Top 11 Mediterranean Cruise Tips
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- Discover the 11 secrets and tips on having an incredible Mediterranean Cruise. Drawing on my experiences from cruising the Mediterranean, these are the 11 essential and important things you need to know before you book and go. I explore topics like best time to go, main itineraries, best ports to sail in and out of, cruises lines and ships to consider, excursions, currency and getting the most of your time in the Mediterranean region. It is a gorgeous and interesting part of the world and the second biggest cruising destination in the world (after the Caribbean).
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Gary is probably the best at giving you the real information you need for cruising. No funny stuff, garbage, or BS. Thank you Gary!
We took a Viking cruise in spring of 2019. Their ships carry only 930 passengers. Started in Venice and ended in Barcelona. Great cruise and Viking is fantastic. They do not have a casino or disco, and no kids. This was exactly what we wanted. We’re scheduled for a Viking cruise in December 2021 to New Zealand and Australia. Fingers crossed.
Wow... Awesome.
I couldn't have stumbled upon a better video than this. Planning for a first time Mediterranean Cruise and this seems like a Bible to me.
I love your no nonsense information with the right amount of visuals and information.
I really enjoy your videos. I love the fact that you go through the information quickly and stay very focused. The information is very interesting and very helpful. Thank you!
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Joined a good friend sailing in Mediterranean two times, Greek Isles & Sicily. Looking forward to going back on a cruise. Thanks for the tips
Just have to say, I love your content Gary. All the videos you have published speak right to the level of thinking I am at. Not too superficial nor too mundane, just right!
Great Info. You brought up a lot of good points.
The tip on the distance from the Port to the actually cities was very helpful. It was something I hadn't taken into consideration. Thanks!
Great to hear it helped!!
yeah, wonder why at least transfer from port to main city advertised is not included in cruise fare price. so as to give true price of cruise . the port taxes , tips, gratuities, really add up,... you though this was a 599-600 $ cruise but usually ends up being closer to 3000$ per person once you have the grand total. costa, oceania have been the best, costa has 300-400$ cruises base fare so even with taces, air, excursions , you are still within budget or slightly over, oceania includes airfare , excursions, so sounds initially higher but well worth it, norwegian excursions over priced avoid, princess is middle range price 200-300 top price excursion, excluding specialty performances, .... norwegian 500-600 for a single excursion high demand places like uffizi accademia, vatican, louvre orsay. think about how much you would regret not going too. river cruises, excursions if not included, still usually only take about an hour to get to the town city you really came to see, never three hours one way from warnemünde to berlin, two hours from civitavecchia to rome, or livorno or la spezia to florence, malaga to cordoba or granada, cadiz to seville, genova or portofino to milano, salerno or sorrento or positano etc to paestum pompeii ercolano. le havre to paris , harwich or southampton or dover to london four hours taxi speeding.
Excellent details... thank you sir!!
Nice video Gary. Great tips to keep in mind.
Headed to the Mediterranean in June and this video was very helpful.
Always the best advice
Thanks 😀😀😀
Amazing video. Thanks for the tips
Thanks Gary! I'm taking notes. Planning to go on a Mediterranean cruise one day.😊🙏😊
excellent, thank you!
Thanks for the information.
We're going on the Viking SEA in May of this year
We go to Italy in the fall. We will be on HAL for 12 days!! Can’t wait👍🏻😊 loved listening to your helpful information
Very useful insights 👌🏽👍🏼
Typically a great video, thanks, a ton of info to take in. Keep up this great work, wife an I have seen almost all of yours. Thank you sir.
Awesome thanks. Much appreciate the kind comments and keep watching :-) !!
Omg! I just found your channel few weeks ago and have been watching all of your past videos recently! And i really enjoy them they are very informational. YESTERDAY I booked a Mediterranean cruise through Norwegian and now you have a video out about it today lol that’s crazy!
Awesome! Thanks for watching my videos, appreciate you taking time to comment! Have a fab cruise!!!!! (and keep watching :-) )
Awesome Awesome Awersome, thank you!!!
Hi dear
Many thanks for your excellent explanation about these tips which can help the tourist when he decide to travel.
My best regards.
Great tips
Extraordinarily helpful! It didn't even occur to me that the attractions that were being presented in the itinerary would be so far away from the actual port. What a great piece of information. Thanks so much. After 8 Caribbean cruises, I am quite well-versed in those, but a complete newb to the Europe/Mediterranean cruises, so this was a very helpful video! Thanks again!
Great video! It was helpful
Nice video once again Gary. You have such great tips to share. I really enjoy your videos.
Thanks so much. Really appreciate you taking time to leave a comment. Great to hear you enjoying them still!
I love your content. My wife and I did a back to back med tour in 2019. Saw from the Rock to Montenegro and everything in between.
I'm now trying to get her back on a ship after covid. The Greek Isles and Italy beckon. Wish me luck.
Your videos are so helpful, thank you for the information! I'm taking my first cruise in October around the Mediterranean & Adriatic area and I'm soaking up as much information as possible!
