Athens (Piraeus) to the Middle East Cruise Reviews
Cruiser Rating
4.1
Very Good
28 reviews
Most helpful review
Brand New Ship on First Voyage
"Being past Seabourn clients, we wanted to test drive this new ship and with a great price on offer for the first leg of its inaugural run, couldn't resist signing up even though the itinerary was not super..."Read More
Jonelly
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Age 70s
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Review for Seabourn Ovation to Middle East
Lucullus
10+ Cruises
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Age 60s
Fellow Cruisers,
It has now been a further three weeks of cruising on the Seabourn Ovation for my wife and I and I have begun to like this ship quite a bit. Cruising on a relatively small ship (600 or less passengers) means that the staff and fellow guests get to know you and vice versa in a short period of time. This makes for a more congenial and friendly family type atmosphere. Since my last ...
Read MoreSail Date: November 2018
Departure Port: Tortola
Cabin Type: Veranda Suite
23 Helpful Votes
Review for Seabourn Encore to Middle East
ON cruiser
10+ Cruises
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Age 50s
Having recently returned from our second Seabourn cruise, we debarked the ship after 19 days wanting to stay on board. Alas, "duty calls", including back to work. Now, after settling in at home, herewith, in no particular, order, are my impressions of our trip.
Last year (December 2017) we tried Seabourn for the very first time, on the Odyssey for a Caribbean cruise. Interested readers can find ...
Read MoreSail Date: October 2018
Departure Port: Tortola
63 Helpful Votes
Review for Azamara Quest to Middle East
TanaB
2-5 Cruises
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Age 50s
Our friends had cruised on Azamara previously and had already booked this cruise. We have cruised before on large ships and didn’t really like the experience. So we weren’t really interested in cruising again until we checked out the itinerary which included Petra, Jordan and Athens, and that our friends raved about the cruise line.
The ship, cabin, facilities and crew: Ship was nice and ...
Read MoreSail Date: October 2018
Departure Port: Tortola
Cabin Type: Club Oceanview Stateroom
1 Helpful Vote
Review for Star Legend to Middle East
Primosearoamer
6-10 Cruises
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Age 80s
The voyage to "Arabia & Ancient Spice routes took place over 34 nights.
In a nutshell:
1. Shore experience in Luxor was disappointing as the Windstar Luxor tour put the group up at the Hilton as opposed to the superb and historic Winter Palace.
2. Food management and organization was poor. The fruit was unripe during the entire voyage and they even ran out of bananas onboard when ashore ...
Read MoreSail Date: October 2017
Departure Port: Tortola
Cabin Type: Ocean View Suite
Review for Seabourn Encore to Middle East
OZCRUISEGUYS
10+ Cruises
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Age 50s
This was our first Seabourn Cruise, and what better way to begin than on Seabourns newest ship, Encore. We held high expectations, and we were not disappointed,
We arrived in Athens a few days beforehand, and stayed at the Grande Bretagne, as did a number of other Encore guests, who had booked through Seabourn
The embarkation was smooth, we were quickly welcomed on board, by Handre the ...
Read MoreSail Date: December 2016
Departure Port: Tortola
Cabin Type: Veranda Suite
34 Helpful Votes
Review for Seabourn Encore to Middle East
cruising_cattlemen
6-10 Cruises
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Age 50s
The Seabourn Encore is a gorgeous ship inside (except the Club - more on that later); and will certainly be the new star of the fleet when she is up to scratch, fully-stocked and staff trained. BUT based on our recent experience aboard her first voyage, there are a few wrinkles to be worked out. The designer while talented with colour, texture and pattern, apparently wasn't an overly-practical ...
Read MoreSail Date: December 2016
Departure Port: Tortola
Cabin Type: Signature Suite
21 Helpful Votes
Review for Seabourn Encore to Middle East
Jonelly
10+ Cruises
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Age 70s
Being past Seabourn clients, we wanted to test drive this new ship and with a great price on offer for the first leg of its inaugural run, couldn't resist signing up even though the itinerary was not super enticing.
Took the Flight Ease program as well for convenience as finding our own flights out of Dubai was a bit of a challenge - and we were well rewarded for it. The very competitive price ...
Read MoreSail Date: December 2016
Departure Port: Tortola
Cabin Type: Veranda Suite
67 Helpful Votes
Review for Celebrity Constellation to Middle East
teamflames
2-5 Cruises
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Age 40s
We booked this cruise very late and got an amazing last minute deal . We had been on the Connie only 2 cruises (see other review) prior to this one and had a great time. This was a different cruise in that it was a re-positioning cruise and so was primarily sea days (5 in a row at one point) whereas on our other cruise we had 6 port days in a row.
The main thing that did not change was the ...
Read MoreSail Date: November 2016
Departure Port: Tortola
Cabin Type: Ocean View 6
167 Helpful Votes
Review for Celebrity Constellation to Middle East
DimiV
10+ Cruises
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Age 50s
I am a very, very experienced cruise traveler. I enjoyed this cruise, had a good time. There are some big BUT's though which unnerved me. Here my opinions, which will most likely resonate more with fellow Europeans:
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Ship beautiful, (if you like modern ship design, which I do), looking new. It did not look full, although it must have been at 90% of capacity. Except the pool deckchairs of ...
Read MoreSail Date: November 2016
Departure Port: Tortola
28 Helpful Votes
Review for Nautica to Middle East
Cheddar cave
10+ Cruises
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Age 70s
I chose this cruise line due its reputation for providing the finest cuisine at sea, and its reputed service provided by the high crew to staff ratio. We sailed from Piraeus Greece to Dubai on a 20 day cruise and were really looking forward to our concierge balcony stateroom which was our first disappointment.
The cabin furniture had seen better days and was covered in a dark varnish which ...
Read MoreSail Date: November 2016
Departure Port: Tortola
Cabin Type: Concierge Level Veranda Stateroom
13 Helpful Votes
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