Just booked a 2 week cruise to the med, any tips on saving money on the excursions, can we do ourselves etc.. we are going to, Tunis, Naples, Florence & Pisa, Monte Carlo & Monaco, Ajaccio, Corsica, Palma, Rome, ST Raphael, barcelona....
2007-07-09 08:42:45 · 2 answers · asked by Ian G 4 in Travel ➔ Cruise Travel
By the way, we are going on Ocean Village II
2007-07-12 06:08:49 · update #1
We did a Med cruise a couple years ago but many of our stops were different from the ones you have listed. But I will pass this on. The port for Rome is an hour away from the city and in an industrial port. SO I do not recommend trying to arrange your own tour there. On our cruise the drive to Rome by bus was an hour on the highway and we did get caught in rush hour traffic going both ways. I say that because if you go on a cruise line sponsored tour they will not leave you. But if you go off on your own they will if you are late getting back.
In Naples we went to Pompei which is also about a 30 minute bus ride from the port. I don't know whether you can arrange your own tours in that port. If you can, go early and be sure to get back to the ship early.
In Florence/Pisa we took a tour to both places. Again you are talking about bus rides to get to the places where tours start. You cannot just walk off the ship and walk to them, You may be able to get a tour on the port but since we had already booked one I didn't look to see whether they were available.
Our ship stopped in Villefranche for the Nice/Monte Carlo/Monaco tour. Again we took a bus. If you go to Monte Carlo casinos. Don't pay the $10 fee to go inside. its not worth it. The casinos in Vegas. AT City and most any other place are much better looking. Plus you cannot take your bags and camera in or take pictures inside.
Our cruise started in Barcelona and we took the ships tour of Barcelona with an airport drop off at the end. We had a late flight.
Our cruise went to Mykonos and Santorini and in those port stops you do not need a tour. You can get off the ship and go right into town.
Sorry cannot help more
2007-07-09 14:47:03 · answer #1 · answered by TINKERTOY ..... the 1 & only 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We are just about to do our cruise round the med , been there before. For a start go to Pisa to see the tower amazing!or you could pick a trip that goes to both so you don't miss out but the trouble with that is you will be off the ship for a full day. we are going to Monte-Carlo this time so not done the trip yet, we have opted to go to Nice on the little train parents been and said it was good. As for Ajaccio and Corsica they are the same place! Just going to get of ship ourselves ship will dock and you have to get off by tender. Palma must see caves of drac, Rome try and do Panoramic Rome or something similar this lets you see all of the sights IE Colosseum, circus maxi-mus, Vatican square, Barcelona we just got of ship and went on our own, big shopping area called La's Ramblas very busy watch out for pick pockets, also as one above said ,make sure you get back to pick up points ,the ship will leave you if you have gone ashore independently hope you have a good time! oh by the way what ship are you going on? just read a bit of the guys notes below me..you do not need a taxi to go round las ramblas?you walk round it,.trust me you do not need a taxi. and like we said previously,leave any un-necessary valuables behind?
2007-07-10 09:47:16 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