Lovely beaches - The beaches and its surroundings, very pleasant walk discovering all its nature. Take suncream and a hat if possible.

Cunard Bureaucracy Leaves A Bitter Taste - My wife and I boarded Queen Elizabeth in Barcelona and sailed for Fremantle, Western Australia on 30th October 2023. On the first day at sea my wife wasn't feeling well, and was diagnosed with Covid. Being in the same Stateroom, I caught it a day or two later. During this time no-one other than the two of us entered the Stateroom, and we had to surrender our towels in a red biohazard bag each day. All meals were consumed in Stateroom 5027. We were put into isolation for five nights and after that we had no energy at all, so stayed in our Stateroom most of the time. Between 31st October and 16th November we visited the Doctor in the Medical Clinic four times, and we also consulted with the nursing staff there on several occasions, often to get our Shore excursion tickets stamped so that we could then cancel the excursions we had booked. By this time I had lost around 7.5 kg in weight (I.e. over 16 lbs) and I had to hold my trousers up with one hand to avoid them falling to the floor. I also became completely deaf in my right ear, and registered only about 50% hearing in my left ear. All this only added to the extreme difficulty we had in moving around the ship when we had to. We were on Deck 5; the Medical Clinic on Deck 1, as was the Shore Excursion desk - but about 80 metres from the Clinic. We had to cancel three shore excursions, and each time we had to go to the Clinic, and then to the Excursion desk. Cunard in their wisdom refunded us in full for the first and third excursions, but not for the second one - because we had not given enough notice!! The two refunds were credited to us whilst we were still on the cruise, but since arriving back home on 27th November, we have been battling to get the second excursion refund. It is now April 2024. We apparently only staggered down to the Excursion desk 24 hours before the excursion started instead of 48 hours! No mention of this problem was made when we visited the Excursion desk to hand in our ticket. After many emails and a few phone calls, we understood that a refund of the second tour had been approved, but that was over five weeks ago, and nothing has happened. In the circumstances you, dear reader, can make up your mind about Cunard bureaucracy.

Cancelled trip - Cancelled our trip by text with less than 24 hours notice. So disappointed - such little time to plan anything else in its place.