2024: English Sights & European Delights

After our incredible 2023 Greek Island Glow cruise with Virgin Voyages, we couldn’t resist taking advantage of their ‘My Next Virgin Voyages’ offer! We put down a $300 deposit while onboard and received $600 in onboard credit – what a deal!

We kept an eye out for a good sale and jumped on the English Sights & European Delights itinerary for only $1886. This cruise had a completely different feel compared to our Greek Isles adventure. The cruise was much busier than our previous one and felt quite different due to the ports. While the weather wasn’t ideal (a bit of rain followed us!), we still managed to squeeze in a pool day onboard. .

The food quality and choices were as good as our previous cruise, but it was short of our expectations this time. We noticed fewer options in the restaurants, and some dishes lacked the wow-factor we remembered from our previous sailing. We weren’t sure if some of the portions were smaller and the food was definitely not as warm. Perhaps they were plating up dishes ready to cope with the busyness?

Despite a few minor changes, we still had a fantastic time exploring Europe with Virgin Voyages. Want to see more? You can see this cruise on our Cruises playlist here.

Places to eat and drink
Things to do
Weather
Value for money
How likely we'd repeat the holiday?
What we liked
Sidmouth was a walkable town
Sidmouth had great views and atmosphere
Seaton tramway attaction was great
What we didn't like
We went in the school holidays so quite busy
The cost of food/drink and attractions
Fear of agressive seagulls
4.2