Avalon Panorama Review

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My perfect introduction to river cruising

Review for Europe River Cruise on Avalon Panorama
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Jezsab
First Time Cruiser • Age 60s

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Sail Date: Jul 2013
Cabin: Panorama Suite with French Balcony

My sister and I chose to travel on Avalon Waterways Magnificent Europe tour starting from Budapest on 24 July 2013 and finishing at Amsterdam two weeks later on 7 August 2013. It was quite a change for me to be on an organised tour after always traveling independently over the years.

We started our journey in Budapest and enjoyed our explorations of that very beautiful city. My sister had a brief city tour in the eighties while it was still behind the Iron Curtain, conducted from the airport to fill in a 10 hour stopover. The city has greatly changed since then from all accounts.

We arrived in the city a day early and were taken by a private driver to Intercontinental hotel to spend our first night before joining our cruise. Our hotel rooms were very comfortable and of a high standard, while the service we experienced was excellent. During our stay we enjoyed a light meal and wine in the bar on our first evening, and a beautiful buffet breakfast the following morning before checkout. The front desk advised that our luggage would be transferred to our ship over the course of the day.

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Panorama Suite with French Balcony

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Beautiful suite, roomy and well designed. It was tastefully decorated in restful colours. The bed is placed perfectly to watch the world go by when the curtains are opened. The large windows are great, allowing me to open them as if I had a huge balcony unlike many similar ships I saw with cramped external balconies. When closed it provided a comfortable sitting area. The bathroom was spacious, luxurious, clean and well maintained. The L'Occitane toiletries were lovely. It was great to have endless supplies of bottled water throughout the cruise. I didn't notice any noise from elsewhere and it was a perfect location for me. There was plenty of hanging and storage space for my belongings. The safe was easy to use and secure. The bed and bedding was very comfortable, especially the mattress which was top shelf in quality. The pillows were a bit too soft for me (my only negative). Towels were absorbent and plentiful. It was cleaned beautifully by the cabin crew.

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