Aegean Odyssey: Travel the Mediterranean with this friendly and luxurious cruise ship

“I’m just going to have another hour with Andrea Bocelli,” says the woman on the next sunlounger, popping her headphones back in her ears. Like most of the 300-odd people onboard the elegant “little” ship Aegean Odyssey, she is smart, well-dressed, fun and on the leisurely side of 60.

Like quite a few people on this Voyages to Antiquity cruise to Seville, Lisbon, Oporto, Vigo, Bordeaux and back to England, she is travelling alone. But no one is really solo on this ship, which is obviously the appeal for many guests, even the couples.

Table hopping is the order of the day at lunchtime at the Terrace Café, and everyone says hello on their way into a lecture in the Ambassador Lounge or for cocktails and entertainment in the Charleston Lounge.