Maybe a little unknown at present is the cruise line Celestyal Cruises? – Celestyal Cruises is a Cyprus-based cruise line and the only cruise company based in Greece. It is a subsidiary of the travel and tourism group Louis plc, that was founded in 1935 as the first travel agency in Cyprus.
My plan for 2020 is to try out this little cruise line and in particular one of their ship Crystal- The Celestyal Crystal is about 25,000 tons, and she has 480 cabins. So she is nice and small and will hold around 1200 passengers which I like. There are three and four berths on the ship too. Sailing from Athens the cruise line does not offer flight and transfer packages, this is something we can very easily add on & a good way of taking advantage of having a pre-stay or post stay hotel in Athens for 1 or 2 nights if you wish.
The cruise line is geared up for Destinations as opposed to being all about the ship, with that said you will find everything you need on the ship, just on a smaller scale, so what is included well looking at the ships info – pretty much everything……
- All On Board Meals
- All Onboard entertainment
- Fresh Linen & Towels
- Nightly Turndown Service
- Private bathroom with shower and some have a bath
- Fine bathroom amenities
- TV in your stateroom
- Safe
- 24 Hour Room Service
- Wi-Fi
- Drinks Included Complimentary
- A selection of tours included complimentary
- Tips included
One of the main reasons I am looking at this for next year is Santorini, I have wanted to visit this island for quite a while, some of the bigger cruise lines visit this Island, but with Celestyal they overnight there, and visit more Greeks Islands too, Celestyal offer a lot more overnights on the Greek Islands.
August 2020 – 2 Overnight stops included.
22 Aug 2020 – 7 Nights – Celestyal Crystal
Athens, Kusadasi, Rhodes, Heraklion, Santorini, Santorini, Milos, Mykonos, Mykonos, Athens
Going to give it a try I think………..