Review of Beautiful Bordeaux 11 day cruise on Scenic Diamond from 17 August to 27 August 2022 with comparisons to Viking
What you should know if considering this cruise.
The three rivers sailed on are tidal and at Bordeaux, some 50 miles from the sea, the river level rises and falls by 20 feet, meaning the gangways can be at a steep angle.
The scenery is nothing much compared with the Rhine, Mosel, Danube and Douro and the rivers and estuary in particular are wide, meaning that the banks are far away. The left bank is very flat and most of the time nothing is visible apart from the trees l
Postscript – The Magic Champagne Bottle
At breakfast there were two Moet et Chandon NV Champagne bottles in a silver bowl for passengers to have or to make Buck’s Fizz and Mimosas.
Only one bottle was open and each morning the bubbles were just as strong as the previous day even though I was convinced it was the same bottle. So I marked the bottle and sure enough the following day, and the next and the next the same bottle was there with bubbles flowing just as fiercely
