Marble bathroom.  Small shower.  Outstanding stateroom attendant.  Adequate for our needs.  175 square feet. Great location.

We booked an excursion with other people on cruise critic.  We used Rock Tours Gibraltar.  Fabulous tour including the rock, the caves, castle, monkeys, beaches etc.  Only complaint is that the guide did not return us to the port.  He dropped us off in town telling us it was a 10 minute walk to the port.  Walking fast it was almost 1/2 hour and this is not what was promised when we booked the trip.  Being tired after touring all day he should have taken us at least to the security entrance at the port.

Portuguese Riviera & Sintra - Explanations as we drove out of Lisbon about 1 hour ride to Sintra which is a beautiful mountain town.  Toured the Queluz Place and then a little time to walk around time.  Stopped on the way  back to Lisbon at a picturesque harbor area to take pictures.  Since we had 2 days in Lisbon the next day we did the hop on and off bus which gave us a great detailed view of the city.  Beware however the bus did not stop at all the stops in the brochure and even though we boarded the bus near the port we had quite a walk back on the way back because he did not go back to that stop due to construction.

We met friends and road a horse and buggy around town.  It is a beautiful place and after our ride we walked around the city and enjoyed visiting the market.

Malaga

Barcelona

Easy walk into town and enjoyed exploring Roman ruins the shops and going to a craft market that had items made by local artists.

Cartagena (Spain)

Right at the port is the hop on and off bus (20 euros) and this took us all over town.  Fabulous way to see the city.  We also visited the Oceanagraphic (14 euros) which was crowded.  But we hadn't been to an Aquarium for a while so we enjoyed it.  What an exciting place to dock.  Fantastic views of the city, and enjoyed eating and watching to boats

Monaco (Monte Carlo)

Scenic Rapallo and Sestri - We walked through part of Portofino first then boarded a modern boat (good bathroom on the boat )to visit the other town.  Another highlight of the cruise.  Portfolio is small and the shopping is expensive.  Beautiful riding along Italy's coast and seeing life in the towns.  The tour was very well run with just enough time in each of the town we stopped at to enjoy walking around.  The boat left each place exactly when they said so beware to be back on time.

Remained on the ship resting for the trip home.!  We've been to Florence before which is amazing.

Florence (Livorno)

Island Discovery and all day tour seeing the entire island with lunch.    Only objection is we took a long time driving to the north end for lunch in Portinatx at a restaurant with a beautiful view of the water.  Seafood Paella was served which we didn't like at all.  We've had other Paella in Spain that we like. Even the ice cream for dessert was inedible with chucks of ice (low quality).  We saw  so many beautiful towns on the way here we would have been better off eating elsewhere.

Aix-En-Provence & Marseille.  Walking tour of Aix but this was a day after the terrible Nice attack and we were surprised how crowded the city was.  The tours to Nice were cancelled.  Good way to get to around but finding our bathroom was a major issue.  Oceania should have something arranged for people on this tour.  Only one of 4 public bathroom was working with a long waits and not convenient to where we were touring.  The guide told us to use a bar after purchasing a meal.  Everything was extremely crowded and this took away from our enjoyment of the area.  We loved Marseille, the views from the Notre Dame de la Garde Basilica and walking around the boat area.

Oceania Tour Scenic Cadiz & Flamenco - One highlight of our trip.  First a city walk then Flamenco dancing with Tapas.  I thought it strange when we signed up that the dancing was in the morning but it turned out great.  The dancers were wonderful and the atmosphere of the restaurant wonderful.  Tapas was just cheese and ham (which we don't eat) and 2 soft drinks and beer.

Not as good as home but even in our inside cabin one of us using at a time we could at most times access it.We cannot say enough good things about how fantastic this cruise was including the Oceania staff, food, ports, excursions and ship.

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