The ship was exactly what we wanted! Excursions are demanding even if they say moderate! Lots of walking, stairs, uneven surfaces!

Viking Venus Cruise Review to Europe - Mediterranean

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Reviews: 3
Helpful Votes: 52

Overall rating:

4.7 out of 5
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Viking Venus

7 Night Italian Sojourn (Rome To Venice)

Sail date: October 21, 2023

Ship: Viking Venus

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 7012

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

Loved Viking size ship! Just a lot of time on buses ! Ravenna port needs to be changed if Venice excursions to be offered!

Embarkation

4 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Children's Programs

Children under 18 not allowed

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Ship tip

You spend a lot of time on buses, especially the last port of Ravenna, 2 1/2 hours each way to Venice and then back again the next day to fly out. This port needs to be re-thought

Ports of call

Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy

4 out of 5
Did this on own, had the before cruise add on

Naples, Italy

5 out of 5
Pompeii was great. Demanding walking

Messina, Sicily

5 out of 5
My Etna was great to see!

Crotone, Italy

3 out of 5
Did Crotone on own, not recommended, this town was not anything I would do again

Bari, Italy

5 out of 5

Sibenik, Croatia

5 out of 5
Visited two coastal towns that were very nice to visit

Venice, Italy

3 out of 5
Too much time spent on bus to and from! Was a 12 hour excursion with 5+ hours on bus. Very crowded. Glass factory nice, lace factory was just a visit to a store!

Disembarkation

4 out of 5
Left too early for airport, 5 am for 12:30 flight and banned from checking in til exactly 2 hours before flight!
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Cruisers4Lyfe     4 months ago

Thanks for sharing

Gwbigdog    1 year ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise with us