Awesome. Great to hear you finding them helpful. Hope you have a wonderful first cruise!
Love your short videos! I wish more CZcamsrs would go back to under 10 min. videos.😄
Very informative
The Eastern Mediterranean cruise may be a consideration
Great to hear! Have a great cruise if you do that one !
Fantastic! We’re leaving in July for two weeks! Great timing!
Awesome ! Have a great time
I really enjoy all your videos . What cruise line do you prefer to cruise the MED? Thank you!
Great video thank you
Thanks, great to hear you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching and taking time to comment!
Great! Information 👍thank you
Pleasure. Glad you found it helpful
Love your information. Could you please expand on the key differences between the Mediterranean cruise lines?
Hi Gary, another great and informative vid. Can I ask that you put up some posts on Asia, Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific. If you have experience in those regions.
Thanks ! Good to hear! Thanks also for the suggestions ! I will plan to do as can (except for South Pacific that only going to early next year!)
To Peter Frisian about Malta, the cruise port is very close to the beautiful city of Valletta its a short walk to the Barrakka lift and bang you are right in the middle of a beautiful historic city you will not be disappointed if you get tired take the lift back down to go back to the ship
Another great video. One tip for the Med I would add is consider cruises with Gibraltar, Kotor, Guernsey, or Ceuta as ports of call (or the Canary Islands) these ports are outside the European VAT zone and therefore all your purchases on board the ship FOR THE DURATION OF THE CRUISE will be VAT free (Sometimes only applies whilst at sea). Some of the Central Med Cruises don't ever leave the European VAT Zone and sometimes people are surprised that most of their purchases on board (inc drinks) get about 20% added on at the till throughout the cruise ...ouch
nice tip! Thanks !
What is a VAT zone?
Where value added tax is added to the price. In the UK it is 20% but the price quoted includes it
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union_value_added_tax
Where a cruise visits a port outside the EU VAT Zone (e.g The Canaries, Gibraltar, Kotor) all purchases on board are Duty Free (usually throughout the cruise, but sometimes the shops have to close whilst in port). If a cruise doesn't leave the EU VAT Zone then purchases on board (which are usually priced Tax Free) have Duty Added at the till - this can apply to Shop and Bar Purchases
I will be doing a seven day on a small Greek cruise line.celystial cruises is the one I’m doing.
I've booked two repositioning cruises from and to the Mediterranean. Both during shoulder season. Should be a small amount of kids.
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Great! Thanks!
Great tip about picking the right cruise line. We left out of Barcelona on the Harmony of the Seas for a 7 day cruise. Just about at every stop people were also starting and ending their cruise. Other people had signed on for a 3 or 4 day cruise which means almost the entire cruise had luggage in the hallways and people crowding to settle their accounts with the front desk.
I also agree on doing your research on the ports and how far the towns are from where the boats dock. On two of our stops we planned out our own day and had a relaxing time just exploring.
Thanks for watching and really appreciate you adding these additional tips and suggestions
Thoroughly appreciating the quality and style of your videos. A question: re Mediterranean cruises, my wife holds a non-European passport, would a cruise organization facilitate a Schengen visa?
Gary, I am disabled and use a 3-wheel electric scooter. How hard is it going to be for me to get around Barcelona, Rome, etc?
Thank you very much for the info, Gary! Which amongst the Mediterranean cruise ports have the shortest and most trouble free distances to the major sightseeing attraction? Genoa? Athens?.. My impression from the views of the cruise ships in Malta and Venice was that they are not too far away, but not very close either to the main historic attractions… it would be quite problematic to walk back to the ship. What is the most visitors friendly port in the Med from this travelling pedestrian viewpoint? …Yalta and Sevastopol are wonderful in this respect, but they are not in the Mediterranean, alas.
So excited about our upcoming 9 day Greek RC cruise. Have so enjoyed your tips. Could you plz tell us about currency needs. We start from Cevitcci (sp) Rome and continue to Greece isles. Will we need Euros or can we get away with US dollars, US ATM cards and Credit Cards .thanks for your advice.
PS. On this cruise can you lay out at ship pool
And get tan at this time of year.?
Hi, thanks for your video, I´m going on a Mediterranean cruise in Sept. this year, and I'm wondering if shore excursions are worth it, for example Santorini, where does the ship (RCCL Rhapsody) anchor up? Is it close to the picturesque city of Oia? Is it worth spending around $100 per person on a shore excursion here, or can one do this town on our own?
What is your recommendation between a Royal Caribbean 7 Night Greek Isles Cruise or a 7 Night Greece & Croatia Cruise? Thank you!
I really am lucky that i came across your video.Totally helped me in planning on which land tours to take.
Will be going on a 14day Princess Cruise in late May...visiting Italy.and Greece and finally Barcelona.
Can i ask you for your advice on places like Crete,Corfu and Montenegro as they have very limited tours.Should i just go on our own in these places?We dont mind just walking around the town area.
Any help and info on these places would be greatly appreciated!!Thanks again....and great informative videos!!
