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Sirena Cruise Review to Europe - Western Europe

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Reviews: 2
Helpful Votes: 40

Overall rating:

3.8 out of 5
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Sirena

14 Night Biscay & Basque (London To Lisbon)

Sail date: October 11, 2022

Ship: Sirena

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 7094

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 2 years ago

Review summary

Was underwhelmed. OLife air was ridiculous, very bad connections and hotels overpriced. Free air transfers are not really free if padded into the hotel price.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5
Main dining rooms are good but not what they market themselves to be, food is good presentation is nice but not outstanding. Deserts were marginal. The Tuscan Grill was very good and did live up to Oceania's reputation.

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5
Did not do any

Entertainment

3 out of 5
Piano player in Martini's was Ok not memorable.

Children's Programs

Did not travel with any children.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Everyone was well trained, knowledgeable, and very helpful.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
I liked the smaller size.

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

Ports of call

Portsmouth, England

5 out of 5
Nothing offered, went on our own to see the Mary Rose ship.

St. Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands

5 out of 5
We hired a ToursbyLocal. Was excellent

Lorient, France

3 out of 5
Could not hear guide, should have had a headset. Missed everything, group of approx. 25 to large to hear and understand guide.

Nantes, France

4 out of 5
Again group too larger to hear guide and no headsets.

Bordeaux, France

3 out of 5
We really only had half a day here. Waited on the ship after we docked approx. 2 hours for a booked tour thru Oceania. Walking tour of Bordeaux, guide was easy to understand if we were right next to her, Oceania should supply headsets, our group of approx. 29,much to large. It was Saturday and city was very crowded. Thought we would be able to enjoy Bordeaux Sunday morning. Spoke with other passengers and this was there understanding too.

Le Verdon-Sur-Mer (Bordeaux), France

1 out of 5
WHY? Could not leave ship at this industrial harbor. Waited over 3 hours for the passengers who had taken a tour that left Bordeaux in the morning. I felt that since we did not book a tour our time was stolen, I enjoyed the sailing to Le Verdon but we could have stayed in Bordeaux a few hours for those who would have enjoyed touring the city more. Docking for several hours in Le Verdon was a vast for those of us on the ship and was only to accommodate the passengers on the tours returning.

San Sebastian (Donostia), Spain

4 out of 5
Again needed headsets. Guides was friendly and knowledge when I could hear her.

Bilbao, Spain

5 out of 5
Disembarked here. Did on our own

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
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2 Comments

Cruisers4Lyfe     3 months ago

Thanks for sharing

MountainMama08    2 years ago

Thanks for sharing.

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