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Riviera Cruise Review to Europe - Western Mediterranean

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 39

Overall rating:

4.2 out of 5
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Riviera

8 Night Medieval Coastlines (Barcelona To Lisbon)

Sail date: September 06, 2018

Ship: Riviera

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 8066

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

This was our 1st Oceania cruise and we loved it. The ship was much smaller than we have sailed on in the past and I liked it. Our balcony stateroom was spacious and well appointed. Lastly, the food was excellent. My wife must have a gluten free diet and she ate like a queen. She claimed they have the best GF bread she has ever tasted. We took the wine with dinner package which was great for us. On a downside, the nightly entertainment is truly lacking. Two nights they had a concert pianist and another a flute player. They also had 2 movie nights which no one attended (no surprise there!).

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5

Entertainment

1 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

Barcelona, Spain

5 out of 5

St. Tropez, France

3 out of 5

Livorno (Florence & Pisa), Italy

5 out of 5

Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy

5 out of 5

Alicante, Spain

3 out of 5

Malaga, Spain

4 out of 5

Lisbon, Portugal

4 out of 5
The ship docked at 4:00 PM so there was very little time to visit Lisbon.

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
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2 Comments

wagens93    6 years ago

Great review. Glad you enjoyed it! We are going on Riviera next March. So excited!

gatorhotline    6 years ago

O tends to leave it to the passengers to entertain themselves with conversation. We did some of that but only when others approached us, and the fellow cruisers we met were very interesting. Agree their food is fabulous... lobster every day for lunch and dinner if you want it! We also loved the personal attention we received on a small ship and no lines for anything. Very relaxing. Glad you enjoyed!