There is an open bridge policy. There are zodiac landing craft for excursions and an enclosed tender. Stairways are steep. Emphasis is on understanding Europe through the ages. Most of the passengers are British.
Smoking is restricted to passenger cabins, outside decks and one section of the lounge.
Passengers explore ruins at Heraklion, Akrotiri and Delphi and later in Malta on the Red Sea-Mediterranean cruise. A summer cruise visits Fair Isle, the most isolated settlement in the British Isles with fewer than 100 residents, but thousands of puffins, kittiwakes and migratory birds, and the Stone Age sites of Orkney. Other excursions are to fishing villages, castles, abbeys and forts. Those not snorkeling or diving can use a glass-bottom boat. Discounts are offered for early booking, and sometimes complimentary air fare is given.