wonderful first Viking cruise, during Covid restrictions

Viking Jupiter Cruise Review to Europe - Mediterranean

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 19

Overall rating:

4.8 out of 5
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Viking Jupiter

14 Night Iconic Adriatic Antiquities (Venice To Rome)

Sail date: October 24, 2021

Ship: Viking Jupiter

Cabin number: 6046

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 2 years ago

Review summary

Enjoyed this our first Viking cruise. would cruise with viking again

Embarkation

4 out of 5
unclear instructions to where to go in Venice for embarkation, due to Venice change of docking. all done well when found location

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
Food and service excellent

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5
top rate entertainment group from London

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
excellent, well trained staff. Due to Covid crew outnumbered guests

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
ship less than one year old, excellent design and decor

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
we were upgraded on embarkation. size a bit small compared to Regent and Seabourne, but well appointed and comfortable

Ship tip

Be prepared for an enjoyable cruise. Excellent service, personnel and decor

Ports of call

Venice, Italy

5 out of 5
Prots were all of interest, we did excursions which were well guided. Of special note, is Pompeii. A most interesting excursion that should be on everyones list. A visit back in time to see a roman city, excavated, in prime condition.

Split, Croatia

5 out of 5

Dubrovnik, Croatia

5 out of 5

Kotor, Montenegro

5 out of 5
especially charming

Corfu, Greece

3 out of 5
took an excursion to winery, which was disapponinting, long drive not much to see, should have stayed in Corfu

Katakolon (Olympia), Greece

5 out of 5
Very interesting excursion to Olympia home of games

Piraeus (Athens), Greece

5 out of 5
interesting city with ancient monuments

Kusadasi (Ephesus), Turkey

1 out of 5
Visit cancelled due to Covid requirments, a few days before schedule

HERAKLION, CRETE, GREECE

4 out of 5
excursion took us to charming sights, then to Port which was very touristy would have preferred to stay at first stop and bus back to port on our own

Messina, Sicily

5 out of 5
lovely port with lost of interest

Naples, Italy

5 out of 5
highlight of Cruise was visit to Pompeii

Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy

5 out of 5
we disembarked, and stayed independently for 2 more days. Lots to see and enjoy inRome

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
went smoothly, only issue was a charge of Covid PCR test we needed and were not told of charge.
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