Great Adriatic Sea cruise
Veendam Cruise Review to Europe - Mediterranean
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Purser
Cruises: 2-3 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 27
10 Night Adriatic Dream (Venice To Rome)
Sail date: May 05, 2019
Ship: Veendam
Traveled as: Singles/Friends
Reviewed: 5 years ago
Review summary
The cruise was quite nice and we were with friends which made it more enjoyable. There were activities we could have done but found we were quite busy. We had 8:00 dining time which was too late for us. It we went to open seating at 7:00 and were always accommodated. The tour guides were very passionate about their subjects but felt we were being lectured a lot of the time.Embarkation
Embarkation was very organized and quick
Ship experiences
Food and Dining
Food was fabulous
Onboard Activities
Fitness Center was great with lots of paid options for classes
Entertainment
The entertainment was outstanding,
Service and Staff
Staff were very nice. Our room steward was excellent.
Ship Quality
The ship was in good repair and they were always doing something to maintain. However very dissappointed they took the self serve laundry out. It still shows on the website so assumed we could press our own clothes. Instead we had to pay to,have it done.
Cabin / Stateroom
Cabin was nice as we had a sliding door to the deck which was nice to see what the weather was.
Ports of call
This is where we embarked
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We did a private tour here which was very informative. It's unfortunate that Greece is having such a garbage problem.
Didn't do an excursion here but took a tour around the island with a cab. It wasn't what I expected however quite nice.
Did a private tour of Ephesus and then watched the TUrkish rugs being made. That was very interesting but the Turkish people are very aggressive sales people which turned everyone off.
Very disappointed in Catania - assumed we were stopping at another port on Sicily as it was in our program. Catania really doesn't have much there.
Unfortunately it was pouring rain here. We did a private tour of the Colosseum but didn't t get much out of it because of the rain.
Disembarkation
It was fine however very cold and rainy and we had to wait for transportation we had arranged.