Great locations, food, ship, and excursions - looking forward to the next trip

Viking Sea Cruise Review to Europe - Eastern Mediterranean

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 31

Overall rating:

4.9 out of 5
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Viking Sea

9 Night Empires Of The Mediterranean (Athens To Venice)

Sail date: October 13, 2023

Ship: Viking Sea

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 5075

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

It was a great cruise, the one regret is that we did not know (did not ask) about where our ship was going next. It was going on to San Juan Puerto Rico and we would have liked to stay on it to visit more cities. Was a great time and regretted having to get off.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Viking crew did a great job getting us on quickly

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
All of the food and service was above expectation

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
The SPA area was great and relaxing

Entertainment

5 out of 5
All performers were very good and personal (would engage with you and have fun)

Children's Programs

Must be over 18

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Staff would know you by name and check in as they passed by.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Ship was in good shape and maintained

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
Cabin service was great, wish there was a little more storage. We brought a hanging closet organizer with us that helped out greatly. The cabin size was what we expected - Bed and bathroom were great.

Ship tip

Make sure you get Manfredi's reservations and pick them as close to 6pm as possible so you can attend evening entertainment. Don't forget your swimsuit, the forward SPA area (snow area) is not to be missed.

Ports of call

Piraeus (Athens), Greece

5 out of 5
We visited Corinth and it was lovely.

Santorini, Greece

5 out of 5
Great views and people. Be sure to get the 3 blue roof picture.

Katakolon (Olympia), Greece

5 out of 5
Very informative, I learned things about the Olympics I did not know.

Corfu, Greece

5 out of 5
Lovely town, take time to grab a bite while you are there as well as do some shopping.

Kotor, Montenegro

5 out of 5
The excursion to the Lady of the Rock should not be missed. Lovely area to view from the boat and extremely informative.

Dubrovnik, Croatia

5 out of 5
Wall was amazing... lots of people in the town (walking the wall you missed most of them)

Zadar, Croatia

5 out of 5
Both the town and visiting outside of it was great

Koper, Slovenia Did not visit port

This stop was canceled due to work

Venice, Italy

5 out of 5
We got an extra day at this port and spent the day at Chioggia. We spent 3 extra days at Venice at the end of the cruise and thought spending a day at Chioggia was a great use of time (5-10min) walk or cruise for the ship vs 1.5hs to Venice. Would recommend it.

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
No issues no stress. Bags were all taken care of.
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7 Comments

Cruisers4Lyfe     3 months ago

Thanks for sharing

ddme    1 year ago

Glad you had an enjoyable cruise. I would really enjoy your itinerary. Thanks for posting.

karlgrgurich    1 year ago

Interesting ports

AuntPinkie    1 year ago

Great itinerary. Appreciate your detailed review. Glad you enjoyed your cruise.

Gwbigdog    1 year ago

Thanks for sharing

cruising2004    1 year ago

Glad you had an awesome time. Thank you for your review.

javawoody    1 year ago

Wonderful itinerary, thanks for sharing