We had such amazing holiday on the NCL Viva cruise ship, departing from Venice to Croatia, Montenegro, Athens, Santorini, Rhodes, Kusadasi, Thessaloniki and Istanbul.
However, the ‘Haven’ – described as the private yacht within the ship – was absolutely phenomenal! The Viva is huge and has everything – pools, hot tubs, the wave, slides, the speedway, golf, casino, spa, shows, a sports bar and so many speciality restaurants etc.
The Haven is just a different level, we were totally spoiled and absolutely loved it!
The Viva In Santorini Our sanctuary The gold elevators to whisk you to anywhere on the ship!We stayed in a two bedroomed villaChampagne on arrivalCaptains Cocktail PartyThe Haven barThe Haven hot tubs The Haven sun deck with Bali bedsThe Haven infinity poolThe Haven infinity pool at night The Haven restaurant menu – totally spoilt with the delicious food The ‘surf and turf’ dish was served with a lobster tail!Delicious dessertsName your cocktail and the superb bar tenders will make whatever you fancy! Our fabulous butler Justo was incredible. Nothing was too much trouble. The petit fours in the afternoon were replaced with crisps and chocolate coated strawberries when he realised what the girls actually liked! Ocean walkCasinoSpeedway go-kart race track on 3 levels on the top decks of the ship with fantastic sea viewsWe had such good fun together on party nights 🤩Special times And amazing sunsets We met so many lovely new friends on this trip, and cannot wait to book another one!
Our final port! But the video doesn’t do justice seeing the magnificent Hagia Sophia, the Blue Mosque and Topaki Palace as we came into the city port. Unfortunately, we didn’t visit them and the Basilica Cistern as everyone was feeling slightly jaded from the glow night! However, Andrew and I went to the Old Town Faith District and to the Spice Market.
