Shore Excursions

[LANCEANDGINGER]

How Are The Shore Excursions On The Nautica For The Black Sea?

Are Taxis Available At The Pier For Those Who Do Not Want To Do An Organized Tour? If You Have Been To The Black Sea Cruise, What Do You Recommend?

[merryecho]

There has been quite a bit written about this- many passengers made their own arrangements using guides found on this site. As usual, they visit the same sites as the O tours, but because you have a small group you can squeeze a few more stops in. Few of the ports had taxis, you pretty much need to arrange things in advance, take the O tour, or wander around on foot. We did all 3 in different ports.

[Wineart]

Just be aware that if enough passengers don't sign up for an excursion, it will be cancelled. We had booked O excursions last year and this year, and each time at least one of our excursions was cancelled. So if you do book, make sure you have a backup plan in case the excursion is cancelled!

[Napalover1]

Wineart - when did you find out that O cancelled their excursions; before the cruise, the first day of the cruise, or the morning of? I ask because we have booked numerous O excursions and may possibly want to reserve private tours instead.

[Wineart]

We didn't find out until a couple of days before date of the tours. On the cruise I just came back from a couple of weeks ago, I had booked private guides for 2 ports, Oceania tours for 2 ports, and the rest we self-toured. One of the two Oceania tours was cancelled. I didn't make specific notes, but it appeared to me that when I looked at the daily newsletter that Oceania publishes onboard, it was not uncommon for tours to be cancelled.

[CA traveler]

We were a group of 8 and with the help of cruise critics I arranged private tours in many of the ports. I can give you the guide contact info if you email me at s11berg@pacbell.net.

 

Susan