Yes I would. Based on where you dock there will either be the choice to use a shuttle into town or (what I like to do and they have them in the others but not sure about Montenegro) use the hop on hop off bus which is at or close to those ports. Inexpensive and gets you to main sights . We did that
I love your videos, we have a cruise on Explorer of the seas October 6 through the 10th of 2020... first time overseas would you pls help us out with recommendation
ROME (CIVITAVECCHIA), ITALY
SICILY (MESSINA), ITALY
VALLETTA, MALTA
CRUISING
MYKONOS, GREECE
EPHESUS (KUSADASI), TURKEY
SANTORINI, GREECE
ATHENS (PIRAEUS), GREECE
CRUISING
NAPLES, ITALY
ROME (CIVITAVECCHIA), ITAL
MSC has some 7 day cruises from 280 -380 depending on ship right now, worth it?
Gary, we are doing an Eastern Mediterranean cruise in May, staying in Rome before and after. Should we tip extra in US currency on the boat or hotels or in other currency
Depends on which line. If any of the USA owned lines then yes. Tip in the currency used on the ship is usually best. So lines like P&O use British Pound, MSC and Costa Euro but mostly US $. Tips in hotels etc should be Euros
I'm going on a mediterranean cruise in about 10 days and I'm really excited. we are visiting Barcelona as well as many other cities. But we are in Barcelona for only 5 hours :( Do you know how can we make the most of it, what to visit?
If you have time do the hop-on hop-off bus as that will get you around all the sites and should do all well within that then ideally stop off at the Familia Church - that is the most significant sight in the city. I have a video of the Barcelona highlights
Tips For Travellers thanks! I'm gonna check that video now!
Hello we are plaing a med cruse 14days or more Wifes retirement trip but my wife uses a HD scotter we like Princess very much which ports are scotter friendly it would be very helpful we plain to sail from the stats cruse the med and sail back to fl any ideas ? thanks
The good news is that all the ports lines like Princess call in will have some options. I would recommend though look for itineraries that do not include tender ports as getting on and off the tender boats can be an issue and you usually cannot take scooters
hey gary, your vids always seem to have lower volume than other youtube videos, have any idea why?
i booked a 7 night greek island and craotia cruise with the norwegian star departing venice,kotor,corfu,santorini,mykonos,kefalonia and dubrovich. is that a great route.
Dubrovnik is beautiful. However, if there's a lot of other cruise ships there when you arrive, it will be a madhouse in the old city.
Hey Gary! Tha't very helpful. I'm thinking about taking my parents to europe.They never been to europe before. Do you think Mediterranean Cruise is a better way to travel for us? Thank you a lot!
Yes it’s a great way of seeing the region . Other option is a river cruise on Rhine or Danube too
@@tipsfortravellers Thank you Gary!
land, bus, train, river cruises are better than mediterranean cruises. scandinavia, much better for distance from ports to actual advertised cities. scotland, ireland wales also easy. why waste three four hours one way, so six to nine hours just getting from port to just get a short fleeting glimpse of that dream city?
What about Viking Cruises in the Medditerean?
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Is it safe to use my US credit card in the shops?
Well... I always notice when, talking about the mediterranean ocean, people always talk about spain, france, italy, greece and other country's.
Makes kind of sense i guess. But litterly NO ONE talks about African country's like morocco, Algeria, Tunesia, Egypt and others. Why is that?
I mean... There are cruise lines combining north and south mediterranean.
What's the price for a 14 days European Cruise
Great video, I'm thinking to go in September this year. I want to go on a 7-9 day cruise however I am not sure which cruise line to choose? I want one that is fun, great for young people and affordable. Any suggestions?
Take a look at Norwegian Cruise Line and Royal Caribbean . They should be great for that
What is a good choice if you would prefer to stay on the cruise rather then spending your time in each port?
I find it quite misleading by then cruise lines to say you are sailing from Venice when the port is in Ravenna 150kms south. Nowhere near Venice. At least with Royal Caribbean
How can i work in ship??
how about calling on milano, paestum, ercolano, figueres cadaques, seville, cordoba, granada, as well as florence uffizi accademia, rome vatican, ravenna, padova scrovegni chapel.... northern cruises, also how about west france, north spain, british isles, particularly ireland scotland wales.... also distance from ports to cities towns. yes pre, post stay. how do we get from savona, marseilles, etc... yes paris, london, florence, rome, berlin, cordoba, granada alhambra, seville, are so far from ports. are there places you would reccommend full escorted excursion, transport only excursion, public transport self guided, .... i find if the attractions are high demand and the destinations are far away from port definitely book excursions. provence, definitely relax, croatia, relax.... turkey and russia full excursion to avoid visas.
also black sea ocean or river cruises are neglected....
“Near Rome” still an hour and a half away
I think it is awesome he thinks of distance like someone from Michigan, though clearly he is from the UK. We Michiganders are famous for citing distance based on how much time it'll take you to walk (in town), drive (across the state or neighboring states), or bike (Mackinac Island) to your destination, rather than give a distance in miles.
Use maps next time to show where you are talking about.....it's just more cohesive.
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