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Thank you for posting the detailed itinerary and stunning photos. We recently returned from a Smithsonian sponsored tour to the Amazon, Machu Picchu and the Galapagos. We stayed at a hotel on Santa Cruz Island in the Galapagos. I am enjoying reading your account of the ship based tour.

We were very happy with Hotel Jazz. The room was nice and the location was great. We took the Aerobus from the airport to the hotel. There is a Metro station close to the hotel that makes visiting sites such as la Sagrada Familia very easy.

We were on Oceania last June. We visited some vineyards and also took a private walking tour. Here is a link to the info I posted We loved Bordeaux!

Hotel Jazz has a great location. It is near the metro and Las Ramblas. Our room was very nice and well priced. We booked a Superior Room with an excellent breakfast . We were very happy with it.

Barcelona is easy to see on your own. Please take the advice of MeHeartCruising and reserve La Sagrada Familia in advance, including downloading the app with the visitor guide. We learned that the hard way when we could not get into the cathedral on our first visit to Barcelona!

My husband and I were on the Barcelona to London part of ChadnKate’s B2B cruise. I agree that Dottie was great! We were a little concerned because Sirena is so small but we loved her.

KirkNC, Would you mind saying what ship and itinerary you are you sailing? Three ports seems like a lot to miss. I’m interested for future reference. You might check with your travel insurance. When we missed a Swedish port on the Marina in 2019, our AAA travel insurance gave us $100. We missed ports on Sirena this summer but we had different travel insurance and were not reimbursed.