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Review of Anek Lines Italia

Anek Asterion 2 / PLF mid-July 2020 from Venice to...

Anek Asterion 2 / PLF mid-July 2020 from Venice to Greece: due to Corona, the ferry line wishes to appear 4 hours before departure. After 45 minutes we were worried with all the tickets. Since you don't get the necessary PLF document until the day of your arrival, print out the confirmation email for the document and present it to the ferry at the CheckIn, then it will work smoothly. With us the names on the tickets were compared with those on the PLF and well. Since you should only show up about 1 hour before departure, we were able to get into Venice shortly. The Asterion 2 ferry is like a normal car ferry, luxury cannot be expected. But, very positive note: 4 bed cabin very neat and very clean. The public toilets are also very clean! Prices & food quality is average and ok. It is always better, but also much worse. The duration of the crossing is quite exact as stated. The only thing that bothered me was the negligent wearing of the mouthguard at the queue at the self-service restaurant buffet, but I can do it at my own distance, the crew consistently wears mouthguard.
Because of Corona, the ferry was underutilized, significantly more truck drivers than tourists.
Certainly no comparison to the earlier main times.
Arrived at the ferry port, shown PLF, waved through and done with it. However, I am not sure whether there was already an exchange between the ferry and Greece during the crossing, as different names were announced on the day of arrival. But I can not judge.