Toulon was a new place to visit and we had a wonderful day there exploring
Travel blog
November 2025: Spain and the Canaries: Southampton and 3 sea days
A mixed experience with cabin issues, dreadful food in the Quays, poor experience in Club 710 contrasted with great shows, art talks and food
October 2024: Spain and Portugal: Vigo, Spain and two sea days
An earlier than planned visit to Vigo was followed by two sea days when Iona sailed almost to Morocco to avoid bad weather
October 2024: Spain and Portugal: Southampton and a sea day
Our October cruise on Iona had a change of itinerary on the second day after leaving Southampton
August 2024: Bordeaux and Portugal: Dover and two sea days
This was our first departure from Dover and then we had two sea days before our first port
May 2024: Italy and the Western Mediterranean: Gibraltar
Our first port was Gibraltar and we took an an organised tour around the rock
March 2025: Portugal and the Tropical Azores: Southampton
Our cruise on Spirit of Adventure started from Southampton and we had two full sea days until we reached our first port
Yorkshire in August 2025
Five days in Yorkshire staying in the middle of Harrogate and then at Nidd Hall
May 2024: Italy and the Western Mediterranean: Portsmouth
After leaving Portsmouth we had three days on Spirit of Discovery as we sailed South to the Mediterranean
July 2023: Europe and Iceland: Greenock, Scotland
This was our visit to Greenock. Away from the centre we had a memorable walk along the Esplanade
July 2023: Europe and Iceland: Reykjavik, Iceland
We walked around Reykjavik followed by a couple of (lost) sea days when I had an upset stomach after the evening meal
July 2023: Europe and Iceland: Grundarfjordur, Iceland
We went on a private tour of the Snæfellsnes peninsular from Grundarfjordur and visited ten different locations – one heck of a busy day