Very good time

Item: Norwegian Gem
Rating: 4.3
Author: ChrisL1

Norwegian Gem Cruise Review to Europe - Eastern Mediterranean

ChrisL1

Contributor Level: Deck Hand

Cruises: 2-3 cruises

Reviews: 0

Helpful Votes: 7

Overall rating:

4.3 out of 5

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7 Night Adriatic/Greece/Turkey (Venice Roundtrip)

Sail date: September 04, 2010

Ship: Norwegian Gem

Cabin type: Balcony

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 14 years ago

Review summary

We really had a good time on the Dubrovnik, Athens, Izmir, Nafplion trip. Good amount of time in port, nice crew.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Service and Staff

3 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Ports of call

Nafplion (Nauplion), Greece

5 out of 5

If you head southeast from the marina, there is a path that will either take you up to a structure at the top of a cliff or you can go to a nice pebble beach.

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Piraeus (Athens), Greece

5 out of 5

We didn't need an paid excursion for this. We just walked to the train station (1 euro per person) and took it in to the city then used the simple map that we got from the ship to circle around and see the acropolis and all the little sites along the way. Long day of walking but a ton of fun. There were a ton of cab drivers trying to get us to spend the whole day with them when we got off the boat.

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Izmir, Turkey

3 out of 5

If you want to get to Ephesus, which was very interesting, we took a guided excursion for this one. It's about an hour away from Izmir, so it'd be tough to get to on your own. We were taken to a Turkish rug making school. But be warned to salesman were VERY pushy.

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Dubrovnik, Croatia

5 out of 5

Head to the maritime museum to get up on the city walls for free. We went on the croatia rivera tour and it was great.

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Pros: Destinations

Cons: One day of bad weather

Recommends Norwegian Gem? Yes!

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