Mediterranean By Cruise Ship: The Complete Guide to Mediterranean Cruising, Third Edition

by Anne Vipond

An indispensable guide for anyone take a Mediterranean cruise with detail on all ports of call, shore excursions, history and culture shopping tips anc ruise and tour options. Covers ports from Portugal and Spain to France Italy, Greece and Turkey.

Genres: Travel

384 pages, Paperback

Published April 28, 2004

Reviews

[Ietrio · Rating 1 out of 5]

Cruise ships are a bad idea. Simply the constrains can ruin a good holiday. And even the author knows that, but that is all Vipond can do, so who cares if it is a bad idea. Anyway, Vipond is a real name or just a pun to the Sea?

To have a good Cruise Ship experience and in order to take an informed decision when choosing the trip you will find out about the fall of the Athenian Republic??? You will also find out about Columbus who discovered Morocco probably. And other useless crap Vipond was able to copy and paste from the internet with a vague relation to the title, but not with the cruise. Any forum on the internet can be far more knowledgeable than this person.

[Julie · Rating 1 out of 5]

Covers a lot of ports, but not enough in depth information to use to plan excursions. I’m grateful for the pictures and maps, though.

[Jim Blessing · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good book on Mediterranean cruising

[Greta · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you're interested in taking a Mediterranean cruise, this book is a valuable planning tool. It highlights the port cities along the Mediterranean coast where the major cruise lines dock and gives an overview of what there is to see and do during your time in port. It also recommends whether you should take advantage of the cruise line's excursions, or head out on your own, and how much time you'll need to do so. From Barcelona to the Greek Islands and everywhere in between (Malta, Tunisia, Monte Carlo, Rome), this book has will help you narrow down your ports of interest, so you can then select your cruise accordingly.

[Candi · Rating 3 out of 5]

I was hoping for a real DIY shore excursion book, and this was the closest thing I could find. And it really isn't that kind of book. If you are looking for something to give you a good overview of everything that there is to do at a port, this is a great book. But she's going to tell you to take the ship busses most of the time - when I was looking for "this is how you take public transport or walk." Oh well.

[Dale Dewitt · Rating 4 out of 5]

I felt this was a good guide to the Med via cruise ship. I just used it on our trans-Atlantic cruise and will use it again on future cruises in the Med. I did feel that ports such as Madiera(major stop for trans-Atlantic) and pets such are Cartagena could have given much more detail and I was forced to use other guides for those ports. There should also be specifics on currency. Gibraltar uses the pound which was not mentioned.

[Donna · Rating 3 out of 5]

This guidebook falls short in terms of practical advice about how to use your limited time in port. It also leaves out some popular Mediterranean cruise ports altogether. I read it because it was an ebook from my local library. There are much better options available such as Lonely Planet and Rick Steves.

[Alison · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent guide. Really helped with figuiring out some logistics for my med cruise back in 2008.