Barcelona to Europe - Eastern Mediterranean Princess Ruby Princess Cruise Reviews

This was our first trip to Europe and finally decided we wanted to see a lot of different places and for that gave up time in any one place. We chose the Ruby because of our past satisfaction with Princess and we thought it had the best itinerary. The trip for us was fantastic and it exceeded our expectations. We knew the ship would be fine and it was in good shape and the service was good. ...

We flew from Montreal to Barcelona direct with Air Transat. We paid extra for Club Class and this was well worth the extra dollars. We had bigger seats, nice meals and complimentary wine and cocktails. We arrived in Barcelona and took a taxi to our the hotel - Hotel Miramar. The cost of the taxi was about 35 euros for 4 of us. I would highly recommend this hotel for the location. It is located ...

We have cruised 9 times with Princess. This itinerary was exciting and fast paced. We did not know about CruiseCritic before we planned our excursions and many of them were so rushed, we were unable to savor many of the landmarks and sites we were interested in. We found the food was just "okay" and not great, not even in the specialty dining rooms. We tried the regular dining room food as well ...

This was our first experience with Princess Cruises. We appreciated the beauty of the ship but decided that smaller ships are more to our liking. When we first arrived our bathroom was not truly clean and needed a second going over by our steward. We do appreciate the effort between cruises and our steward did a fine job thereafter. The port lectures were VERY well attended and very informative ...

I wondered where to begin, and finally figured it should be from the beginning. Our cruise began on July 16 in Barcelona. We were with friends and decided to spend a few days prior in Barcelona to see the sights. We were not disappointed. Barcelona is a wonderful, beautiful city full of friendly people. Except for the one who stole my camera from my bag while I was being pushed through a turnstile ...

Shore Excursions: I spent months researching the ports for this cruise. I focused on art, architecture, history, and gelato for my daughter. I downloaded the shore excursion brochure from Princess to compare costs and places to visit with what I could get from a private tour. Without exception, private tours were the way to go; they were always cheaper (there were four of us, me(42), my husband ...

As itineraries go, this by far was our best vacation ever. Every stop was an adventure. We did not take any shore excursions thru Princess. We have learned from past cruises that private tour guides are the best. This time we were not disappointed. Our tour guides were the best and I would recommend them to anyone: In Italy, we used the same tour group-Tony in Pisa/Florence, Fabrizio in Rome, ...

This was by far, our best vacation. This is our second time on the Ruby Princess and we were not disappointed. We stayed pre-cruise one night in Barcelona at the Hotel Regencia Colon. Very nice hotel, in great area. We spent our day on the Hop On Hop Off bus....saw so many things. Saturday morning, we had breakfast and headed over to the ship about 11:00, got right on and we were poolside by noon. ...

This being our first cruise, perhaps our expectations were too high. We are a Canadian couple in our early 30s used to doing backpack and resort types of vacations, but wanted to experience something different and a bit more luxurious. We started our vacation a week early and went to London, Marseille and then on to Barcelona. We spent 2 days in Barcelona before the cruise and absolutely adored ...

Every good trip starts with your home away from home. We spent 12 wonderful days on the Ruby Princess with a group of friends (also made a few more along the way). The overall atmosphere was wonderful, with over 3000 people on the ship (passengers and crew) - it never felt crowded. The itinerary was packed with history and wonderful sights and scenery (on and off the ship). We really appreciated ...