35 Search results

For the term "label/Athens".

Cruise Tips

Reasons To Book Your Cruise With A Travel Agent

…or even while on them. For example, I was on a Windstar cruise heading to Athens when a lengthy airport strike stopped flights for days. While many on the ship who’d booked their packages separately, were scrambling around, having to upgrade Wi-Fi, and using whole days at sea to try and contact all many parties to try and move everything around. My travel agent sorted everything out with new flights, hotel stay, transfers and so one, in fact they…

small cruise ships

Cruise Tips

The Worst Mediterranean Cruise Ports Are Also The Best

…-on Hop-Off bus to a beach. But again, an hour away is the rich history of Athens with the beautiful Acropolis with Parthenon and museum and Panathenaic Stadium. The port of Naples is the one to see the incredible ruins of Pompeii or the gorgeous island of Capri. But, it’s about an hour away from the ruins and an often-bumpy boat ride to the island. As I said to Winnie, these are unattractive and unappealing these ports in themselves, making them…

Cruise Tips

7 Reasons Smart Cruisers Stay On Board During Port Days

…about pick pocketing and muggings in cities like Barcelona, Rome, Venice, Athens, Florence and Pisa. So, I tend to stay on board if I think the port is dangerous, risky or there’s warnings about uncomfortable harassment of cruisers by locals. Little To Offer Ports Another reason I often stay on board, is in ports that have little to offer without a lot of cost and time to get to the sights. With more and ever bigger cruise ships, they increasingl…

Cruise Tips

Which Cruise Line Is The VERY BEST By Region And Why?

…he Greek Islands, and then Adriatic Itineraries sailing between Venice and Athens. Like the Caribbean, all the lines operate those itineraries during the Mediterranean season, and so while the same approach and choice of lines apply, there are, two big caveats. Small Ship First, if your budget can stretch to it, go on a small ship line or the smallest ship the other lines have in their fleet. Why? Many of the ports within the Mediterranean are wor…

Windstar Star Breeze balcony cabin video tour

Windstar

Windstar Star Breeze Balcony Cabin Video Tour and Review

…avellers.com/windstar Note: I travelled on a 9-night cruise from Venice to Athens on Windstar Star Breeze as a guest of Windstar and Mundy Cruising (a leading cruise booking agency). Find out more about the line and booking with Mundy Cruising at http://bit.ly/MundyWindstar   If you enjoyed this post: Follow Tips For Travellers on: YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest. Sign up for the newsletter. Every week an email with the latest…

Cruise Tips

Best Places To Cruise Month By Month

…the Mediterranean, particularly on the cruises that go between Venice and Athens. The temperatures are going to be in the low 20 degrees Celsius range, it’s normally very sunny but places aren’t crowded. It’s kind of post season, but everything’s still open, things are still going on and you can still enjoy the beach for a swim, if that’s the kind of thing you want to do. It’s just before the ships head away, mostly to the Caribbean, so there’s l…

podcast / travel / travel podcast

Top 10 Most Popular Tips for Travellers Travel Podcasts Ever

…As of September 2012, the podcasts have been downloaded over 400000 times, an average of 5000 per episode. The 10 most downloaded episodes on the 7th anniversary are: Top 10 Ever # Topic As at 26-Sep-12 1 39 Koh Samui 16894 2 29 Las Vegas 11689 3 38 Moscow 11314 4 31 Athens 10895 5 19 Bangkok 10884 6 37 Los Angeles 10541 7 6 Paris 9848 8 33 Caribbean Cruising 9787 9 24 Hotel Safety 9783 10 35 Singapore 9651 To subscribe and listen to the podcasts…

Windstar Wind Surf in Venice Italy

Windstar

My Windstar Cruises Tips For Travellers. Are They Right For You?

…avellers.com/windstar Note: I travelled on a 9-night cruise from Venice to Athens on Windstar Star Breeze as a guest of Windstar and Mundy Cruising (a leading cruise booking agency). Find out more about the line and booking with Mundy Cruising at http://bit.ly/MundyWindstar If you enjoyed this post, please follow Tips For Travellers on: YouTube Channel: Helping you to make the most of your precious vacation time and money. Instagram Facebook Twitt…

Cruise Ship

Mediterranean Cruise Tips

…MSC Cruises. 7-night Greek islands and Turkey. They sail out of ports like Athens and explore a number of Greek islands and different ports in Turkey. These are popular routes for some of the smaller luxury lines like Seabourn and Silversea. 12 to 14-night Mediterranean cruises from ports in the United Kingdom or Northern Europe. These trips are longer as they have a number of sea days to get into the Mediterranean and will often include stops in…

London

Attraction review / Attraction Video / London / Tips for Travellers / travel / UK

London

…marbles”, which are the hotly disputed freezes taken from the Parthenon in Athens that the Greeks are hungry to have returned to their origin. This is also on the 1st floor. The huge chamber these are housed in dates from the 1930s and is very stunning. – The “Mummy” section higher up in the museum where there are caskets and mummies. This area gets very packed! There are also audio tours that one can hire that guides you through the museum, and t…