Princess Cruises Blog Update: Essential Experience #5 Revealed

The Sounds of Santorini
Santorini, Greece

SANTA CLARITA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Princess Cruises today revealed “Essential Experience #5” on its blog, “50 Essential Experiences: The Travel Bucket List.” This week’s story tells how Kristen Helgren, rooms department manager of Kenai Princess Wilderness Lodge, came to acquire one of her most unusual souvenirs on the Greek isle of Santorini.

She writes: “With my attention now back on the island’s 300-meter high cliffs, I could see our destination, the town of Fira, perched high on the rim above. But, how best to get there? The answer became delightfully apparent. Waiting at the bottom of the steep string of switchbacks and stairs that formed a zigzagging path up the steep incline, were donkeys. I happen to love donkeys (actually, anything with a tail), so I was as excited to see them as I was to explore the island." read more

The blog’s “Reader Essential Experience of the Week” features a post about exploring the inside of a pyramid in Egypt.

These and other stories can be found online at www.50EssentialExperiences.com. A new experience will be unveiled weekly over the next year, each authored by a Princess destination expert – a long-serving and well-traveled shipboard or shoreside employee.