Shuttle buses - Valletta -Valletta

[janieb1962]

Hi cruisers 

We are on A323C Valletta to Valletta taking in Athens , Mykonos, Heraklion, Gythion, Valletta, Korcula, Zadar, Dubrovnik and Corfu.

has anyone recent experience of what if any shuttle buses P&O provide in these ports.  We have used one in Dubrovnik in the past . 
TIA

Edited March 27, 2023 by janieb1962

[tring]

4 minutes ago, janieb1962 said:

Hi cruisers 

We are on A323C Valletta to Valletta taking in Athens , Mykonos, Heraklion, Gythion, Valletta, Korcula, Zadar, Dubrovnik and Corfu.

has anyone recent experience of what if any shuttle buses P&O provide in these ports.  We have used one in Dubrovnik in the past . 
TIA

 

We were on Azura in Sept/Oct 2022 and did some of those ports.

 

No standard transfers in Athens as the port is Piraeus.  We booked the "Athens on Your Own" trip which was the transfer there and we also got a very short (? 10-15 mins) orientation walk a little way  up the street, to point us in the direction of various attractions and left us outside the Athens museum - we got some useful tips from that orientation.  I am pretty sure we were also given a map.  Cannot remember the price of our trip, but think it cost about £30pp, which was P&O's money as we had a fair bit of OBC.  We would take this option again as a lot less hassle than trying to do it ourselves and if we did do our own transfer we would have wanted to get back to the ship at a similar time in case we did not make it in the bad traffic conditions which build up mid/late afternoon.  Otherwise you are in the Piraeus cruise terminal where you can get on a bus or taxi into Athens, or walk a fair way to the train station. 

 

Valetta you can take nearby lift up into the centre for a minimal amount (?couple of Euros rtn), or as we did, you can walk to the right and then get a cheap local ferry (a few Euros) over to the three cities which was a great place - far quieter than Valetta and very historic with museums etc.  The ferry tickets also included the lift, so when we returned, we went straight up into Valetta and had an evening drink before returning to the ship (as it was change over daythe departure was later than normal).  Locals will be trying to sell you boat trips around the harbour as you approach the ferry, but getting off the boat over there was well worthwhile as well as being much cheaper than the tourist boat trips.

 

There were shuttles for both Dubrovnik and Corfu. We did not do the other ports from Azura, but we have been to Heraklion on Fred, who puts on shuttles if ports are more than 1 km from the dock (possibly simiiar to P&O), and there was not a shuttle bus, though it was a fair walk on the flat  into the centre probably most of that 1km.

 

Hope that helps,

 

Barbara

 

  

[janieb1962]

32 minutes ago, tring said:

 

We were on Azura in Sept/Oct 2022 and did some of those ports.

 

No standard transfers in Athens as the port is Piraeus.  We booked the "Athens on Your Own" trip which was the transfer there and we also got a very short (? 10-15 mins) orientation walk a little way  up the street, to point us in the direction of various attractions and left us outside the Athens museum - we got some useful tips from that orientation.  I am pretty sure we were also given a map.  Cannot remember the price of our trip, but think it cost about £30pp, which was P&O's money as we had a fair bit of OBC.  We would take this option again as a lot less hassle than trying to do it ourselves and if we did do our own transfer we would have wanted to get back to the ship at a similar time in case we did not make it in the bad traffic conditions which build up mid/late afternoon.  Otherwise you are in the Piraeus cruise terminal where you can get on a bus or taxi into Athens, or walk a fair way to the train station. 

 

Valetta you can take nearby lift up into the centre for a minimal amount (?couple of Euros rtn), or as we did, you can walk to the right and then get a cheap local ferry (a few Euros) over to the three cities which was a great place - far quieter than Valetta and very historic with museums etc.  The ferry tickets also included the lift, so when we returned, we went straight up into Valetta and had an evening drink before returning to the ship (as it was change over daythe departure was later than normal).  Locals will be trying to sell you boat trips around the harbour as you approach the ferry, but getting off the boat over there was well worthwhile as well as being much cheaper than the tourist boat trips.

 

There were shuttles for both Dubrovnik and Corfu. We did not do the other ports from Azura, but we have been to Heraklion on Fred, who puts on shuttles if ports are more than 1 km from the dock (possibly simiiar to P&O), and there was not a shuttle bus, though it was a fair walk on the flat  into the centre probably most of that 1km.

 

Hope that helps,

 

Barbara

 

  

Thanks Barbara for your reply and very useful information.
We have emailed p&o for the info re shuttle buses but still waiting on a reply … our TA based in Chesterfield …didn’t seem sure and said buses in Mykonos and Heraklion… ( not 100% trusting that info)

we are happy to walk when it’s doable.  Will look into the Athens trip too 

[purplesea]

We were on Azura this time last year and there was a shuttle running from the port into the old town at Zadar.

[Fionboard]

16 hours ago, janieb1962 said:

Thanks Barbara for your reply and very useful information.
We have emailed p&o for the info re shuttle buses but still waiting on a reply … our TA based in Chesterfield …didn’t seem sure and said buses in Mykonos and Heraklion… ( not 100% trusting that info)

we are happy to walk when it’s doable.  Will look into the Athens trip too 

There is a ferry in Mykonos that goes from the port to the town pier. 

[bee-ess]

Have this old one,  they have not published a newer one that I have seen

PO_Shuttle_Information.pdf

Edited March 28, 2023 by bee-ess

[janieb1962]

23 hours ago, bee-ess said:

Have this old one,  they have not published a newer one that I have seen

PO_Shuttle_Information.pdf 287.63 kB · 13 downloads

Hi bee-ess

I haven’t seen this … many thanks for sharing!