NCL Epic Highlights and Excursions in the Mediterranean

Highlights from our Norwegian Epic cruise and excursions/places we visited at all the ports including local food and drinks along the way. On board the Epic, you'll also see some of the best bars, restaurants and activities on the ship. The mediterranean cities we visited: Rome, Cinque Terre, Monaco/Monte Carlo, Palma Mallorca, Barcelona, Ajaccio Corsica and the Amalfi coast.
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[@heathermichael3987]

Well done . Thank you for sharing ❤️

[@taste4travelorg]

Thanks so much!😃

[@Bgen9472]

I’m doing this exact cruise next month. Thanks for sharing and giving me a glimpse of my future vacation! Super excited 😊

[@taste4travelorg]

Awesome, you're going to have such a great time! Enjoy🛳😎

[@amynguyen9360]

love the noodle bar dishes ... look yummy ! sailing the Epic on June 8/2024 ! thanks for the video!

[@taste4travelorg]

Thanks-Have a great trip!!😃🛳

[@LMays-cu2hp]

Thank you for sharing...All of you had a great time cruising in the Mediterranean.. So nice!!!!!

[@taste4travelorg]

Wonderful, thanks! 😎

[@LMays-cu2hp]

@@taste4travelorg Looking very nice.

[@tammycowan4972]

Loved your video. Thanks for the tips.

[@taste4travelorg]

Awesome, thanks!😎🛳

[@josearuba]

You sold me the dream 😍

[@taste4travelorg]

Awesome- Have a great time!!😃🛳😎

[@magicforfour1068]

Wow !! How beautiful!

[@taste4travelorg]

Thanks so much!😎

[@user-mu1ik8jj9t]

Красивое видео, классная музыка! приятно было посмотреть на знакомые места и на краблик!

[@taste4travelorg]

Спасибо!😎🛳🦀

[@joannamcdee9061]

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[@taste4travelorg]

Thanks so much, we appreciate that!😎

[@nicetravel_]

С удовольствием посмотрела видео! Классное и позитивное! Подписка и лайк!

[@taste4travelorg]

Большое спасибо😎

[@julztorres4163]

That was amazing to watch!!! Absolutely loved it! 😍 Great job👏

[@taste4travelorg]

Thanks, we have to go back and see more of Italy!😃😎

[@Mrsnowisonline]

Great video! I only wish I saw more Calamari and Sangria 😉

[@taste4travelorg]

LOL Thanks!😁

[@robinmonroe5936]

Well done!

[@taste4travelorg]

Thanks! 😎

[@toddreaker2298]

I’ll be there Sept 24th!

[@taste4travelorg]

Awesome, have a great time!😎

[@dowcollins4201]

How did you like the ship? We will be on Epic in September, 2024 for 10 days and will be staying 3 days in Rome post cruise! The ship got a bad Rep everywhere and kinda scared me a bit but I won’t let that ruin my vacation! Enjoy your Video!

[@taste4travelorg]

The ship was fine. It's an older ship but has everything you need and has less people than the newer mega ships. People complain too much😃You're going to have a great time, so many great places to see in the Med!

[@cindyleeatsea]

Love this video, we’ll be going in 2 months. Can’t wait!!! Great pointers!!! What month was this?

[@taste4travelorg]

Thanks, we went in May. Have a great time!!😎🛳

[@fltransplant1193]

Just came back from that cruise. A must see is Amalfi coast and beach in Palma.

[@taste4travelorg]

Awesome-such great places to see on this cruise!🤩

[@fltransplant1193]

@@taste4travelorg Was really hard to pick the excursions, I would definitely like to do this one again

[@taste4travelorg]

@@fltransplant1193 Yes, I agree not enough time to see it all!!

[@frankpicillo9527]

Hi!! What a great video!! Thanks !! Can you ,please, tell did you take all the excursions with ncl or you did some private? The ship looks wonderfull...was afraid her being very"amusement park"!! but she looks very nice!!! Thanks a million for the tour!!!

