Celebrity Eclipse Review
Baltic Capitals on Celebrity Eclipse; July 19th to August 2nd, 2014
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This is a wonderful cruise on a lovely ship, and the highlight for us was definitely St Petersburg. We booked a two day tour with SPB which cost $200 each, and we felt it was good value, as it included visas, and entrance to several tourist attractions, including the Hermitage, which we were booked in at 9.30am, before most people are allowed in. There was a slight hitch caused by the SPB guide having to wait for our tickets to be delivered, and we were delayed by about 10 minutes which upset another tourist, who totally overreacted to what was only a very minor problem.
The Hermitage is amazing, and has collections of paintings by many of the most important artists from all over the world, as well as many other artworks of historical interest.
Also of interest was the Metro which is ornately decorated and has friezes depicting the triumph of Communism.
Cabin Review
This is a very quiet cabin, and the only problems we found related to storage. The wardrobes are on the back wall of the bathroom and down one side of the bed, making access difficult and it is impossible for two people to use it at the same time. The whole of the dressing table surface is taken up by the kettle tray. The settee is uncomfortable and more space could be created by removing it and replacing it with two (comfortable) chairs.The beds are very comfortable and we slept well.