We usually pick our cruises by selecting places we would like to visit and then looking which lines go there. This means that we have travelled with a fair variety of the major cruise lines but this was the first with Oceania.

They market this as six star cruising and in many ways it is - so what were our impressions and experiences?

Check in at Athens was a breeze, we went straight to the counter and on the boat. To be fair it was mid afternoon so perhaps we missed the rush. First thing we noticed was that there were no photographers trying to snap you before you boarded - in fact there were none at all on the cruise which makes a refreshing change! Read more