Athens (Piraeus) to the Mediterranean Oceania Cruise Reviews

We chose this itinerary, back to back cruises, from Athens to Venice, Venice to Barcelona since we wanted to do both the Eastern and Western Mediterranean. Even though we stopped twice in Dubrovnik & Kotor, it was ...

Sail Date October 2018

litig8or

2 Reviews Written

3 Helpful Votes

Overall a great ship

We chose this cruise because of the itinerary and the amenities. The passenger age definitely skews to the over 60 crowd. The food was among the best we have ever had on a cruise ship. The specialty ...

Sail Date July 2018

leraso1711

2 Reviews Written

12 Helpful Votes

Outstanding Cruise

We chose this cruise because we wanted to visit Israel and the Greek Isles. We spent 3 days in Athens before the cruise and 2 after the cruise. We have been cruising since the early 80's. We chose this ship ...

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Sail Date July 2018

Peteb480

2 Reviews Written

13 Helpful Votes

8 day cruise around Italy

We are somewhat experience cruisers. A total of 11. We have cruised Norwegian, Rcl, Princess, and Celebrity. Are experience on this cruise was the food was very in the specialty restaurants and the same as our ...

Sail Date July 2018

Rbben

2 Reviews Written

16 Helpful Votes

Oceania is a Distinct Cruise Experience that is Not for Everyone - But is for Me

Marina

My wife and I are experienced cruisers (over 40 cruises) and Oceania in particular (over 15 cruises). I will start out by saying we love Oceania and have 4 more cruises on them currently booked. I will not comment ...

Sail Date October 2017

aubreysmimi

2 Reviews Written

3 Helpful Votes

A Dream Cruise

Marina

We wanted to try a smaller ship than the mega liners and liked the itinerary. We had heard very positive things about Oceania Marina and it lived up to the hype. We found the ship beautiful - luxurious without ...

Sail Date October 2017

Thurston Bow

1 Review Written

1 Helpful Vote

1st cruise and enjoyable!

Oceania lives up to its reputation for being one of the best. As a new cruise ship passenger, I would suggest more instruction on the initial embarkation. I am new to cruising and some of the people I interacted ...

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Sail Date September 2017

Empty00

1 Review Written

Fabulous Time

Wanted to do a cruise going to Italy. Fabulous food, ship and crew. They couldn't have been more helpful and courteous. So easy boarding, Nice cabin, only thing is they should have made the tub a walk in shower. ...

Sail Date September 2017

drvfical

1 Review Written

4 Helpful Votes

Oceania can do better than this

We selected it for the price and destinations. The ports were great, and shore excursions were fine. However, the food, while still very good, was not excellent as it used to be. Internet service was horribly ...

Sail Date September 2017

Jayanne

1 Review Written

2 Helpful Votes

Beyond our expectation

I think we may have set the bar to high for our first cruise. Very attentive staff. Top notch dining. We met many other guests from around the world. I think the ship is a perfect size for mingling I would do it ...

Sail Date September 2017

GICNJC

4 Reviews Written

9 Helpful Votes

Athens to Barcelona 7 day September 2017

Chose cruise to see western Mediterranean ports. This cruise visited six. Food was fantastic, shows very good, internet poor, staff wonderful, excursions very good. Regrets that unable to enjoy ship more as we ...

Sail Date September 2017

kathrynmmoran

1 Review Written

3 Helpful Votes

Expected More

We cruised on the Oceania Riviera from Athens to Monte Carlo. While my husband and I enjoyed the excellent service and the ports, and overall had a great time on the cruise, we were disappointed in the ship. ...

Sail Date August 2017

tyfh

5 Reviews Written

16 Helpful Votes

Close, but NO Cigar!

This cruise was selected for several reasons. For one, the reputation of Oceania for serving the best food on the ocean was an attraction. Also, the itenery ... we have been to Greece and Italy several times, but ...

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Sail Date August 2017

RTPGiants

1 Review Written

6 Helpful Votes

Wonderful cruise, but for a luxury line it leaves things a bit lacking

On the whole, the cruise was very very good and the itinerary (which I credit Oceania with putting together) was excellent. However, for a line and ship that bill themselves as a luxury line, I just don't think they ...

Sail Date August 2017

chirk

5 Reviews Written

11 Helpful Votes

Amazing Vista Suite, but...

We are active, mature, independent experienced travelers who've been on 10 cruises or so. We had booked Oceania's Lima-Miami cruise, which they must have oversold because they kept sending emails inviting us to ...

Sail Date May 2017

doxielover47

2 Reviews Written

2 Helpful Votes

Great Experience

We had a wonderful experience with both Oceania as well as our alumni travel group. We spent two days in Athens before boarding the ship which we highly encourage others to do who have long flights. It helps to ...

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Sail Date April 2017

Lambertus

1 Review Written

4 Helpful Votes

Great Itinerary

This has been our fifth Oceania cruise. We booked this cruise together with some friends we met on the Riviera 1,5 year ago. Malta was great , so was Taormini and Sorrento. Food was great as always. Ship ...

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Sail Date April 2017

ShipShapely

3 Reviews Written

21 Helpful Votes

LOVE this ship

We chose this ship and cruise because of the itinerary - great combination of three days in Israel plus Greek Islands. Also, we are foodies and had heard the food was great, and finally, we do not like a super large ...

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Sail Date April 2017

Wong1

1 Review Written

1 Helpful Vote

General Comments

Oceania always provide good services, food and entertainment. The only disappointments were the cancellation of Istanbul and Cairo within the lists of Port of Call. Those cities were the reasons for the initial ...

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Sail Date November 2016

RockyMtnBlue

1 Review Written

6 Helpful Votes

Outstanding!

Small Ship, No children, photographers, or up-selling, Great Food Great Service and Staff Great cabaret-style entertainment Great Itinerary What's not to love? The cruise was Oceania quality ...

Sail Date November 2016

Garyfr1

2 Reviews Written

6 Helpful Votes

Athens to Dubai

The itinerary on the cruise was excellent - a passage visiting Greece, Israel, Egypt, Jordan, Oman and Dubai. Cairo was cut from the itinerary one day after the final payment date, which was a disappointment and ...

Sail Date November 2016

Big Doc

1 Review Written

12 Helpful Votes

Ticks All The Boxes

I had researched Oceania quite a lot before booking this cruise and it does what it says on the tin. The experience is based around service,destinations and especially food. All three exceeded our reasonably high ...

Sail Date September 2016

CarneyK

1 Review Written

9 Helpful Votes

Getting better but still room to improve

Only booked a few weeks before we sailed as my wife needed to e stress after our daughters wedding which was the week before.sailed with riviera 1st in 2015 and was disappointed then, that we never got a bed by the ...

Sail Date October 2016

tresor6241990

1 Review Written

4 Helpful Votes

On the Great ship, Oceania Riviera