The Adonia is a great little ship with a fantastic crew and quality service. The food was excellent and as I have a medical dietary need I was advised by the wonderful head waiter Clifford on what was available, I even had cakes at the chocoholic afternoon tea and wonderful puddings! The destination was the western Mediterranean with a twist. Yes we visited Lisbon, Valencia, Barcelona, Livorno etc but with a small ship we were able to berth in smaller interesting ports such as Sete, Tangier and Propriano in Corsica. These ports were to us the highlights of the cruise. We woke up to the most magnificent view in Propriano right by the town. It was truly beautiful and the mooring in Sete was right on the waterfront with easy access to this lovely picturesque town.

As Adonia is small you must realise that the buffet restaurant, the Conservatory, is not open every evening and that dress code is in place across the ship after 6pm. It is a very traditional ship and in our 17 nights we had 5 formal nights. It was great to see everyone dressed up and even on smart casual nights there were some very smart outfits around. With the Conservatory not being available as an alternative as on bigger ships beware if you do not want to join in the black tie evenings as one couple found to their cost. We ate a couple of times at the Grill the speciality restaurant and found it excellent well worth the surcharge, unlike other ships we have been on.

The cabins may be a little on the small side and the showers even smaller but unless you are really not very mobile this should not make things difficult. In fact the effectiveness of the cabin steward and the luxurious feel of the cabins more than made up for the size. Read more