Great cruise with superb itinerary including Mykonos and Rhodes,

Ventura Cruise Review to Europe

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 48

Overall rating:

3.3 out of 5
Ventura

Spain, Greece and Turkey

Sail date: August 15, 2017

Ship: Ventura

Cabin type: Balcony

Traveled as: Large Group

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

Good value cruise for 17 nights to Rhodes and back. Food basic fayre, service great though, waiters sense of humour left us good memories.

Embarkation

4 out of 5
Usual safety necessity, important but glad to put it behind us, quite well organised.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5
Limited choices, traditional British with a few extras but lack of spicey sauces etc made it bland for me, great if you like dryish meat dishes and moose type desserts not British though? But... Service good, waiters brilliant on the whole, Wine very good value. The latter brings the rating up to 3 star.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5
Enjoyed shuffleboard, quiotes.

Entertainment

3 out of 5
Too small for the number of users so packed mainly with kids, hard to do fitness swim.

Children's Programs

4 out of 5

Service and Staff

2 out of 5
Steward ok tried hard to please, waiters really good, others amiable friendly.

Ship Quality

3 out of 5
Quote ok sailed 3 times with them but not geared up for walkers not dedicated walk rounds without up and down steps to different decks etc, and it is smoker friendly so non smokers get irritated when have to pass through the haze., or just have to avoid the areas by making a detour.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Perfect for our use/needs over the 17 days great

Ship tip

Bring some extra spends for speciality dining if food is important to you, that's where you'll get a decent special meal, far from the madding crowd.

Ports of call

Southampton (London), England

3 out of 5
Embarkation port

Palma De Mallorca, Balearic Islands

4 out of 5

Messina, Sicily

2 out of 5

Piraeus (Athens), Greece

3 out of 5

Ephesus

2 out of 5

Mykonos, Greece

3 out of 5
Lovely idyllic place like to return great scenery great authentic local food though bit dear worth it!

Katakolon (Olympia), Greece

4 out of 5

Gibraltar (U.K.)

4 out of 5
Need more time here than morning 3 hours to experience England in the sun.

Disembarkation

4 out of 5
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1 Comment

IkeDeb    6 years ago

Fantastic, wow 17 nights, how neat. 😋😋

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