Another one?
Yes. And on the same ship as the last time I wrote about a cruise departure from Vigo which took place three years earlier. What can I say? It’s a very pretty place to sail out of. Pure coincidence that we’ve done this twice now and both times aboard P&O Cruises Ventura.
There won’t be much in terms of writing or photographs for this update; I mostly just wanted another chance to have something largely specific for the sail away from Vigo to match the one from the previous cruise. If you want to see more photos of the landscape you could expect to see when cruising out of this Spanish port then hit that earlier post linked above.
After our day ashore where we’d actually explored the city on foot this time, hitting a load of art and architecture early on before making our way up to the Fortress of El Castro, we got back aboard and headed up to the top deck to start with. This isn’t because we had any intention of hanging around the top deck – Spend time with half-dressed, half-cut Brits in the sun!? Hell, no! – but because we were peckish enough to want to grab a bite to eat from the poolside pizza place then take a drink back to the room to enjoy on the balcony. P&O aren’t quite refined enough to offer the delivery service that makes Princess Cruises stand out above them. In our opinion.
Back to our room and our balcony, then, and a far more civilised place to enjoy our drinks and take in the views of the Spanish landscape ahead of and during our sail away from Vigo.
The Cíes Islands that you’ll see as your ship departs from this port – three islands making up a nature reserve and national park – can be visited by boat from the mainland during the summer months.
To round off this day on our Iberian cruise aboard Ventura here’s a look at the menu in the main dining room along with what we opted to eat. As I’ve mentioned before in this series the quality of the food on this particular cruise never really got much above average and that was certainly the case on this evening. That said, you should never gauge whether a cruise will be right for you based on one person’s experiences of something on one occasion.
In the next post in this cruise travelogue series it’s the first of two days in Portugal’s capital city, Lisbon, and we start with a Hop-On, Hop-Off bus ride.