[@taste4travelorg]

Hi, thanks--we took 3 NCL excursions (cinque terre, monaco and amalfi) the rest we explored on our own. There is so much to do that its hard to explore the whole ship, we loved the Epic!

[@angiezhang3290]

Really good video , we will be same cruise in august , so just wondering did you book all land tour with NCL ?

[@taste4travelorg]

Thanks, we booked 3 excursions through NCL (The Cinque Terre at Livorno, Monaco and Monte Carlo in Cannes, and Amalfi Coast & Sorrento in Naples). We did the rest on our own😎😍

[@tracitaplin665]

Thank you for sharing. Finally a Med cruise vlog with food 😋. My first time to Med in 2023. Can you pls provide link to your Airbnb? Would you recommend it? Thanks again

[@taste4travelorg]

Thanks, you're going to have such a great time! The food is amazing!! The airbnb we stayed at was a great location and a very nice place, but it was a 5 story walk-up...not great to lug your suitcases up and down. If you are traveling light/in great shape or have burly assistants to help with that--here's a link: 😃www.airbnb.com/rooms/18993442?guests=1&adults=1&s=67&unique_share_id=c49d9ff9-521f-4a35-978f-24ef6e01c11e

[@maylinscavuzzo750]

Hi did you do the Cinque Terre on your own option tour or the other one that's more involved?

[@taste4travelorg]

Hi Maylin, our excursion was "The Cinque Terre" it was guided but we had some time to explore on our own in the towns. We visited 3 of the towns. Our tour guide was on the bus and told us about the area and gave recommendations on food to try and things to do- she escorted us into the towns and gave us a meet up point and then we could explore on our own.

[@sharonzielinski3955]

I'm going the first week in September.

[@taste4travelorg]

Awesome, have a great time!😎

[@jodilynn2767]

Did you read the excursions on the epic app? I was looking at readings and I can’t find any heading for room in November. Watched a bunch of videos worried about pick pockets Did you have any experience with this? Please share

[@taste4travelorg]

Hi @jodylynn2767 no thankfully didn't have any problems with pickpockets. Always be safe and keep your valuables safe or at home...😎

[@SallstromRC]

Cruising Epic in May 2025 …where did you stay in Rome?

[@taste4travelorg]

Great, you're going to love it! We stayed in an air B&B, great location, very nice place...Be forewarned that it's a 5 story walk up!! It's tough when carrying luggage or if anyone has knee/mobility problems etc. Enjoy your cruise! 😃🛳 www.airbnb.com/rooms/18993442?guests=1&adults=1&s=67&unique_share_id=c49d9ff9-521f-4a35-978f-24ef6e01c11e

[@joedonuts13]

My wife and I will be cruising Italy and the Greek Isles next fall. We will be hitting the same ports in Italy. It seems you avoided some of the busy touristy areas and settled for a taste of the true culture. We will embark/disembark in Rome so I will hit all the sites you hit and then I was considering taking a day trip on the train to Venice. Would you recommend making that trip from your experience? Also, the Amalfi Coast is under consideration over Pompeii and the city of Naples. Although, I want a pizza from its birthplace! I love the video!!

[@taste4travelorg]

Thanks- we took the train to Venice after disembarking in Rome, definitely recommend it but you should stay in Venice a few nights-because the train ride takes at least 4 hours each way and you also need to get from Civitavecchia (cruise port) which is another hour. Venice is so beautiful and the food is amazing!! We didn't get to try the pizza in Naples, or visit Pompeii, but we loved the Amalfi coast-so scenic and food is so good! You have to try the lemon ice! So much to see and never enough time ... just choose what's most important for you to see... Have a great trip!!😎

[@phongcao1920]

@@taste4travelorg did you visited colisum or Vatican City?

[@taste4travelorg]

@@phongcao1920 We visited both, we stayed in Rome for a few days prior to the cruise. It's difficult to see a lot in Rome if you are only visiting on a port day and you embarked/debark from Barcelona. In that case you would probably have to choose which site you want to see the most.

[@phongcao1920]

@@taste4travelorg I was wondering if Livitaly Tour would be open to pick us up from the port.

