Very good Cruise but some tweaking needed "excursions could have been better"

Nieuw Statendam Cruise Review to Europe - Mediterranean

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 5

Overall rating:

4.2 out of 5
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Nieuw Statendam

14 Night Ancient Mysteries & Egypt (Rome To Athens)

Sail date: September 21, 2024

Ship: Nieuw Statendam

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 5028

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 2 months ago

Review summary

We believe that excursions could have been better organized and giving us more "free time" to shop at the different stops. For example in Turkey we stopped at a rugs handwoven place we spent two hours there but at different stop we asked to give us 15 min ... No we do not have time .... but had 2 hours at a rug making place that cost thousands of $$$$$ ... also in Egypt we stopped at a historic library for one and half hours to do what "read history books" way to much time again at different places same answer we DO NOT have time

Embarkation

4 out of 5
very good

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
very good

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5
pool, and table tennis

Entertainment

3 out of 5
good,

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Ports of call

Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy

4 out of 5

Katakolon (Olympia), Greece

4 out of 5

Souda (Chania), Crete

4 out of 5

Cruise Dardanelles

4 out of 5

Istanbul, Turkey

4 out of 5

Izmir, Turkey

4 out of 5

Kusadasi (Ephesus), Turkey

4 out of 5

Rhodes, Greece

4 out of 5

Limassol, Cyprus

4 out of 5

Port Said, Egypt

3 out of 5

Alexandria (Cairo), Egypt

3 out of 5

Piraeus (Athens), Greece

4 out of 5

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
very good
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5 Comments

Cruisers4Lyfe     2 months ago

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Gwbigdog     2 months ago

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cruising2004     2 months ago

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HeavySeas     2 months ago

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