Another shore excursion/port-related question

We are going on the ship-offered excursion to the Alhambra, didn't want to risk traffic delays or whatever in trying to go solo, but I'm curious about the day. I know it is a long ride from the port to the site, but that's an 8:00 am to 10:00 pm day....is the entire day spent on the excursion or is there free time/down time to do other things, get a meal, etc.?

I hope these aren't ridiculous questions, just truly don't know what to expect. Thanks.

We seldom book shore excursions offered by the cruise line but we did on a Princess cruise where the Alhambra trip was set to go from Malaga at 7:00am.

They included a lunch break and a tour of the Generalife gardens as well as rest stops both ways on the bus.

We opted for the ship sponsored trip (at $25@ higher price than the Spanish Day Tours but liked the absence of any concern about an unexpected delay of some kind messing things up.

Dunno if WS will provide a meal on board but, knowing them, I'll bet they will.

Yes we chose the ship's tour for the same reason. I'm so unclear about how these things work! Thanks for responding.

We are going on the ship-offered excursion to the Alhambra, didn't want to risk traffic delays or whatever in trying to go solo, but I'm curious about the day. I know it is a long ride from the port to the site, but that's an 8:00 am to 10:00 pm day....is the entire day spent on the excursion or is there free time/down time to do other things, get a meal, etc.?

 

I hope these aren't ridiculous questions, just truly don't know what to expect. Thanks.

It's a fairly long trip to get there and back. I recall beginning fairly early in the day and a very nice lunch in a restaurant was included. I'm also fairly sure we were back by late afternoon, certainly time to relax awhile and get turned around well before dinner.

Dunno if WS will provide a meal on board but, knowing them, I'll bet they will.

Even when WS does not provide a meal they will have sandwiches available in the Yacht Club that you can take with you if you want. If a tour gets back after lunch is finished you can also grab something then, or order room service.

Thank you both.