Taxi is the way to go

Item: Norwegian Spirit
Rating: 4.7
Author: creativebrookie

Norwegian Spirit Cruise Review

creativebrookie

Contributor Level: Third Mate

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 4

Overall rating:

4.7 out of 5

10 Night Eastern Mediterranean & Greek Isles (Rome Roundtrip)

Sail date: June 29, 2017

Ship: Norwegian Spirit

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: 5096

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 4 years ago

Review summary

Great cruise, awesome ports of call, great food. For a smaller cruise ship it was still one of my favorites!

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Ports of call

Piraeus (Athens), Greece

5 out of 5

I didn’t know if I should book a tour here or not... decided to just get a taxi into town and it was the best decision ever!!!! We meet our driver Lisa. (Still FB friends) we paid her $100 I think for two of us to be our personal guide to everything! Took us to the Parthenon first because of the lines. She waited till we were done two hours later. Drove us in AC around to shop, see the Olympic stadium, changing of the guards, to lunch and more! It was great! Highly recommend getting a taxi guide. We tipped her as well but it was so worth it!

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Valletta, Malta

3 out of 5

This country was a little strange to me. The landscape was brown and the street names reminded me of being in the Middle East. Thank god I have service on my phone for maps cause some of those “streets” were iffy. Did I mention we rented our own car. (Stick, drive on left, sit on right) haha! Crazy! The blue grotto pretty, stopped at a few beaches, and down town had a cool vibe.

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Mykonos, Greece

4 out of 5

We rented a car in Mykonos. We like the adventure and freedom of it. Learned something about foreign cars... you have to turn off the AC to get up big hills! Beautiful beaches! Nice countryside! Great food! Windy windy windy!

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Rhodes, Greece

5 out of 5

Great island, rented a car and drove up the coast. Stopped at cute olive oil stores, pottery shops and took a dip in the sea!

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Souda (Chania), Crete

4 out of 5

Didn’t have much time here. Took the shuttle into town and wanted around the market and docks.

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Messina, Sicily

5 out of 5

Rented another car (SUV) at this port. Drove up to the volcano. Took the cable car up to walk closer to the volcano. Had shops. Beautiful island!

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Santorini, Greece

5 out of 5

Not enough time here! So much too see! Me and my guy rented a car (stick) and drove around the whole island stopping at the black beach, red beach, winery, and made it over to Oia for a little shopping before we have to hurry back to take the lift down to our tender boat. Great day must come back!

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Naples, Italy

5 out of 5

Well we didn’t actually see Naples at all! We took the best tour over to the island of Capri. OMG it is beautiful! It was an all day tour, boat fairy, bus rides, blue grotto, shopping, and free time. I even had sandals made while I went up the chair lift to the top of the island. Trying to remember the name of the company. It wasn’t cheap but it was totally worth it.

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Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy

5 out of 5

We stayed in Rome before getting on the cruise. Too much to see! Had to have two days at least.

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