The cruise: 15 nights on the Quest from Istanbul to Athens passing through Turkey, Israel, Egypt and Greece. Our background, second time on Seabourn, last time was on one of the smaller ships, about 5 cruises on Silversea, we usually cruise in Asia as we're based there, this time we really wanted to go a little further.

Overall this was probably our best cruise ever, we had a load of luck, the weather was great, we met some incredible people, but we felt Seabourn on this cruise was a match, or the better of, of any experience we've had.

First the ship. The Quest, and so I assume the other two new big sisters, is incredibly well-designed. It feels empty even when it's full, there were places we barely even got to. The main dining room is quite lovely, the Colonnade is friendly and very easy to spend time in, restaurant 2 is a lovely intimate space. We felt that Seabourn had scaled up their original small ships without losing the essence of space and personal touch, but improved just a little bit on every aspect. Read more