This was the first time that we did not take an excursion and for the first time we actually had a wonderful time. The cruise line was charging over 320 euros for the all day excursion that included bus ride from the port through Rome. However, my family took the train that cost 36 euros round trip for all of us. We walked through Vatican City and the main Rome sights reading all the literature attached to every monument. Great experience and would love to go back to Rome as we didn't feel that 8 hours was enough time to truly appreciate everything that Rome has to offer.

Rome (Civitavecchia)

This was not an only English speaking tour therefore the tour guide was switching from Italian and English so quickly that you felt like you were missing out on so much. I would tour Barcelona on my own next time or try to hire a tour guide not booked through the cruise line.

Tour guide was very knowledgeable and you could tell that he was proud of his heritage. We visited many ancient sites that I would have likely never visited had I not taken the tour. My only dislike about this tour was that he kept taking us to his "friends" shop in which we were bombarded by salesmen trying to sell EVERYTHING to us. I felt a little intimidated and was only assured having my husband right by my side at all times.

I felt that being on this tour that I missed out on seeing so much of this lovely place. I wouldn't bother with an excursion, try this place on your own.

Last summer we took a Royal Caribbean cruise and my kids loved the kid's club so much that we could barely drag them out; however, this is not the case with the MSC cruise line.Voyager of the Seas -Royal Caribbean had such tasty meals EVERY night that I looked forward to dinner on MSC Splendida, only to be let down night after night.

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