Hi all ,
My wife and I have decided to go on a cruise and stay as a silver wedding present to ourselves this summer. We've picked the Aegean Discovery cruise departing Marmaris on 12/7/10 with us staying at the Belcekis Hotel in Olu Deniz from the 5th to the 12th.
Can anyone enlighten us on the hotel ? ( the reviews mostly sing it's praises )
What about the cruise itself ? . Looking for advice on the best excursions , whether it's better to do your own thng rather than the Thomson arranged tours , what are the drink prices like , the entertainment , the ambience and as I've now been reading ...............the vibration from the ship's engine/generator or whatever.
I've been reading more reviews recently especially on whether to go back to Thomsons and get the AI drinks package . We are not big daytime drinkers but do like a tipple or six at night , depending on the company we get involved with or the calibre of drink on offer ( branded spirits rather than the local hooch )
Any / all advice , help , assistance or pointers will be gratefully accepted
One of my close friends really loves the Belcekiz & is always singing it's praises. Here are our reviews:-
Friend of mine "Artilla" who is Turkish and lives here in NI said its a fantastic hotel. His family all live in Istanbul and they go to the Belchekiz for their holidays. So that has to be a good recommendation if the local Turkish Families are using it.
we went on Thomson Destiny at easter, we had AI drinks (free when we booked),defintely a good deal for us I would say even if we had paid for it, Hubby had a couple of pints during the day I drank an odd mojito on deck , then maybe he would have 4 pints in evenings ,I drank cocktails,rose wine( 2-3 drinks per night) in the evenings and also alot of hot chocolate,most major brands were included and cocktails would have been about£3 each normally, some drinks carried a small supplement like Baileys and Irish coffees 95p extra.You will have a fab time .
When we first thought about taking on the AI package , we tried to work out our typical intake and based on typical pub prices thought that we would probably not use to full amount. We also intend going on shore at every port , which again could change and so our consumption guestimate was based on night time tipples.
I'm sure we will thoroughly enjoy ourselves and look forward to going to most of the ports and exploring a bit of the towns we're visiting ( Bodrum,Izmir,Mykonos,Athens Nauplion) . We've been to Marmaris (start and end port ) on several occassions and Crete as well so don't expect anything "new" there.
I'm thinking that if we get into company or late night sessions/dancing/eating/shows or whatever on the bost then the AI package will easily pay for itself . It's just trying to convince my financial director to buy into this thought.
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