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Viking Saturn Cruise Review to Europe - Western Mediterranean

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 25

Overall rating:

4.7 out of 5
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Viking Saturn

7 Night Iconic Western Mediterranean (Barcelona To Rome)

Sail date: November 08, 2023

Ship: Viking Saturn

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 5060

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

We booked an extension which included Parma and Bologna. Both Cities were fascinating and our Tour guide was excellent. However we had about a 5 hour bus ride to Parma on the first day which took us back up North close to where we were the day before and at the end we had a 1 hr. 15 minute bus ride to the airport at 4:00AM in the morning. Also in my opinion this extension is backwards. It should be Bologna first and then Parma which would eliminate several long waisted bus rides back and forth. Would not recommend.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Excellent

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
Food, wine, restaurants all exceeded expectations

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
N/A

Entertainment

4 out of 5
Shows were as expected

Children's Programs

No children

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Waiters and room stewards politeness exceeded expectations

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Ship was immaculate!

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Room was kept in excellent condition by staff,

Ship tip

Book you own flights returning home. We spent 27 hours awake & had 3 flights, awful!

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Ports of call

Barcelona, Spain

5 out of 5
Time well spent!
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SETE (MONTPELLIER), FRANCE

5 out of 5
Excursions were perfect and Sete very interesting city.
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Marseille (Provence), France

5 out of 5
Excursions were excellent!
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Monte Carlo, Monaco

5 out of 5
Best excursions on the trip!
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Livorno (Florence & Pisa), Italy

5 out of 5
Pisa was great! Lots of walking, bus drops you off about 3/4 - 1 mile away from entrance to see Leaning Tower of Pisa. So there's almost 2 miles of walking through traffic and narrow streets. Poor planning.
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Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy

1 out of 5
Not really part of cruise. We booked and extension and left Rome 5 minutes after disembarkation. Cruise line was more interested in getting new passengers onboard for next cruise leaving from Rome. We wish they could have explained this or offered 1/2 day bus excursion to see Rome. Very disapointed.
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Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Very Smooth.
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7 Comments

Ladyjunecliff     9 months ago

Thanks for the tips
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ddme    1 year ago

Thanks for the review.
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javawoody    1 year ago

Research is key
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cruising2004    1 year ago

Thanks for sharing.
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Gwbigdog    1 year ago

Thanks for sharing
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karlgrgurich    1 year ago

Well. Yes. Logic for your visits to other cities would have been nice.
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RetiredRay    1 year ago

Interesting
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