Astoria Review

3.0 / 5.0
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A proper travel experience, as well as being a holiday.

Review for the British Isles & Western Europe Cruise on Astoria
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Hurricane2C
10+ Cruises • Age 60s

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Sail Date: Apr 2018

The good: really interesting destinations; unbeatable value.

The not so good: the ship is chartered and shows some upkeep-issues; a small number of the very attentive crew let themselves down by being offensive to the nose!

This slightly-tired cruise-liner should be seen as a floating-base from which passengers can access little-visited ports. We thought the Faroe Islands to be one of our best-ever cruise-destinations. We took three shipboard excursions (all very good) and enjoyed a drink with our (excellent) dinner each evening - and the total cost (including car-parking) still worked out at only just over £90 each per night. That's pretty amazing value - especially when one considers that we benefitted from an upgrade to a more comfortable and spacious category of outside cabin.

Cabin Review

Dated, but clean and very adequate. Comfortable beds. The bath and bidet were nice to have and infrequently found on other cruise ships.

Port Reviews

Lerwick (Shetland Islands)

We probably didn't see Lerwick at its best as it was a Sunday and very dull weather. Don't expect a lot of excitement from the town! An organised excursion is recommended (we did not take on ourselves).

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