DH and his 15 yr old son took the 7night cruise out of Barcelona. I remained behind at work! Here is their brief review:

Flew to Barcelona on Friday evening and after a €30 cab ride we arrived at the Hotel Colon right next to the Cathedral in the Gothic area. Hotel was very good, good sized room and bathroom, and after dumping our bags we went out for dinner - tapas at midnight - you just have to love the Spanish and their eating habits. Saturday we went for a walk, had lunch and caught a cab to the port for €20 and were onboard by 2.30 after a slight wait.

Our first ever room without a balcony! Cat I 2596 - it was perfectly adequate for a cruise where we did not intend to spend much time in the room - a shower with hard screen and not the flappy curtain, fridge, enough storage, safe and a small seating area. Unfortunately we were on the early dining at 7pm which is too early if you have spent the day ashore - we ate in Portofinos twice and Johnny Rockets once. Read more