excursions Monte Carlo and Rome...

[old man 1010]

Looking for recommendations on a hotels in Barcelone for before and after our cruise. We are looking for a 4 star as some 3 stars are not so good and 5 star are pricey. Traveling on RCI Liberity in September. Also looking for recommmendation on the best way to do an excursions to Monte Carlo from Provence or Nice ports? Then recommendation on best way to travel to Monte Carlo as we perfer to do our own thing not thru RCI. Any suggestion or recommendation for the Rome excursions would be appricated.

[jamesr3939]

We just hired taxies to take us first to Nice then MC and then back to ship. It's easy to find them as they are all over the place. We did post-cruise after ending in Barcelona, but took the train to Tossa and stayed there, which I highly recommend.

[Marilyn Johannes]

We were on Liberty in Oct 2012 and went to Monte Carlo by train. The train station is between 5 and 10 minutes walking distance from the port. We did this excursion on our own but many other passengers did the same thing.

[ALANG]

DW and I will be visiting Barcelona for the third time this summer and once again we will be staying at the Hotel Jazz. The Hotel Jazz has provided a very good experience for all of our trips.

[ukbballfan]

We stayed at the Hotel continental in Barcelona. It's at the top of La Ramblas...extremely good location. Nothing fancy...clean...and PINK! For Monte Carlo I can highly recommend Ingrid Schmucker at Kultours. She was wonderful when we visited last September. Emailed with her several times before we arrived and worked out what we wanted to see. She's very flexible. For Rome we used Rome In Limo and would do so again. They're a little pricy but service was outstanding.

[old man 1010]

Thank you for your replies we will check your suggestions.

[avatexrs]

If you bid on Priceline in the Las Ramblas North area, there are only two 4*s - Le Meridian and Rennaissance (which is the Marriott premium brand). We bid for and got the Le Meridien last October for about 1/2 of the going rate.

 

Monte Carlo is very easy to do on your own via high speed rail.