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Booze cruise for seniors

Review for Europe River Cruise on AmaVida
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rosehenry
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

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Sail Date: May 2019
Cabin: Balcony Stateroom

Wonderful staff. Our cruise manager Luis was just the best. A warm, wonderful young man who worked very hard to take care of all of his guests. And we really enjoyed our tour guide Rivas. This was our 11th cruise and I thought that the food was the best that we have had on a cruise ship. However we didn’t like food on a shore excursion to a Quinta in Regua. Cruising the Duoro is exceptionally beautiful and relaxing. I would highly recommend this itinerary,.

We enjoyed all of the shore excursions and the extensions in Madrid and Lisbon.

The demographic on our cruise was mostly 65+. There was wine, wine and more wine. Many of the shore excursions included a port wine tasting including morning excursions. Wine was freely poured at both lunch and dinner and gratis cocktails were served in the bar during the hour before dinner. I have never seen so many people of a certain age drink so much but it was very good wine.

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Balcony Stateroom

Cabin A

Staterooms are compact. Adequate closet space, ample narrow shelves but little drawer space. Shelves are so narrow that they do not fit a folded shirt or pair of pants. The bathroom is very small with a tiny shower and little counter space. It includes a separate water closet with a glass door which to my mind kind of defeats the purpose of having a door on the water closet. There is about an 6.5 inch step down between the bathroom and stateroom which seemed liked a safety hazard. My 6’3” husband had to duck between the bathroom room and stateroom to prevent hitting his head. There is a hairdryer but there is not an outlet in the bathroom. I had to dry my hair in the stateroom and the only mirror was above the bed which made for some awkward hair styling sessions. The beds were comfortable.

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Pinhao

The walk to the train station was pleasant. We were served a delicious lunch and enjoyed a fun time at Quinta Da Avessada

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