Horizon Review
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HappyKatya
2-5 Cruises • Age 70s
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Sail Date: Sep 2018
From Sep 17 to 24, 2018, we took a 7-night, all-inclusive Greek Island cruise on Pullmantur Cruise Line's ship Horizon. We chose it for stellar itinerary, smaller ship, and price--and loved it.
Pullmantur is based in Madrid; 90% of clients are Spanish. Horizon's an older ship; sun loungers, cabins, furniture could use an upgrade. But for the price we found it fine. We've been on Regent and other ultra-luxe venues and while they're glorious, trips like this cost 3 or 4 times as much--some for a lesser itinerary. [Photo 1: Pullmantur Horizon from dock] [Photo 2: Horizon Pool & Sunset
We used the money saved to book a whole second week in Greece on land--in Naxos and Athens--plus two great private excursions from Athens, before and after sailing. Before sailing on Sep 17 we visited the Temple of Poseidon & Cape Sounio Beach, 45 minutes south of Athens, and on Sep 24 we saw the Corinth Canal.
Cabin Review
Cabin Superior Ocean View
Ocean-view cabin with large window (not a port hole), did have partial view of lifeboats on deck below but perfectly adequate; see photo mentioned in review. Several nice sunsets.
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Nafplion
Nafplion Sep 23, our final port before return to Athens? Kudos again Pullmantur! We walked all the way around the Nafplion peninsula on the Nauplion Arvanitia Promenade.
Must-do in Nafplion: Nafplio City has posted a Virtual Walking Tour with incredibly beautiful photos, maps, and audio tours of the Promenade and a dozen other wonderful places to visit at nafplio-tour, gr. Three samples are Nauplion (aka Arvanitia) Promenade; The Shore; and Constitution Square.
We started the Nauplion Promenade right at our ship's tender dock; turning right at Il Porto Restaurant, we were on the harbor side of the Promenade. We saw the scenic island Bourtzi Fortress in the middle of the harbor; the 16th century Five Brothers cannons on the hill above the harbor; and kept on promenading all the way around the Akronauplía Fortress, gazing at the sea. We reached Panagitsa church at the peninsula's tip, then Arvanitia Beach beyond, and enjoyed a swim.
Next we climbed the first 120 steps of the Venetians' giant Palamidi Fortress, where views of the Akronauplía Peninsula below and the harbor were stellar. Then we walked around the city center; and walked back to the tender dock, all in time for drinks on the ship at 4 pm.
Our last evening back on Horizon: finally Greek Night at dinner, the first Greek food which we didn't bring onto the ship ourselves. Delicious moussaka!
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