

5 out of 5
Far nicer than we had expected. Clearly an island developing its facilities for the higher end of the vacation market.

Kusadasi (Ephesus), Turkey

5 out of 5

Bodrum, Turkey

5 out of 5
Don't believe the market traders!!! Everybody knows the brand labels are fake but I didn't realise even the size labels are questionable!!

Souda (Chania), Crete

5 out of 5

Naples, Italy

5 out of 5
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