Besides the Acropolis, no I don’t know what other tourist sites are in Athens.
I’m not into history that much. When I think of Greece, I think about the beautiful blue water and those beautiful white building along the coast. For dh and I, we enjoy a little history, but we also love to see beautiful places, and I love a beautiful beach. I’m Rome, we will focus on history. In Naples, we would prefer the Amalfi Coast over Pompeii, but will do both of we have the time. I guess we just want a mix of beautiful and interesting things.
We will spend whatever necessary to do the excursions we want to do. We do not have a suite booked with NCL. Our friends didn’t want to spend the money on one, because same as you, they said this cruise is all about the ports. We just booked a veranda. Our TA said our balcony will face the ports. I hope he’s correct!
Italy is the perfect cruise for our 30th! I’ve always wanted to go there. Adding the NCL cruise with our closest friends would just be the icing on the cake. They are like family. We celebrate special occasions like birthdays and holidays together. We are going to a winery with one of them today to celebrate Father’s Day.
We pretty much have Italy and Barcelona planned already. Pages printed and in a binder with our itinerary. As you say, I have a year to plan the others. We’re excited about Croatia on the NCL itinerary as well.