[@taste4travelorg]

@@phongcao1920 Yeah, maybe you can arrange a private tour with someone. That would save time but make sure that you make it back to the ship on time if not going on an excursion thru NCL.😎

[@suzannedornich5100]

What month did you go?

[@taste4travelorg]

We went in May- great time to visit the Med!!😃😎

[@therealunclep]

Thanks for your video. Please allow me to add my feedback from my recent Mediterranean cruise from June 22-July 2. Maybe my comments can help someone thinking about booking this ship. It was just me. I booked an inside cabin and paid x2. Being solo I didn't mind the cabin, I actually thought it was nice. I can see how with family it might not work so well. I had a great cabin steward and most of the "working people" were really nice. My pros: Cabin steward, and other "working people", ports (I had 7 in 10 days). That's it for pros. I actually told my cabin steward that he was too good for this cruise line and this ship. My cons: The food in general was horrible. I live in Las Vegas. The cheapest buffet here in town would be better than the one on the ship. It was a joke. Food quality was nonexistent. I didn't expect much from a buffet but I couldn't believe how bad things tasted. The couldn't even make an omelette without burning it. Maybe if they were making it correctly in a pan instead of on a crepe iron it might have been better. Just the overall selection and especially the food quality was subpar. The dining room food wasn't much better. Very hit or miss. I would have the same thing on a different night and it would taste differently. I really enjoy eating in the dining room but never knew if what I ordered would be good or not. To be honest, I was embarrassed for them. This was not the quality type of food you would find in the dining room on a cruise ship. Things would come out cold, salty and taste like they were prepared way before you ordered them. Most the the staff were really nice. But even the servers would tell me they would get complaints on things tasting too salty. What I also didn't appreciate is that they wouldn't even enforce their own dress code in the more formal of the two dining rooms. I was was told to take off my baseball hat in the less casual dining room but people could wear shorts and beach attire in the more formal. I had three nights of specialty dining. I did two in Le Bistro and one in Cagney's. Le Bistro was excellent. Some of the best escargot I have ever had. Two wonderful meals there. GREAT service all around. I had the same waiter two night. He would call me by name and seemed to really care about my dining experience. My interactions with the manager were also good. They treated me like a king. My night in Cagney's was not so good. My filet was perfect but my earlier courses were not so good. A crab cake with so much salt you could hardly eat it and lobster bisque soup that as another passenger put it, "tomato soup with a tiny piece of lobster." The service was just ok. That's my dining experience on the Epic. It really pissed me off that I constantly received voice mails marketing to me. Come on now. I'm on vacation and I can't avoid being spammed by the cruise ship I've paid to be on? There were a lot of things that were just marketing to get you to cruise again. So many places on the ship (events) just getting you to spend more money. The ship itself needs to be retired. Lots and lots of peeling paint all over the place, rust etc... The deck plans and overall layout of this ship are strange, but I knew that going in. It had the itinerary I wanted so I booked it. They changed one of my excursions and never even emailed me. I asked two different people at the excursion desk and both were totally rude. I heard about some other people who's excursions were completely canceled and they were not informed until they got on the ship. One and done for NCL! Too many good cruise lines out there to waste money on this horrible line!

[@taste4travelorg]

Wow that sounds horrible, recently I've read lots of complaints on other cruise lines too. I wonder if there is a big shortage of workers and hard to keep good cooks on board? Our experience on the Epic was very good just a year ago. Hopefully they'll figure out how to attract more chefs and workers, cruising is more popular than ever and I'm sure its hard to staff up.

[@sylviat8461]

Would love to know your Air BNB in Rome as we are headed on this cruise in 2025!

[@taste4travelorg]

We stayed in an air B&B, great location, very nice place...Be forewarned that it's a 5 story walk up!! It's tough when carrying luggage or if anyone has knee/mobility problems etc. Enjoy your cruise! 😃🛳 www.airbnb.com/rooms/18993442?guests=1&adults=1&s=67&unique_share_id=c49d9ff9-521f-4a35-978f-24ef6e01c11e