Small town, main attractions of Castle and temples within 5 minutes walk from the port. Walked around for a few hours, souvenier shops plenty, Cathedral closed due to service, temple of jupiter quite small. castle really an open one, hard to figure out boundries, most of castle grounds converted to ships and restaurants.  IMPORTANT: most places they don't like to accept Euros, especially the convenience stores. But ATMs available.  

Split

As per the tip on a Cruise Critic review, 4 of us took a cab around the 4 main attractions of the island, came to around 40 euros per person (including tip), much cheaper than taking the excursion, also we had extra time to see the monastatry and tase some wine, cheese and olive oils. also bettter access to parking while taking taxis.  taxi driver was well versed in local history , saw the palace and Mouse Island, and had some time in the Old town. A full day at a good price.  

Corfu

arrived at noon, Walked 25 mintues to metro, took the train to the bottom of the acropolis area( 2 euros to monastraki station). walked up to acropolis, then down left side to the theater, and back up then down to agora and museum on right side, then walked back to station, where the main shopping area is. (the port maps provided in the cabin were excellent in getting around). after shopping and lunch, went to a designated royal Caribbean store which arranges taxis back to port, which we share with other passengers (5 euros per person), traffic gets busy heading back to leave at least an hour before the assigned return time.  

Athens (Piraeus)

arrive at 8am, Spent the morning in the very small town of Katakolon, train station nearby to Olympia. decided to take the excursion to Olympia, we arrived on the same day as the torch lighting ceremony which was headed to the Vancouver Olympics, but buses not allowed into town for security so we could only see the torch passing by. 45 minute bus ride to Olympia.    
An excellent museum at the start the excursion, then to the site of the first Olympics, although all in ruin, a very satisfying experience, the first running track survived to this day. best part of excursion was the tour guide, very informative and very funny. finished tour in town for some quick shopping, but due to security delay, we get back to port around departure time.  

Katakolon (Olympia)

Back to venice on day 8 mornuing, disembarked by 10, bus to Piazza Roma, spent 2 days in venice, B&B 5 miutes from Piazza San marco, 15 minutes from Rialto brige.  over the 2 days walked almost all of Venice, took the water bus to Murano for the Glass burning.  IMPORTANT, make sure you have luggage with wheels. Also luggage and water bus not a good fit, and make sure you buy the ticket immediately on boarding to avoid the 45 euro fine at P. Roma or tobacco shops or from water bus attendant when boarding.  

Venice

Rooms comfortable for 2 adults only. Good Closet, good sea view, Sofa and Side/center table take up too much room, can just  accommodate more than 4 people in room at a time. Very quiet hallway, 2-3 minutes walk to nearest elevator.

Ship, Since it was a smaller ship, everything was easy to access, ship maps at every elevator station, everything in working condition, some scratched in the wall paper in the cabin(expected with an older ship), decent shopping on board, bargains daily), decent casino but few tables open early due to lack of traffic, plenty of slots machines.The Good;  Food, plenty of choice, especially for vegetarians as they accommodated my wife easily (egg free vegetarian).

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