AVOID, AVOID AND AVOID AGAIN! We arrived in Turkey and decided to do a cruise to 3 of the Greek Islands, as we're not locals, we went with a company that seemed reputable - ETSTUR. We went to the travel agent - who was an idiot. She didn't know how to book the rooms in, didn't know any real information and in the end we ended up booking online. This should have deterred us, but we were naive. Soon after we drove to Cesme and boarded the boat. All this was fine, everything was standard and then we walked into our cabins. We had asked for an upgrade...The upgrade was like staying in the wardrobe of a 1 star motel room! It was the filthiest place i have ever been to! The bed sheets were not washed and had makeup all over them! The first attendant i spoke to told me it was a stain and that it was ok. No love, it wasn't. The 2nd woman told me the sheets just hadn't been washed properly but changed them for me. Still I said don't over react, its only a 4 day tour, its ok. And then I walked into the bathroom. Never in my life have I ever had a shower in a bathroom like that, forget the shower I didn't even want to sit on the loo!!! I prayed that from somewhere i would find a bottle of bleach and douse every corner of that bathroom. The toilet was coming away from the wall, the button had to be smashed to flush and the shower was covered in grime, scum, mould and God knows what else. I seriously felt disgusted every time i returned to the room. Anyway, so we start cruising away and find out that to go to the Islands that we've booked our cruise for, we need to book additional daily tours, these of course are charged in euros even though its a Turkish company and we paid in Turkish Liras. Still I say suck it up and pay. We arrive in Mykonos for our first night, thats all fine - they take us to a meeting point and we're free to explore. The following day they advise that there will be tours and to meet in one of the lounges, we all gather and it is the most disorganised experience of my life. Finally we get allocated numbers and stickers and are sent of with our tour guides. We finally get on the allocated bus to find that there aren't enough seats for us, so our tour guide says place your children on your laps. We complain publicly as we were specifically told children needed a ticket to book them seats on transportation etc. Eventually we give in and sit down. We arrive at the Beach to find that we're provided with beach chairs and lounges however at the back of 20 rows - away from the water. These seats are for people who want to pay 50-100euros extra. The 2nd day, our group of 12 is told to wait for the second bus as the first bus wont have enough room for all of us. We think great! they're finally getting their act together, but oh no lucky us, we get a bus that is old, dirty and has no working air-conditioning - its 40 degrees outside! We arrive at the beach and its disgusting, smells, is old and dirty with rubbish everywhere. The 3rd day were taken to Santorini and decide to ditch our tour guides and explore ourselves. That was probably the best experience overall. It was the worst tour I have ever been on, the ship was old and dirty and they kept trying to paint stuff around it to make it appear new. DO NOT, I REPEAT - DO NOT GO WITH ETSTUR IF YOU VALUE YOUR SANITY AND HYGINE!!! read more
