Our Experiences on Azamara Club Cruises

Our Experiences

Azamara Club “Quest” - what a great time we had on the ship!!  We loved the complimentary wine with lunch and dinner. The crew was fabulous, very friendly and always smiling.  If you had any questions or problems they were willing to help get it resolved. The food was excellent in all dining venues. What was really nice is that we had more time in each port of call, (often until 10 or 11PM), plus an overnight stay in Sorrento on the first leg of the cruise and another overnight in Florence (Livorno) on the second leg of our cruise.

The main dining room was open seating, and you could request your size table.  It was nice not to have to dress up for dinner, but some people choose to. There was a wide variety of attire and no one felt uncomfortable. When we asked for our usual waiters Arnel & Broechelle, we had no problem or wait to be with them.

We also really enjoyed the specialty restaurant, “Prime C” - the steaks were cooked to perfection and anyone going on an Azamara Club cruise should try this restaurant. The other specialty restaurant, “Aqualina” was also delicious with a lighter Mediterranean flair.  

One day on deck, the officer’s cooked a BBQ luncheon and served you. How often does that happen! One evening on the cruise, there was an outdoor buffet and BBQ grill with Crepe Suzette’s prepared by the Hotel Director & Food & Beverage manager. This was followed by a “White Night” dance party on deck.

There was a variety of entertainment, from the fantastic “Class Action Duo”, to the 7 piece orchestra and evening shows, to the beautiful Harp music of Amy Krupski.  One night, an opera singer, Jennifer Fair was the vocalist.  Because the ships are so small, they are unable to do the big Las Vegas style shows, but you don’t really miss them. Jim Badger was a great piano player in the Mosaic café every night and had lively audience participation. The DJ played a variety of music and kept everyone dancing.

During the day, they had an assortment of educational programs and entertainment. In fact, you could have a coffee with the Captain or Cruise Director at any given day in the Mosaic cafe.

The entire experience was wonderful and we can’t wait to sail on them again.

 

Info about the ships:

Ship Facts
Occupancy: 694
Tonnage:  30,277
Length: 593 ft
Beam: 95 ft
Draught: 19.85 ft
Cruise Speed: 18.5 kts
Inaugural Date: Oct 19, 2007 for the “Quest” and May 05, 2007 for the “Journey”.

ST. Tropez France

                           Our tender in the harbor of St. Tropez with some yachts

                                  A local beach

                               And now we arrive in the old town of Rammatuelle  
                        

                     Mural of women washing their clothes in an archway

     

                                         Unique door knobs & knockers

                                        French lace of course, in all the windows

                                      Now we are in the another old town, Gassin

Artists were commissioned for their statues to be placed in the local towns

                             If you look carefully, you can see the Alps in the background!

                                          An old well in the center of the village.

                     

Artists showing their wares along the harborfront

                                                       St. Tropez Lighthouse

                                   Looking back at St. Tropez from the tender




 

Menorca, Spain

Menorca is one of the five Balearic Islands off the eastern coast of Spain.

This natural formation appears to have an Indian head with headress.

                                        View along the route to Torralba

                                        
                 Historic Torralba famous for its taulas, a monolith example of the Talayot-Culture 2000 BC.Taula is an exclusive construction of Menorca, and is a mystery because samples in Majorca do not exist, in spite of belonging to the same culture.

                                         
                                        On the way to the En Xorroi caves

                       Walking down into the caves, which were made into a night club.

views of more caves

                                      

It's a long way down!!

                                     

                                   Restaurant sign and the village of Binibeca

                                         
                          Back in the city of Mahon (Mao) and views of the harbor

                                       Local fisherman going out for the daily catch