We have sailed with Regent previously and always found them excellent so chose this cruise to enable us to celebrate our 51st wedding anniversary as we missed out on our 50 th the previous year due to COVID limitations.

Internally the ship is generally looking rather old fashioned. There is not a lot of public areas and the outside deck at the stern by the Horizon Lounge is fitted out with large very uncomfortable chairs and tables. We found the Coffee Connection in the Atrium to be a very dark and depressing place to sit to have a coffee.

We had a Penthouse Suite which was very comfortable but the balcony was very small and the two large chairs and table restricted easy movement around it. The butler tried to be helpful (one might say over-helpful) and started bringing canapés every afternoon when when we had not asked for them. Some of the excursions were in the afternoon and we only returned about 6.30 pm - so who wants a snack just before dinner? Read more