1st ever cruise taken & also wanted to visit Israel

During the booking process I was was initially advised that a Covid lateral flow antigen test would be required before travel. After booking & at very short notice - 4 days before embarkation - was then advised by NCL via email that Israel required a PCR test within 72 hours of embarkation. After much inconvenience and at a cost of £160 for tests I managed to arrange these and get the required negative results. I then felt safe in the knowledge that I could travel without any stress in this regard.

On arrival in Athens we were told - on the coach at the airport - that we were all being taken to a hotel for a Covid antigen test. This was a large operation that obviously would taken some time/ effort to organise and certainly could not have been arranged at short notice. We were given no explanation as to why. We then arrived at the ship at around 4pm. Read more