Amazing Canaries Cruise

Iona Cruise Review to Canaries

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 27

Overall rating:

4.8 out of 5
Iona

Christmas Spain Portugal Canary Islands

Sail date: December 17, 2022

Ship: Iona

Cabin number: 5465

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

Very good cruise just as good as last year Christmas cruise on Iona.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Although we had to queue it went down very quickly

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
In Pearl Restaurant the food was amazing and you couldn't beat the quality of the food. In the Olive grove I had lasagna and it was massive and certainly full after the meal we also had our Christmas and new year dinner in there and it was also amazing just as good as the main restaurant. In all the restaurants the staff where extremely friendly and happy to get anything for you.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5
We went in the infinity pools on deck 8 which was enjoyable as you could look out to see the sea.

Entertainment

5 out of 5
Headliners Theatre Company put on amazing shows (Festival, Centre stage and Christmas show)

Children's Programs

Child was outside age range for kids club

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
The Waiters in the Pearl restaurant were extremely friendly and willing to help. they also gave us extra food when we didn't even ask for it.

Ship Quality

4 out of 5
Although room was cleaned once a day it was no problem. The ship was very clean throughout

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
The inside cabin was a larger inside cabin as three people were sharing the cabin but it was still The cabin was large enough we had enough room for all three of our clothes for 16 nights. The cabin was quite clean even though it was cleaned once a day. Some nights it was noisy as their was entertainment in the atrium directly above us.

Ship tip

Get Pringles crisps ashore as its much cheaper

Ports of call

Southampton (London), England

5 out of 5
Didn't look around Southampton as we can visit at any time

Funchal, Madeira

5 out of 5
We did the toboggan ride excursion. Because there was so many groups of the same excursion we got to do some wine tasting which was free and unexpected in the excursion. After this we had to queue for some time to go up in the cable car but once we where up it was fun to look at the view of the ships and the landscapes. It took 1 and a half hours to get in the toboggan ride but it was amazing to go down.

Tenerife, Canary Islands

5 out of 5
just walked around the city and did some shopping

Gran Canaria

5 out of 5
We went shopping and also went to the beach for a little while then had a starbucks i got a really nice gingerbread frappe

Fuerteventura

5 out of 5
Best Beach EVER!!!!!!

Lanzarote

5 out of 5
We explored the city and did some shopping

Cadiz (Spain)

5 out of 5
We spend 2 days here due to us not going to Vigo and Lisbon. We had a nice walk around the small alleyways and streets.

Lisbon, Portugal Did not visit port

We didn't visit Lisbon due to the strikes which where taking place

Vigo, Spain Did not visit port

We didn't visit Vigo due to the bad weather as we couldnt get into the port safely

Disembarkation

3 out of 5
lots of queues to get off as people didn't stick to their departure times to get off the ship.
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5 Comments

daiboywoody    1 year ago

Thanks for sharing, all good comments unlike someone else’s who was on the same cruise just whinged about it but you can’t please everyone, I’m looking forward to going on her on the 18th of Feb around the canaries ☀️

Penguinlover23    1 year ago

The Beach was right next to the cruise port im not sure what it was called

Plugtheleak    1 year ago

Which beach was the best ever in Fureteventura?

Gwbigdog    1 year ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise with us

AuntPinkie    1 year ago

Wonderful itinerary. Appreciate your detailed review. Glad you enjoyed your cruise.

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