Described as a Junior Suite I would describe the cabin as being like a standard balcony cabin on other cruise ships.

A comfortable bed, good seating area and small desk.

The balcony was small but perfectly adequate for two.

The cabin was clean, came with batc robes and we had two amazing cabin stewards

This was one of the included excursions and was a shambles.

There were 850 passengers on this trip, all passengers called to assemble at the same time.

Passengers part of tour groups were sent off first and it was a good 45 minutes before we set off.

The cruise was interesting with a good commentary.

The spice market was a complete farce. All the Bosporus cruises ended within a quarter of an hour of each other which meant all the passengers on the ship were attempting to enter the spice market at the same time. 

We didn't both in the end and looked at some of the outside stalls.

We returned under our own steam the following day and the market was very quiet.

After the cruise we had the problem of all the passengers returning to the ship around 20:00, all wanting dinner - it was chaos

A lovely port with the port a 15 minute walk from the town centre.

To stop you getting lost there is a bright yellow line to follow - a great idea

Volos

There was an included excursion at this port but we decided not to go after our experience in Istanbul and not being interested in the tour

The town of Hereklion is a short walking distance from the port and, again, a yellow line to guide you.

There's a pretty harbour and a good touristy shopping street, where the prices are very reasonable.

Crete (Heraklion)

Only a very short stop here, arriving 19:00 and departing 02:00

A free shuttle bus was provided but you wonder if the cruise line wanted you to go ashore as they announced he shuttle service would be every half hour, which is a tad offputting.

In reality there was a continuous shuttle service.

Most of the shops were open, even though it was a Sunday evening.

The windmills are one of teh main attractions, however, at night they are not worth visiting  

Mykonos

Check-in took us two hours, which we thought was bad but fellow passengers we spoke to endured a two and a half and in one case a three hour embarkation debacle.Once the bags are dropped off you have to then join a queue to pick up your cruise card, this took 45 minutes and was not the end of the process as having gained your cruise card to actually check in – other cruise lines do the card issuing and check-in at the same time, why can’t Celestyal.

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