Azamara Quest May 2009

Having cruised before several times with Celebrity and being a "club member" It was the natural choice for my 60th birthday. Costa was fine, great food etc. but loud in every sense - RCI we found to be a fun ships but perhaps not the Quality of our previous experience with Celebrity - so why not push the boat out (pun) and go for their 5 star plus  brand Azamara .

The Cruise I found was an easy choice as it included Istanbul and the Blue Palace, plus Bethlehem - Jerusalem - etc and on my Birthday we would be in Alexandria a chance to see El Alamein and the war museum. So back in July 2008 I booked our Cruise which included my Niece and Nephew whom we had previously cruised with. We decided to book the excursions as listed pertaining to the cruise which was must for us back in January this year. As we had previously had disappointment by missing out in Norway on a cruise in a fjord going from Stavanger to pass under Pulpit Rock as it was fully booked so we landed up taking a helicopter ride costing us £140 as we found little else of interest, a lesson learned we thought. Read more