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Costa Diadema Cruise Review to Europe - Western Mediterranean

Cruises: 2-3 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 61

Overall rating:

4 out of 5
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Costa Diadema

7 Night Marvelous Mediterranean (Barcelona Roundtrip)

Sail date: December 24, 2016

Ship: Costa Diadema

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 6099

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

We were very satisfied with our experience on Costa Diadema . We had 2 rooms and traveled with our adult and two teenage children. The food was excellent, especially the Fiorentino evening dining, if you love Italian food this is your cruise. Even more so If you love Nutella. The guests were overwhelmingly European (probably 30% Italian, 25% French, 25% Spanish, 10% German, and 10% Other British, American and Asian). Not many English speaking guests but no problem. Nightly entertainment shows were very good, especially the Romanian acrobat/dance couple. Only complainant was the ports of Savona, Italy and Marceilles, France, not much to see. Also a change of port, stopping at Sardinia instead of Palma De Mallarca as advertised.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Standard cabin. Clean and well maintained by steward.

Ports of call

Barcelona, Spain

5 out of 5
Buy tickets in advance. Go see Sagrada Familia, go up to the Tower. Walk Las Ramblas.

Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy

5 out of 5
Have some euros ready. Get up and out early. Take local bus to Civitavecchia train station and head to Rome. You can sight see on your own for a lot less. Buy Colosseum tickets in advance.

La Spezia, Italy

5 out of 5
Take train to Cinque Terra. Wear good walking shoes.

Savona (Genoa), Italy

1 out of 5
Got a late start so just toured Savona. Not much to see here.

Marseille (Provence), France

1 out of 5
Got off and walked to stretch out. Nothing nearby.
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