APT River Cruises & Tours
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11 Lisbon with Douro Discovery
It did not start well with APT failing to pick us up at Lisbon Airport. We had to make our own way to the hotel which, to say the least, was very annoying. Other guests informed us that the transport provided would not have had enough room for us anyway. We also had an issue with collection on our return home. The stay in Lisbon was slightly spoilt by various problems with our hotel room which their maintenance and housekeeping failed to address. It was also surprising that this class of hotel, in a major city, had no security system to prevent anybody having access to lifts and room corridors. Otherwise, we did enjoy our Lisbon stay with an excellent tour of the city to start. Our River cruise was disappointing with small cabins and no verandahs, a letdown. This was not helped by boats double parking resulting in the need to keep lights on and curtains drawn in cabins on too many occasions. I realize this is often unavoidable but still annoying. The food and drink on offer was also disappointing. With the exception of our Dinner in Pinhao and the Farewell Dinner the food was at best average. Given the age group of passengers the absence of any medical assistance was very hard to understand or accept. In conclusion we did enjoy our trip but there were too many things wrong. We had previously thoroughly enjoyed 4 river cruises with APT. Sadly, this Travelmarvel trip did not come close, we are unlikely to use them again.