Fabulous Mediterranean Cruise

Item: Crown Princess
Rating: 4.5
Author: womacks

Crown Princess Cruise Review to Europe - Western Mediterranean

womacks

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 2-3 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 13

Overall rating:

4.5 out of 5

7 Night Mediterranean (Barcelona To Rome)

Sail date: June 23, 2018

Ship: Crown Princess

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: D305

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

This cruise was a great way to see a lot of places without the worry of traveling around them ourselves. This ship was beautiful, the rooms were clean and quiet and comfortable, and actually bigger than I was expecting. Our 15 year old son spent the week on the pullout sofa bed, and said it slept great. We only ate at the casual places (burger grill, pizza, buffet) but the food was really good, and didn't make me wish that I'd brought nicer clothes for the main dining room.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Ports of call

Barcelona, Spain

5 out of 5

It was a good starting point, although everyone was exhausted from the overnight flight in. Might have been better to come the day before, but we powered through it, and enjoyed walking Las Ramblas and the Columbus Monument. Port bus was easy to find and reasonably priced and dropped us off right in front of the terminal.

Thumbs Up 7

Gibraltar (U.K.)

5 out of 5

I only wish we had more time in this port. The excursion to the top of the rock was great, but we only had about 20 minutes to wander at the top, and I would've liked at least twice that.

Thumbs Up 4

Marseille (Provence), France

5 out of 5

I knew nothing about Marseille or any of the excursions but we chose to go to Arles & Le Baux de Provence. Beautiful countryside, awesome guide, both little towns were extremely interesting

Thumbs Up 4

Genoa, Italy

3 out of 5

We chose the Milan & Last Supper excursion. It's a good hump of a bus ride, and our guide was not very interesting. Milan was just okay (I'm not into fashion so the shopping didn't interest me) but the Last Supper viewing made the whole trip worth it.

Thumbs Up 0

Livorno (Florence & Pisa), Italy

5 out of 5

Pisa is absolutely stunning. We climbed to the top of the tower, had time to peruse the little shops, our guide took us into a huge church that was gorgeous - I would absolutely recommend this excursion.

Thumbs Up 3

Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy

5 out of 5

We stayed three extra days in Rome, which I feel was necessary in order to see everything. We got our own hotel and transportation, independent of Princess, so I'll just say that the disembarkation process was seamless.

Thumbs Up 5

Disembarkation

5 out of 5

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