This was our fourth Celebrity cruise, along with many other cruises on other lines, the second on a millennium class ship and it didn’t disappoint overall.

We flew to Istanbul on a Celebrity package the lazy option.. Our paperwork confirmed there was no meal supplied by Turkish airlines, so sausage rolls were purchased at Gatwick at great expense, only to find on the flight we were supplied with a meal, which by the way was really good.

We were booked into the Hilton, again paperwork confirmed no breakfast was provided, and guess what, we did get breakfast. Slight issue with the room, it was a lovely Hotel on the hill overlooking Istanbul, lovely views from the ground floor reception. We were allocated our room, to get to there is was down 3 flights in one lift, round the corner and down another 3 in the next lift. We were right at the back of the hotel with a view of the bushes!! It did feel a little like we were in the cheap seats. Read more