Not withstanding the issues described below, we had a very good cruise on the Regal Princess leaving Barcelona on 1 July in the midst of the taxi strike and arriving in Venice on 12 July. This is our sixth cruise and third with Princess. Overall, we would say that everything about the trip was excellent except for the Princess Rome excursion and the docking in Venice. Food quality needs some improvement, but was generally better than our previous cruise experiences.

Weather: The weather in the Med is brutally hot in July. Even the fit 20 & 30 year olds were panting in Rome, Istanbul, Kusadasi, and Athens. I wish we had scheduled this trip for September or October.

Mobility Challenged: I do not recommend this trip for the mobility challenged. Excursions in a wheelchair are out of the question. Lots and lots of walking with much of it on cobblestones or slick marble streets. Read more