Rome is beautuful

Item: Symphony of the Seas
Rating: 4.1
Author: olmedo

Symphony of the Seas Cruise Review to Europe - Western Mediterranean

olmedo

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 16

Overall rating:

4.1 out of 5

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7 Night Western Mediterranean (Barcelona Roundtrip)

Sail date: July 22, 2018

Ship: Symphony of the Seas

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: 10508

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

All in all we had a great time. Will we do it again, NO. It was our first visit to Europe and we rushed thru every port we went to. We were getting up at 5 am in the morning (as if back at work). If we go on a cruise again we will need to relax and maybe do just one or two short tours not the 10 hour tour we did. The ship is great and you need to enjoy it, so you need to stay on the ship.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Entertainment

3 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

Palma De Mallorca, Balearic Islands

2 out of 5

We did an excursion to the Dracho Caves. The brochure makes it bigger than what it actually is. To the point that there is a "boat ride" in the underground lake which maybe took 2 minutes in a boat with 20 other people. In addition the tour guide, who should be a Master of Ceremony and have everyone exited was incredibly bad. He spent most of the time talking to the bus driver (I guess they were childhood friend) and stated several times he would rather not be there.

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Marseille (Provence), France

1 out of 5

For the amount of money we spent on this tour “Tastes of Provence” ($269 each) we were expecting an amazing experience. We were expecting to visit small cafes and little restaurant to taste all these flavorful foods and pastries from France. Not to mention wines from the region. This was terrible. We spent most of the morning in an outdoor farmers market. The first food we tried was a TOMATO. Really a tomato. Then we went and tried 2 or 3 cherries and other berries. We split a cheese crepe between the 7 of us. Yes one crepe. We then tried some cheese, salami, jams and olives. But it was not all you can eat, it was one or two per person. We finally made it to a wine cellar where we divided (again) one bottle of rose. The door of the cellar had an advertisement of 3 glasses of wine for 10 euros. We would have been better with that offer. The tour ended in a pastry shop where we each got a cookie and that was it. We did get a booklet detailing all the tastes of Provence that we could have gotten but did not. This tour is basically a rip-off.

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La Spezia, Italy

3 out of 5

We had a great time because that is who we are. But if you go during the summer it is hot and crowded.

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Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy

5 out of 5

Rome is beautiful. This one is a must do!!!

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Naples, Italy

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

2 out of 5

4 Comments

Copentravelcom 6 years ago

Great advice, will only enjoy 1 port, skip the rest 🤣

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graham123 6 years ago

Thx

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IkeDeb 6 years ago

Great

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BASSON61 6 years ago

That’s exactly what we did on harmony of the seas this July going to the Caribbean the ship is the destinations knees days it’s so big and has so much to offer if I was to go to Europe I would I would fly in and stay in a great hotel for a week or two and tour at my leisure glad you enjoyed the ship get some must need rest I love to cruise

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