City stay in Barcelona and a Holland America cruise around the Med in August 2017

We explored the Las Ramblas Area and had a wonderful time in such a vibrant city - especially seeing all of the Gaudi buildings.

We then had a 12 night cruise on the MS Westerdam cruise from Barcelona to Rome and visited lots of wonderful destinations including the port for Seville, Gibraltar where we went on the rocks to see the apes; Alicante, Palma in Mallorca; Monte Carlo; Cadiz;Toulon; and Corsica - and had a wonderful cruise.

We had the Ultimate Beverage Package which includes all of your drinks so it is worth having this included in your price as the drinks on board plus the taxes can be expensive. We stayed in a Signature Suite with the largest balcony I have seen and we had a whirlpool bath in the bathroom so it was a holiday of a lifetime with lots of happy memories had by us all.

We were so impressed with Holland America Lines that we have booked a cruise for August 2018 already. As I have cruised frequently I am a cruise specialist so please get in touch for any first hand advice.